#WorkplaceWoes: So, let me tell you about my boss – she’s a real winner. 🙄
##The Situation
So, here’s the deal – today is her son’s big day, graduation from college and all. But guess what? She’s been on my case all day, texting about this and that. I mean, come on, just take a break and enjoy the moment, right?
##The Issue
She can’t seem to unplug, even on her time off. Deck updates, software hocking, non-existent issues – it’s like she’s always on call, 24/7.
##The Advice
Here’s what I suggest:
1. Set boundaries: Make sure you have clear communication about work hours and time off.
2. Prioritize self-care: It’s important to take breaks and recharge, both physically and mentally.
3. Lead by example: Show your boss that it’s okay to disconnect and enjoy personal time.
##The Bottom Line
Don’t be like my boss. Don’t let work consume your life. Remember to take time for yourself and enjoy your days off. Your mental health and well-being are just as important as your work responsibilities.
So, in the words of my boss, “Log off, attend the important stuff, and enjoy your day off!” 🎓😉
My manager is the same way. Sends emails on days off, on weekends, and on holidays. Like dude seriously a few months ago he sent our team a nasty gram because he had to deal with an issue over the weekend. A single component went down in a redundant system why did it need to be dealt with over the weekend? If you feel like you’re working too much why the #@ do you log in ALL THE TIME!!
As far as I’m concerned if the company wants five 9s uptime pay for it. We are not given a company phone, paid for on-call, or a stipend for using our personal phone so he can keep emailing his frustrations. I don’t check work stuff over the weekend and on time off. I continue to gather evidence for the inevitable day the corp crosses the line then I will report them. Thankfully the corp is in a city/state friendly to worker rights. So keep on helping me build a case in case I need it.
I think it’s a need to be needed – like they want to feel irreplaceable and totally in command of their jobs. It’s like an “I matter, this is important” thing.
I had a coworker once drive to a hotel so he could access the wifi, because a blizzard had knocked out local service, so he could get some document in on time. I wanted to tell him “bro, nobody does if this gets in a day late. Chill the f out.”
I’m a supervisor and tell my team I will absolutely not be in touch with any of them during my time off. I turn off notifications and ignore work completely.
I’ve yelled at my manager for messaging me to do something when she was on vacation. Tried ignoring her messages but she kept going so I said ‘KNOCK IT OFF. YOU’RE ON VACATION. ACT LIKE IT.” then told her I’m blocking her till she’s back from vacation.
Micromanagers are the WORST.
#when your boss is board you end up with more work….. just happened to me last week when he was at the airport
Nothing to do with telling you and everything to do with telling her family and extended family that she is so important the place can’t function without her. Bet productivity goes up when shes gone. No more nagging.
No lifer.
I work in administering grants for a govt agency and we had a Friday at 5 PM deadline for submissions a few weeks ago. Monday morning I go to talk to the folks who do the day to day of the grant to see if they need anything from me now that applications are closed. In our convo, one of the directors tells me she got caught working on Friday night after hours by her boss who asked why she was working. She replied how do you know I’m working? (Answer she was also working and saw the director logged into the program.) They had a good laugh about it and then both let it sit until Monday.
I’m glad I work somewhere that takes work life balance seriously.
My last job kept on hinting that I can install Teams on my personal phone and looked at me like I lost my mind when I said that I’m aware but I won’t.
How about maybe telling her she’s a F’en loser? Maybe someone needs to bring her back down to reality huh? If it annoys you so much to post do yourself a favor and stand up to her and inform kindly that she is in fact a F’en loser. Have some backbone please.
Yeah…show her who’s boss and leave ten minutes early today. 💪
The CEO of my company released a video about “work-life balance” after requiring five days in the office; she clearly didn’t understand what that meant for the company.
Just ignore them, sorry didn’t have my phone on me since I was at ya know work
I see these fucks at Disney and it absolutely infuriates me.
Be with your fucking family, your job gives exactly ZERO fucks about you, and I promise your team can function without you for a few days. If they can’t you have MUCH bigger issues than making sure tasks are completed
Lol my guess is she is addicted to the “power” to order people around.
Byt just download a phone game with sims or some management game.
I met one who says he wouldnt take any leave or sick leave. Guess who used his leave to offset his notice when he was asked to leave.
Mine too, he comes in a few times a week to swing his proverbial dick around and play Mr. Manager man (because he has no wife or life or friends). 2-3 hours late or leaving an hour early everyday, doesn’t help with anything substantial. Just dead air and sucking a check. Relying on me for basically 75% of the work. It’s pathetic.
You work for them so what does that say about you?
Hate looking forward to my boss’ day off, expecting a chill day, only to see them pop up in teams micro-managing sh*t. GTFOH
My boss has said he’d rather be working than doing stuff around the house/ yard work. I genuinely don’t understand that.
I spent this weekend doing yard work with my partner and felt 10x more accomplished than I ever do at work. I’m cultivating and maintaining something I worked very hard for. Much more rewarding to me
She sounds like my (soon to be former) boss. According to the gossip I’ve heard, her now adult son does not talk to her anymore. As a result, she throws herself into her work but is still incompetent, and has no loved ones in her personal life. She makes her employees hang out with her during the holidays, and of course they say yes because she’s their boss. This sad sack has basically driven away everyone in her personal life, and the only people she has are people who she pays and has authority over.
She hires only one type of personality and it’s someone who doesn’t question authority and follows orders well. As a result, all her workers are “friends” that she pays for.
I’ve learned that employers who act like this always pay for it in the end with a lack of a fulfilling personal life.
god damn workaholics
Greatest fear of middle management: seeing that competent team can go on without or even better off without them, and the big boss cutting them lose like an appendix.
It is possible your boss thought she had a good relationship with you and wanted to share.. Worst case scenario just let it be. Send a smiley/thumbs up and leave it to it. To be fair, it’s not every day you can share such an accomplishment with others.
My line manager would sometimes do the same.
I’d tell her to bugger off and enjoy her holiday.
I suppose I’m lucky to have that kind of relationship with her.
I’ve had bosses like that. They would be sending emails at 11pm (they wouldn’t expect it to be read or replied to until the next working morning though) and even had one call into a meeting from the side of his hotel’s pool.
You’re not meant to be working. Stop it.