Today, and ever since someone hired our new manager, she began threatening us, saying she was going to fire us because we "never work." In the meantime, she delegates her tasks, and is never available online. So, finally, our director thought she deserved a salary increase for… not actually doing her work. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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 had to pretend in front of our director that my manager is a nice person. In reality, she's a soul-sucking bully who has made my life so miserable that twice I was on the brink of nervous breakdown. 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 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 boss called me into her office to tell me I needed to mind my own business and not question everything my newest co-worker does. Yesterday, I stopped the new girl from giving $6,000 to the wrong person. I was fired on the spot. The new girl was promoted into my job. 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 had an hour-long meeting with my manager where she informed me the reason I had not been promoted is because she felt that people would not like to work for me, because I would, "make them do their job." FML
Today, my entire workforce downed tools today until I fire our new Human Resources rep, who in only a few weeks has made the workplace miserable and frustrating, and has increased sick leave by 48% due to the 'Can’t Deal With Her Bullshit' Virus. I can’t fire her; she’s the owner's mom. 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, my boss reached a new low when, after three software upgrades, she refused to let me update the user manual that I wrote a year ago. She has also cancelled the training sessions I set up to help people learn the new software. People are asking me why I'm not doing my job anymore. FML
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Chazzster 32
Its the old expression where the manager says or implies "Do what I say, not what I do."
great_nate 26
She should not be threatening to fire you without reason. But delegating is a manager’s job.
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Chazzster 32
Its the old expression where the manager says or implies "Do what I say, not what I do."
great_nate 26
She should not be threatening to fire you without reason. But delegating is a manager’s job.
Ubehage 32
The manager's job is to make sure that the job is done. Who does it, doesn't matter. Just that it is done. Sounds like the manager did their job well :)
core01 30
I see you have my old manager. lol
Brightside86 31
That's pretty normal, most managers don't have the grind of constant work like the people beneath them.
Thaylok 17
KITA as a motivation technique works only for short term gains. It burns out employees and drives them away. (KITA = Kick In The A$$) That is the sign of a poor manager, not the delegating the work. The constant threat of unemployment is the worst of the KITA tactics. However, I don't know the laws in Columbia, but where I live, we work as a no-fault employment. As in, You can quit or be fired for no reason. They don't have to justify firing and you don't have to justify leaving. In your case, you can gather proof in writing/email where they keep threatening unemployment and take that to higher management, or you can spend time looking for better employers. It is always the people that make a job worth staying, and that person will drive people away.