Today, my boss gave me some mentorship. She told me, "You need to learn to let people do things for you. Until then, I'm going to micromanage your project because I want it done my way." FML
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Today, my boss continued to orchestrate behind the scenes with my colleagues to make me look bad for her lack of organization. Then she showed up 10 minutes late to a meeting, shared that she needed a vacation, and realized that she needed to micromanage less. I've been asking her to make that change for months. FML
Today, I shouldn't have told my boss that I was interested in management. She now throws any problem she doesn't want to solve at me and either gets mad when I can't work it out or takes credit when I do. FML
Today, I got in trouble with my boss for doing what she wanted me to do. I guess she didn't think I would do it, so she did it herself. FML
Today, my supervisor’s first words when looking at my work were, “What is this shit?!” I explained that I'd done it exactly like she told me to. She just kept on grumbling because she couldn’t find a single thing I had done wrong, which apparently ruined her day. FML
Today, my job as a supervisor has become increasingly ridiculous because one employee doesn't want to do the tasks I give her. My supervisor tells me to keep working with her and giving her work. When she goes directly to him, he tells her she doesn't have to do them. FML
Today, I went to my boss with concerns that my manager is dumping her responsibilities on me. He agreed and told me to just do whatever she wants. She gets paid twice as much as me to talk on her cellphone all day. FML
Today, my supervisor told me off for doing something. When I reminded her that she told me to do it, she yelled at me for correcting her. FML
Today, my boss told me that people from work have been complaining about me. Apparently, I'm not doing part of their jobs for them, and the other manager sometimes does. FML
Today, I had a huge amount of work to get through. Two colleagues offered to help, because one had nothing else to do, and the other couldn't work until I was done. My boss got really pissed at me for "making" them do my job and wasting their time. FML
Today, my boss threatened to fire me because I'm unproductive, and haven't been doing anything. He doesn't tell me what to do, and expects me to read his mind. When I ask him what he wants me to do, he gets pissed and says that I should already know what to do. FML
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Top comments
amileah13 26
Does she realize that she contradicted her own statement?
8Dirty1 24
my brain is in a knot haha
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Comments (24)
tintarroja 31
She gives mentorship a new meaning!
URBeingLied2 23
That's what all bosses are like. A ball of contradictory statements with a healthy serving of riding your ass and a side of child-level, passive-aggressive antics. Then there's co-workers . . .
doodlecloud 27
Noy sure why the comments think she's being hypocritical/contradictory. I read it as - She wants stuff done her way, so you need to stop trying to do everything yourself and your way, and let the people who do work as part of her team help you. I'm betting OP wanted to make something better and pushed away advice from those who wanted to continue doing it the same old way? Well bosses don't actually like improvement if it's changes they haven't thought of. It sucks, but that's kind of how being an underling works most of the time.
moocowmilk0 19
You should put subtle hints of hypocrisy in that project just for your boss
datkenna 20
Looks like she was a fun one in school group projects
Mathalamus 25
The boss has a point. You can't do everything yourself. Nor should you. And, you are supposed to do how the boss likes it.
kainpwnsu 19
Time to look for a new job.
FemskyD 26
and that's why people like that end up in high places, great talking but no ability to put things into practice