My new employee started the other day and I'm honestly not sure who was more nervous - her or me. I've just never really had a good manager so while I know "what" should be done it's not anything I've ever seen in practice. You think I'm kidding - I watch The Office and I swear it was written by someone who used to work at an old company of mine (which eerily enough was also located in Pennsylvania where the show is set). I had one manager who once reamed me out for coming over to talk to her about what had/hadn't been accomplished and instructed me to send her emails instead. Fair enough. About ten days later I get screamed at again (literally screamed at in an open loft-like office space well within earshot of everyone else) for not keeping her up to date on what I was working on. I explained to her that I had sent her several email updates as she had requested. "I don't have time to read emails," she yelled at me, "come over and talk to me." (I swear to you those are the exact words as they are burned into my brain.) I wisely gave notice after the weekend. So that's the type of role models I have and transitioning into a 'manager' is something I'm spending a decent amount of time worrying about.
For the record, I ended up going with a payroll service who will complete all necessary tax forms for me in addition to payroll despite the fact it costs twice as much as QuickBooks. As I've probably let slip in other posts - I'm deathly afraid of screwing up some aspect of taxes or another so I wanted to make sure that someone who knew what was going on was taking control of payroll.
Hmm, worried about taxes and management...I'm not sounding like the world's best entrepreneur today.
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