You know, it really sucks.
I like my job, usually. I love working in our downtown office, and the people I work with down here are great.
My boss is an ass though. He never calls me back, never replies to emails, and generally busts my balls about stuff I have under control (stuff like asking for status on something when I ALREADY EMAILED HIM ABOUT IT).
My boss basically told one of the clients I would be in Glenview at 7 pm on Friday to help him. So I called my boss and said, “So I got a call from R___ P____ about helping him rack a server on Friday night.”
My boss said “yup”.
I said “you expect me to do this?”
He said “No, he will do the work, I just need someone there to supervise, I don’t want him in the data center alone”
I said “uh, okay, I was just kind of blindsided by the Friday night thing”
He said “yeah, we all get that” and hung up.
I hate how he did it. If he’d ASKED, I would have totally done it. I would have bitched, because it’s a pain, but would have done it.
But the assumption…that is treating your people like resources, and not like people
And it’s very typical of his attitude since taking over.
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gah! that blows… sorry you have to deal with someone like that. :(
This is a matter of respect. It is VERY important in a job. I think you should find a tactful way of letting him know that it hurt your feelings and made you feel unappreciated.
You should tell him that if he had asked you for this extra work that it would have made you feel more like it was a team that your extra work was appreciated and noticed. Appreciation is the thing that matters most in a job for how the employees feel. That is why loyalty is high some places and not others even with the same pay.
DUMP HIM!!!
been there, done that, and did dump her.
Give your boss “Hooked On Phonics” so that he can learn to read his email.
In the mean time, find a new job. You are way to good to be treated that way. **WAY** too good!