Irritating Office Behavior

HesCalledDyer

I like knocking people off their high horse. Let me work for her for a week; she will be the one crying.

RKCNDY

^^^ it doesn't take much for her to cry...

SD48277

RKCNDY said:

People who force friendships...

It was the only way I could get you to be my friend.

oftenreading

RKCNDY said:

She never really let me answer, she went off on how I never answer my phone on my day off and made me agree to answer my phone 'at a pre-determined time'.

Sounds like this is really going down the wrong road..... Get out while you can. She has no right to ask you to answer your phone on your day off, or to provide personal info.

RKCNDY

SD48277 said:

RKCNDY said:

People who force friendships...

It was the only way I could get you to be my friend.

there was no forcing in this one!

Who Princess

RK, your boss sounds like she's about 15 emotionally. I can't understand employers who want to get into your private life that much. I'd have probably bailed a long time ago.

My current office irritation: People who come to work and sleep. Every day. And act like you're rude when you unintentionally wake them up in the normal course of doing your work.

ldent42

I can't even imagine a job where that's possible. ^^

PJ_Soul

Who Princess said:

RK, your boss sounds like she's about 15 emotionally. I can't understand employers who want to get into your private life that much. I'd have probably bailed a long time ago.

My current office irritation: People who come to work and sleep. Every day. And act like you're rude when you unintentionally wake them up in the normal course of doing your work.

It kind of sounds like she figured out what she wanted in an assistant by watching Entourage.

Re the sleep thing.... You mean they sleep when they should be working?? Where are they sleeping? My office does have a little room with a bed in it so that people can take naps, but they would only go for a nap during their own time, i.e. on their lunch break.

Who Princess

PJ_Soul said:

Re the sleep thing.... You mean they sleep when they should be working?? Where are they sleeping? My office does have a little room with a bed in it so that people can take naps, but they would only go for a nap during their own time, i.e. on their lunch break.

At their cube. When a supervisor isn't around. To respond to Ident, I wouldn't have imagined it either. I guess it's pointless to wonder if they've ever heard of the concept of work ethic or even owing your employer 8 hours of work a day.

ldent42

Who Princess said:

PJ_Soul said:

Re the sleep thing.... You mean they sleep when they should be working?? Where are they sleeping? My office does have a little room with a bed in it so that people can take naps, but they would only go for a nap during their own time, i.e. on their lunch break.

At their cube. When a supervisor isn't around. To respond to Ident, I wouldn't have imagined it either. I guess it's pointless to wonder if they've ever heard of the concept of work ethic or even owing your employer 8 hours of work a day.

And I mean how disrespectful is that to the rest of your coworkers too!?! Even if you work 100% independently where no one is picking up anyone else's slack, it's still unbelievably rude.

PJ_Soul

ldent42 said:

Who Princess said:

PJ_Soul said:

Re the sleep thing.... You mean they sleep when they should be working?? Where are they sleeping? My office does have a little room with a bed in it so that people can take naps, but they would only go for a nap during their own time, i.e. on their lunch break.

At their cube. When a supervisor isn't around. To respond to Ident, I wouldn't have imagined it either. I guess it's pointless to wonder if they've ever heard of the concept of work ethic or even owing your employer 8 hours of work a day.

And I mean how disrespectful is that to the rest of your coworkers too!?! Even if you work 100% independently where no one is picking up anyone else's slack, it's still unbelievably rude.

It is pretty fucked up. I knew that perhaps some people might close the door to their own office and put their heads down if they are just dying of tired, but I have never heard of people doing it out in the open in their cubicals where other people can see them, lol. That is a bold move, haha.

Who Princess

ldent42 said:

Who Princess said:

At their cube. When a supervisor isn't around. To respond to Ident, I wouldn't have imagined it either. I guess it's pointless to wonder if they've ever heard of the concept of work ethic or even owing your employer 8 hours of work a day.

And I mean how disrespectful is that to the rest of your coworkers too!?! Even if you work 100% independently where no one is picking up anyone else's slack, it's still unbelievably rude.

It absolutely boggles my mind. And I feel like such an old fart saying so, but it's very young employees doing it.

HughFreakingDillon

Who Princess said:

ldent42 said:

Who Princess said:

At their cube. When a supervisor isn't around. To respond to Ident, I wouldn't have imagined it either. I guess it's pointless to wonder if they've ever heard of the concept of work ethic or even owing your employer 8 hours of work a day.

And I mean how disrespectful is that to the rest of your coworkers too!?! Even if you work 100% independently where no one is picking up anyone else's slack, it's still unbelievably rude.

