Situations at work thread
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Omi43221
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I just want to support this. If you have the kind of boss that gets upset when you point out they are clearly making a mistake
you should be looking for a new job. Only drama comes from working with a boss that has a huge ego and cant accept that
they make mistakes.
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ToeMissile
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To follow up on Cad's comment, it's how you present it as well as your relationship with the person.
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Noodleface
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You just gotta do what's right for you. My first boss was a great mentor and someone I looked up to and he was super positive about it. He taught me much of what I know now and had me on a path to becoming great. Its the only job I've ever left where I sort of regretted it because of how nice it was to work there.
My boss at Akamai when I told him I literally saw his heart shoot out of his ass and it was broken in half. I felt guilty for doing that to him, but he commute was ruining me. People gave me shit that I didn't let the company fix it, but it was a fundamentally me problem.
If I left here no one would even care
My boss at Akamai when I told him I literally saw his heart shoot out of his ass and it was broken in half. I felt guilty for doing that to him, but he commute was ruining me. People gave me shit that I didn't let the company fix it, but it was a fundamentally me problem.
If I left here no one would even care
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TJT
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I've only had good bosses. But I've had multiple product owners who thought nothing of throwing me under the bus. The more annoying part was that they gained nothing from doing it. That shit I don't get.
I've since become full on scrum nazi and it isn't an issue anymore however.
I've since become full on scrum nazi and it isn't an issue anymore however.
chaos
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I don't count my bosses in the military. Outside of that, I've basically had 3 direct supervisors. The first one was terrible, the fucking worst. There was a time where we were literally in the hallway screaming at each other and he's daring me to quit, clenching his fists like he was about to hit me. I was praying he would hit me so I could have the satisfaction of seeing him carried out of the building in cuffs. When I quit (about 3 months later)he fucked with my clearance so that I almost didn't get the follow on position. If he was on fire, I wouldn't piss on him to put it out, humanity would be better off. Seriously, fuck that guy.
Second boss was great, the model I have for the manager I try to be. He looked at his role as an advocate for those who worked for him, providing support and keeping them out of the line of fire from politics and bullshit that could interfere. I was lucky to even know this guy, much less work for him.
The guy I work for now is just fine. He's frustrating sometimes because he clearly is one of those guys who just says things without thinking or really even knowing what he is talking about. More than once he has put me in a terrible position at work where I represented him and told other groups something (that came out of his mouth) and he went after me and changed that up. Really shitty. But I just don't think he's a good manager, if we were coworkers I think we would get along. I've tried to modify my own behavior/approach to deal with him, since I think I have his number and I know he isn't changing. Since then things have been smooth sailing
Second boss was great, the model I have for the manager I try to be. He looked at his role as an advocate for those who worked for him, providing support and keeping them out of the line of fire from politics and bullshit that could interfere. I was lucky to even know this guy, much less work for him.
The guy I work for now is just fine. He's frustrating sometimes because he clearly is one of those guys who just says things without thinking or really even knowing what he is talking about. More than once he has put me in a terrible position at work where I represented him and told other groups something (that came out of his mouth) and he went after me and changed that up. Really shitty. But I just don't think he's a good manager, if we were coworkers I think we would get along. I've tried to modify my own behavior/approach to deal with him, since I think I have his number and I know he isn't changing. Since then things have been smooth sailing
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ToeMissile
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I had one shit-bag-turned-hardcore-(except not really) supervisor while in the military, but fortunately never had to worry about office politics or "i can do no wrong" assholery.
Omi43221
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Not sure, where to put this one but have issue at work. So new position opening on helpdesk...yay. We are still quite a small helpdesk and position is posted on our corporate website, gets screen scrapped by some meta collectors but that is about it. I feel like I need to figure out how to be more proactive about going out and getting new candidates. Suggestions? Second working on previous helpdesks I have come to the conclusion that there is a small percentage of the population that is just way more comfortable talking to either a male or female person. We only have males on our team right now and I let my boss know this and I would like to hire a female. It's been two weeks and not a single female applicant.
Breakdown
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Managed Services is a lie sold to people who are too stupid to build their own internal IT department.
Source - I made alot of money doing that.
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