It’s “the place are you now?” month at Ask a Supervisor, and all December I’m operating updates from individuals who had their letters right here answered previously.
There will probably be extra posts than standard this week, so preserve checking again all through the day.
Keep in mind the letter-writer whose boss advised lies to make their crew really feel unhealthy for taking time without work? Right here’s the replace.
Just a few days after my unique e-mail, Corrine despatched me suggestions by e-mail a few process I had labored on; as standard, her tone was needlessly merciless and unhelpful and the “mistake” was not actual — primarily, she was mad that I had requested a shopper for clarification about one thing moderately than simply guessing, saying I ought to have understood what they wished. She stated the shopper was mad that I had reached out; I advised her I’d be contacting the shopper to apologize and allow them to know Corinne had advised me they had been upset. She advised me this wasn’t vital however I did it anyway. The shopper replied and was confused and welcomed me to contact them sooner or later in the event that they had been ever any questions. So as soon as once more, Corrine was mendacity.
This time, I reached out to Corrine through e-mail and let her find out about my interplay with the shopper. She didn’t reply.
Fortunately, the senior supervisor determined she wished to have one-on-one conferences with every of us shortly after this. That is fairly not like me to go over somebody’s head however I used to be so exhausted with the drama that I let her know all the pieces that had been happening and offered her with screenshots; my coworkers did the identical. I advised her I wasn’t outfitted to take care of this and, frankly, I didn’t really feel like I ought to must. Fortunately, she is an enormous supporter of labor/life stability so these tales had been unnerving to her; at one level she even stated that she permits Corrine to go away early and take days off on a regular basis so she has no thought the place this conduct is coming from.
In our subsequent assembly, Corrine advised us if we ever have a difficulty together with her we have to go to her immediately and never the senior supervisor, which I felt was fairly daring.
Since then, Corrine has softened a bit and hasn’t lied about folks needing to work extra time; nonetheless, she nonetheless lies. Most lately she advised us that different groups had been complaining about us saying good morning to one another once we are within the workplace — this simply isn’t true. I’ve seen her conduct is unpredictable and sporadic so I’m unsure if there are issues happening in her private life that she is having bother separating from her work life however to be blunt, I don’t care as she’s confirmed to not have any sympathy for her staff when the tables are turned.
Additionally, our crew has modified from exempt to non-exempt inside the previous few months. I used to be upset at first however I’ve to say being able to inform Corrine I’m not working previous my out time has been wonderful.
I’m in search of one other place inside the firm proper now. I’ve given myself a deadline of the top of December — at that time I’ll start trying outdoors the corporate.
I hope this replace was attention-grabbing! It’s been a wild trip. On the intense facet, Corrine has offered me with infinite unhealthy boss tales to inform at events.
