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OMG! She and asshat friend would have ended up in my car trunk. Seriously!
She and I had words, believe me.
She ended up putting her horrid son in charge of her business. I'm going to guess it's because there was no one left on the planet that was unaware of her antics.
The job function of a manager is simply to manage resources, of which people are one type. This means making sure the right kind and amount of resources are allocated to the different areas that demand attention. This is truly the limit of power that a manager ought to have. But some bosses don't know what their job is, and instead of trying to efficiently allocate resources, they think their job is to be domineering or a slave-driver, bully their employees, or whatever.
How about supervisors that are so micromanaging that they want to take your work away from you and do it themselves? Sometimes this is because they don't have enough work of their own. I worked for a mental health facility, and my chief job was as a transcriptionist. The tapes and files would be placed in my "IN" box, and I'd have them completed within a day's time. This particular supervisor seemed fixated on the number of tapes I had - even though she frequently stated how amazed she was at how fast I completed them. If I had three or more tapes in my box, she'd consider me "behind" and want to do them herself, leaving me with nothing to do the rest of the day...until, of course, her reports would come back to me for corrections (there were many). She enjoyed doing those transcription tapes (she often said she could "do them all day"), so I could never understand what I was hired for.
How about supervisors that are so micromanaging that they want to take your work away from you and do it themselves? Sometimes this is because they don't have enough work of their own. I worked for a mental health facility, and my chief job was as a transcriptionist. The tapes and files would be placed in my "IN" box, and I'd have them completed within a day's time. This particular supervisor seemed fixated on the number of tapes I had - even though she frequently stated how amazed she was at how fast I completed them. If I had three or more tapes in my box, she'd consider me "behind" and want to do them herself, leaving me with nothing to do the rest of the day...until, of course, her reports would come back to me for corrections (there were many). She enjoyed doing those transcription tapes (she often said she could "do them all day"), so I could never understand what I was hired for.
I've been going through something similar at the temp job I'm at now. I was brought in to help the manager transition properties to the new owners of the company. In the almost 3 months that I've been here, I've probably had 2 weeks worth of actual work, and that is combined from many, many days. So many of the tasks that I thought I would handle, he's handled instead. I've often wondered why I'm there.
I've been going through something similar at the temp job I'm at now. I was brought in to help the manager transition properties to the new owners of the company. In the almost 3 months that I've been here, I've probably had 2 weeks worth of actual work, and that is combined from many, many days. So many of the tasks that I thought I would handle, he's handled instead. I've often wondered why I'm there.
The place definitely had MORE help than it actually needed, and definitely more supervisors/managers than it actually needed. There were only two of us in this particular department, and our supervisor didn't seem to have anything to do except attend meetings and micromanage us. We actually spent more time on that job trying to look busy than we did doing any real work. Once, in search of finding me something to do (after she'd completed my tapes), said supervisor had me assist the scheduling secretary in calling clients to set appointments. She later checked the calls made from my desk against the phone bill (because my job didn't entail being on the phone) and red flagged the long list of calls I'd made that day. I was accused of making personal phone calls on work time, plus given a bill for the so-called "personal" toll calls I'd made. Then her supervisor, the fiscal department, personnel...all got involved. It was like I was accused of stealing drugs or something. The phone numbers belonged to patients...and who was it had me make the calls? I had to go through the list, coordinate patients' names with the numbers, and prove it.
The next week, I got in to work late one morning because of a doctor's appointment, to find three voice mail messages from her about there being THREE tapes in my bin, and why didn't I let her know I was so behind?!? She knew I had the doctor's appointment and I was not at all behind. Three tapes were nothing to me, and she knew it...I could have them done in less than two hours. That was the beginning of the end...I found another job fast. My replacement quit after one day, I heard. Having the supervisor literally up her a** every move she made really got on her nerves and she had less patience for it than I did.
The place definitely had MORE help than it actually needed, and definitely more supervisors/managers than it actually needed. There were only two of us in this particular department, and our supervisor didn't seem to have anything to do except attend meetings and micromanage us. We actually spent more time on that job trying to look busy than we did doing any real work. Once, in search of finding me something to do (after she'd completed my tapes), said supervisor had me assist the scheduling secretary in calling clients to set appointments. She later checked the calls made from my desk against the phone bill (because my job didn't entail being on the phone) and red flagged the long list of calls I'd made that day. I was accused of making personal phone calls on work time, plus given a bill for the so-called "personal" toll calls I'd made. Then her supervisor, the fiscal department, personnel...all got involved. It was like I was accused of stealing drugs or something. The phone numbers belonged to patients...and who was it had me make the calls? I had to go through the list, coordinate patients' names with the numbers, and prove it.
The next week, I got in to work late one morning because of a doctor's appointment, to find three voice mail messages from her about there being THREE tapes in my bin, and why didn't I let her know I was so behind?!? She knew I had the doctor's appointment and I was not at all behind. Three tapes were nothing to me, and she knew it...I could have them done in less than two hours. That was the beginning of the end...I found another job fast. My replacement quit after one day, I heard. Having the supervisor literally up her a** every move she made really got on her nerves and she had less patience for it than I did.
Sounds like this "supervisor" was really in no position to be a supervisor at all. Unfortunately, my situation is totally opposite. I can go all day and never hear a word from my manager. I know that I've sat in my cubicle day after day literally listening to the clock tick. There is just so much busy work I can do considering the company will be moving in a week, and I really know nothing about procedure. I was brought in to assist with clerical work, and that has been very sparse.
If I didn't have my tablet with me, I don't know what I'd do!!
Someone in the field tries to rat you out and imply that you aren't doing something you should be doing while the fact is that you have been trying to get something done, but can't get a response out of the person in the field who ignores his phone calls and email.
Field worker sends nasty gram to your boss criticizing your work ethic.
Instead of your boss calling you to see what's going on and to get your side of the story, takes field worker's critical email at face value and sends you a reminder of what you should be doing.
I actually have 4 really good bosses. (father - son) / (father - daughter) Even on their worst days they are all still one billion percent better than most bosses.
we all get along very well here, and the bosses eat lunch with us, no one here is snootie at all.
I like them all very much....i just wish they would give us more vacation - sick days off.
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I have another, happened today