It absolutely boggles my mind. And I feel like such an old fart saying so, but it's very young employees doing it.

Generation Me is incredibly lazy and self-serving.

pjhawks

Who Princess said:

ldent42 said:

Who Princess said:

At their cube. When a supervisor isn't around. To respond to Ident, I wouldn't have imagined it either. I guess it's pointless to wonder if they've ever heard of the concept of work ethic or even owing your employer 8 hours of work a day.

And I mean how disrespectful is that to the rest of your coworkers too!?! Even if you work 100% independently where no one is picking up anyone else's slack, it's still unbelievably rude.

It absolutely boggles my mind. And I feel like such an old fart saying so, but it's very young employees doing it.

sleeping at their desks really? that's crazy. what the hell is wrong with people? i sometimes (only sometimes) feel bad for surfing the net during work hours but I only do that when we are not really busy (and it's a trade off since sometimes we are super busy and have to work up to like 12 hours a day). i wonder how people get like that.

PJ_Soul

HughFreakingDillon said:

Who Princess said:

ldent42 said:

Who Princess said:

At their cube. When a supervisor isn't around. To respond to Ident, I wouldn't have imagined it either. I guess it's pointless to wonder if they've ever heard of the concept of work ethic or even owing your employer 8 hours of work a day.

And I mean how disrespectful is that to the rest of your coworkers too!?! Even if you work 100% independently where no one is picking up anyone else's slack, it's still unbelievably rude.

It absolutely boggles my mind. And I feel like such an old fart saying so, but it's very young employees doing it.

Generation Me is incredibly lazy and self-serving.

I'm not sure that's fair. There are several people that age in my office, and they are all really great employees. Sounds to me more like the person doing the hiring is the one with the real problem. There are plenty of young people out there who aren't like that. WP's boss just doesn't seem to know how to tell the difference.

Who Princess

To be fair, we have other young, just out of college employees who are hard workers. Most of the people in my department are much younger than I am.

Everybody has a day occasionally when they didn't sleep well the night before, or they're not feeling well and it might be hard to stay awake. It's just weird to me to see someone come to work and sleep. If you don't have enough work, ask somebody for something to do. It just seems to be a different perspective.

HughFreakingDillon

PJ_Soul said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

Who Princess said:

ldent42 said:

Who Princess said:

At their cube. When a supervisor isn't around. To respond to Ident, I wouldn't have imagined it either. I guess it's pointless to wonder if they've ever heard of the concept of work ethic or even owing your employer 8 hours of work a day.

And I mean how disrespectful is that to the rest of your coworkers too!?! Even if you work 100% independently where no one is picking up anyone else's slack, it's still unbelievably rude.

It absolutely boggles my mind. And I feel like such an old fart saying so, but it's very young employees doing it.

Generation Me is incredibly lazy and self-serving.

I'm not sure that's fair. There are several people that age in my office, and they are all really great employees. Sounds to me more like the person doing the hiring is the one with the real problem. There are plenty of young people out there who aren't like that. WP's boss just doesn't seem to know how to tell the difference.

well of course it's just a mass generalization, but the point is, this current generation has been brought up having a lot of things in life done for them by their parents (the helicopter parents). are every single one of them like this? of course not. but my wife hires a lot from this generation, some are great, but she finds many are just clueless that the boss's job is not to accomodate their every whim. she has actually dealt with parents of employees calling her to set up doctor appointments for time off, etc. my HR department has dealt with parents asking if they can attend the interview, etc. it's bizarre.

RKCNDY

Who Princess said:

RK, your boss sounds like she's about 15 emotionally. I can't understand employers who want to get into your private life that much. I'd have probably bailed a long time ago.

Yes, she

HughFreakingDillon

Who Princess said:

To be fair, we have other young, just out of college employees who are hard workers. Most of the people in my department are much younger than I am.

Everybody has a day occasionally when they didn't sleep well the night before, or they're not feeling well and it might be hard to stay awake. It's just weird to me to see someone come to work and sleep. If you don't have enough work, ask somebody for something to do. It just seems to be a different perspective.

part of the issue, I find, as well is that it is so difficult to fire people these days without fearing a lawsuit, so people get away with so much more and seem to think it is their right to do so.

RKCNDY

Who Princess said:

RK, your boss sounds like she's about 15 emotionally. I can't understand employers who want to get into your private life that much. I'd have probably bailed a long time ago.

yes, she's had a few meltdowns/temper tantrums. I am hoping she mellows out now that there is another person there. I stick around because doubt I could find another job that pays as well and is as flexible.

I've been treated worse.