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i guess if some of you were to work in healthcare, none of you would be complaining about the timing of the boss' text. in our facility, even though we're not doctors, we're always on call if an employee suddenly calls in sick. sometimes that employee might call the boss at night (like 10pm) or very early in the day like 6am, and the rest of the team gets a text from the boss/team leader about covering that employee's caseload at the times indicated--particularly if that sick employee is the one handling a very early task in the morning, earlier than when the rest of the team starts.
and this is the therapy department i'm talking about. imagine if it were the nursing department where any employee at ANY shift could call in sick.
Well that's just it. If someone isn't into dealing with work-related calls/texts
after hours, they likely won't gravitate towards the kinds of jobs which require
that. Unless I'm mistaken, I don't have the impression that the OP is in that
kind of work.
A woman looking out for another woman and trying to shape her into a professional who wants to be respected. Dead fish handshakes definitely don't command respect. It's too bad that you see it as her being crazy.
This is surely why so many women cannot compete with men in business ... but some sure can.
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I have been working since I was 16 so please get off your high horse. I have been in this type of role for 12 years. This woman is nuts. I have had a great boss in the past role. This woman is a control freak.
And it sure sounds unlikely that you will ever be promoted beyond administrative tasks.
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I lost count of how many times FBI Director Comey responded with "SURE" this morning testifying to Congress.
You do realize that this is a boss in a secular establishment, not ruler-wielding Sister Mary Gretchen from 1970s private school, right?
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Again, i don't think it was the word itself. I think if OP had answered "Sure, I'm available to work late Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday for as long as you need me" her boss would not have responded that way. She felt the "sure" with no follow up to be non-committal and hollow. We do not know the history of OP and her boss either, or whether or not she has a pattern of not showing initiative or wanting to do extra things. Again, I highly doubt this came out of nowhere and she's just that persnickety about words.
I'm curious. For those of you who feel "sure" is a positive answer; how would you feel if you asked the following questions and "sure" was the response?
You ask,
"Did you take the garbage out?"
"Did you do your homework?"
"Will you take care of me after my surgery?"
"Do you love me?"
"Will you marry me?"
"Do you promise to be honest with me?"
"Do you promise to be faithful to me?"
I'm curious. For those of you who feel "sure" is a positive answer; how would you feel if you asked the following questions and "sure" was the response?
You ask,
"Did you take the garbage out?"
"Did you do your homework?"
"Will you take care of me after my surgery?"
"Do you love me?"
"Will you marry me?"
"Do you promise to be honest with me?"
"Do you promise to be faithful to me?"
They answer, "sure".
I'd be perfectly fine - why not? It's a much more positive answer than "yes."
Maybe, but, having been both myself -- salaried when I was less mature and now
hourly as a more mature person -- being contacted at 9:30 at night strikes me as
something of an imposition. As I mentioned in a previous post, the boss should
consider herself lucky she got an affirmative response at all (if any) at that point.
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Oh, I agree. I was on the OP's side in this - especially considering the time of the text. But when I saw how she responded on here using emojis instead of words with strangers, it made me realize that her boss has a point about her communication skills.
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Originally Posted by zilam98
i guess if some of you were to work in healthcare, none of you would be complaining about the timing of the boss' text. in our facility, even though we're not doctors, we're always on call if an employee suddenly calls in sick. sometimes that employee might call the boss at night (like 10pm) or very early in the day like 6am, and the rest of the team gets a text from the boss/team leader about covering that employee's caseload at the times indicated--particularly if that sick employee is the one handling a very early task in the morning, earlier than when the rest of the team starts.
and this is the therapy department i'm talking about. imagine if it were the nursing department where any employee at ANY shift could call in sick.
Ok sure...but we don't work in healthcare?? And neither does the OP.
Communication is a two way street, what you mean matters but what the hearer understands is more so. If you knew she took this word a different way, be an adult and do something simple to be sure you communicate. Say Yes not sure. Is that so hard? what path do you take at work when something more difficult to do is required? Do it your way too? Get over the small stuff that is an affront to you when it does not properly communicate to another
Ok sure...but we don't work in healthcare?? And neither does the OP.
glad that the OP doesn't. the healthcare profession will fare better without people of her attitude
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