Backup? What Backup?
I'm asking myself that question right now? What backup? Specifically regarding the person who should be covering urgent costing requests when I am out. Such as on vacation. Or, as in this specific instance, when I leave early to go to the doctor (and in this case the psychiatrist treating me for depression and trust me, you want me medicated at work).
Every month I check to make sure we don't have active parts floating about without a cost. It is an issue. If it weren't I wouldn't have checked every month for the last six years. I'll confess, I might be checking to make sure that I haven't done something stupid. Today the culprit is not me. And it isn't someone outside of accounting doing something stupid. Nope, it's my boss. My boss who covered me (hah!) on April 15 when I left early to go to the doctor. And I find an active part without a cost. A part that has a shipment this month against it. And both of my bosses are at a conference this week. So it's not like I can walk over to his office and ask him what to do. I had to send an email and I have to wait to find out what they want me to do. Sure, I set the status so they can't do any more damage. But the damage is done.
By damage, I'm not just talking about the stuff on the ledger. Or the potential to have to recost a part (and I've got news for him if a form is required - he gets to handle it). Nope, I'm talking about my not being able to trust him to properly cover me when I am out on vacation or leave to go to the doctor. And really, I have enough issues without wondering what is going on and if everything is done correctly when I am gone. I should not have to review 100% of things he costs (or in this case didn't cost) when I am gone.
And then it hits me... How did this ship without an error since there is no cost? Which means I need to do some more checking while I wait on an email response.
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