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Am I an a-hole boss?
Posted on 5/6/15 at 12:29 pm
Posted on 5/6/15 at 12:29 pm
Got to work at about 7:20 this morning. Unlock my door, go in my office. One of my staff is already sitting at her desk (clocked in) outside my office and I can hear her discussing everything under the sun and the moon about her boyfriend, makeup tips, food, etc - nothing at all work related.
Well 8:20 rolls around and I realize all she's done is talk - she hasn't done any work. So I point-blank ask her, "do you need some work to do? All you have done is talk all morning."
Just got "spoken to" by HR telling me I cannot talk to employees that way and that I "deeply offended" the employee.
Well 8:20 rolls around and I realize all she's done is talk - she hasn't done any work. So I point-blank ask her, "do you need some work to do? All you have done is talk all morning."
Just got "spoken to" by HR telling me I cannot talk to employees that way and that I "deeply offended" the employee.
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Posted on 5/6/15 at 12:31 pm to FearTheFish
No, you did the right thing
Posted on 5/6/15 at 12:31 pm to FearTheFish
You don't sound like much of a boss at all.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 12:31 pm to FearTheFish
You don't sound like much of a boss if HR is dickslapping you like a child.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 12:31 pm to FearTheFish
Brag thread
Posted on 5/6/15 at 12:32 pm to FearTheFish
Is your workplace clothing-optional?
If so, invite me to visit it, her attitude will improve.
If so, invite me to visit it, her attitude will improve.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 12:32 pm to FearTheFish
No. You would only be an a-hole boss if you brought apples.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 12:32 pm to FearTheFish
Are you jealous that she can talk and work at the same time and you can't?
Posted on 5/6/15 at 12:32 pm to FearTheFish
If you had work for her to do, you should have just given it to her.
No need to call her out if she had her shite done.
No need to call her out if she had her shite done.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 12:32 pm to FearTheFish
No, seems like a pretty reasonable response to me. I know my boss has done the same before.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 12:32 pm to FearTheFish
Is she hot? You sound jealous of her boyfriend.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 12:33 pm to FearTheFish
frick HR! They're just a bunch of pussies who can't get real jobs.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 12:33 pm to FearTheFish
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I "deeply offended" the employee
Time to start silently documenting her work time vs. chat time. HR loves documented activity.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 12:33 pm to FearTheFish
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Well 8:20 rolls around and I realize all she's done is talk - she hasn't done any work. So I point-blank ask her, "do you need some work to do? All you have done is talk all morning."
Did you confirm this was indeed the case? Some people can work and talk at the same time.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 12:33 pm to FearTheFish
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Got to work at about 7:20 this morning. Unlock my door, go in my office. One of my staff is already sitting at her desk (clocked in) outside my office and I can hear her discussing everything under the sun and the moon about her boyfriend, makeup tips, food, etc - nothing at all work related.
Well 8:20 rolls around and I realize all she's done is talk - she hasn't done any work. So I point-blank ask her, "do you need some work to do? All you have done is talk all morning."
Just got "spoken to" by HR telling me I cannot talk to employees that way and that I "deeply offended" the employee.
Gotta be a pretty shitty boss if you're asking the OT how to deal with employees.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 12:33 pm to FearTheFish
so you aren't really a boss and you're actually one of those dickbag employees who thinks they are a boss because they've been at the company one week longer than the person they're talking down to?
Posted on 5/6/15 at 12:34 pm to FearTheFish
No you are a micro manager. You probably don't know for sure she hadn't worked and made assumption. Work and talk but job done, who cares.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 12:35 pm to FearTheFish
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So I point-blank ask her, "do you need some work to do? All you have done is talk all morning."
Sounds like there isnt much work to be done if you have to ask her in this somewhat passive aggressive way. Just give her stuff to do.
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Just got "spoken to" by HR
Fwiw, you arent the 'boss'
Posted on 5/6/15 at 12:35 pm to Tactical1
You sound like a manager rather than a leader. A sad little one at that. So yeah, you're an a-hole.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 12:36 pm to PurpGold 14-0
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Am I an a-hole boss? by PurpGold 14-0so you aren't really a boss and you're actually one of those dickbag employees who thinks they are a boss because they've been at the company one week longer than the person they're talking down to?
the boss would have fired the HR dickbag for encouraging a poor work ethic
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