You didn't read, he's been with the same company for 15 years!

Software Developer

No need to get sassy. Are you sure you're not the boss ?

Communication

Internal Audit

This person has grown very slow.
My advice would be to go away from under this person. 

If the person above you is growing slow. So will you.

Thats the plan! Thank you for responding :)

Product Marketing Manager

He's probably enjoying life, he can also have afternoon naps😅

Network Analyst

Software Engineer

Anyone here deal with a boss who behaves like an entitled idiot. Hes been with the same company for 15 years (don't see any harm in that), no skill upgrades, just one promotion every 5 years probab...

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Anyone here deal with a boss who behaves like an entitled idiot. Hes been with the same company for 15 years (don't see any harm in that), no skill upgrades, just one promotion every 5 years probably! Spends more than 2 hours watching sitcoms at work, takes an afternoon nap when wfh and basically things everyone is foolish!

Dealing with an Entitled boss!

Dealing with an Entitled boss!- Grapevine

I thought I was the only one frustrated with meetings until my colleagues also mentioned they were not able to get work done because most of the day was spent on meetings

Plus our boss (CEO) loves talking, anyway the meetings are agenda-less. He stretches 30 min calls to 2 hours and then has the audacity to question the productivity.

Cannot tell me this, he gets very touchy when feedback is negative for him. And then writes sarcastic messages.
Also, who wants to take up fights with person who pays your salary

What to do in this case? I'm tired of working 12 hours each day

Too many meetings, and our boss is one yapper

1. Try sending invites with an agenda 
 2. Drop off the call and leave a message that you gotta attend another meeting or you're working on something that's a priority or any personal reasons  
 3. After every meeting send an MOM 
 4. Do everything for you to escape any meaningless meetings except telling your boss. That's the safest option. 
  
 If there's one thing that TCS taught me...it is to PRETEND like every manager is nice and always right. If not you'll definitely lose your mind.

Founder

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My new manager is completely devoid of common sense, an absolute yes man, doesn't listen to existing employees opinions and views who are below him, asks the same question atleast 6 times, and results in zero learning. Given the bad job market, I am stopping myself from quitting almost daily. What to do?

Dealing with a intellectually bankrupt boss

Investor

I recently made a switch and joined this remote organization. Off late, I’ve realized its a bunch of scammers and pseudo-visionaries who are running that shitshow. Surprisingly its a large company and money is flowing in. 

I report directly to the CEO and he expects me to ‘nag’ him or ‘spam’ him all the time with WA texts. 

G**ndu wouldn’t reply to my texts for days at a stretch, won’t reply to emails but call me out in a company townhall saying he didn’t hear any update. 

When I pointed out that I’m waiting on his feedback, his point was that I didn’t escalate! Who tf do I escalate about the CEO to? And why is it okay to expect an employee to spam on text messages. 

Don’t you want them to respect your time ffs? Goes on to only say how he doesn’t value his own time. 

Now everytime I get a WA notification, my anxiety spikes up. Is this toxicity even normal and acceptable?

My boss expects me to treat him like my girlfriend ffs

Digital Marketing

I'm unable to understand what sort of entitlement does the leadership hold to ask their employees to work their ass off without any compensation for their efforts.

Like literally bro just said that it's a 7 day work week for the next quarter and fuck your personal life and doesn't even bother to highlight that there would be any gratification for the same.

The mid-senior leadership just acts as pawns and complies with this and in case you highlight this shit show you're fired.

Fuckall Leadership

Make a fake profile on LinkedIn, post this mail there, tag a bunch of people and make this asshole famous. 
  
 Fuck this shit, seriously!

Growth Manager

Product Manager

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I have joined this new company
Individually contribute and work with folks onsite.
I report to a manager who have multiple projects
There is this guy who is like 3-4 yrs experience but behaves like he is the boss when manager isn't around

Ruins standups every day with digressions and lengthy non sensical updates

He started trying overpower me with some nasty remarks 

Everybody is fed up with him,
With holds information, 
Treated interns as shit
Even seniors are troubled but don't confront aggressively

Got to know one of the recent left employee has reprimanded him and also shared the conflict with higher ups

They are saying no use as he behaves well with manager and his manager

I literally want to confront him and say to behave and act professionally

With his snarky remarks some of my days going bad
Being 11 years experience I feel so frustrated that I am still facing these narcissists


Please advise how to treat this prick in a good way and stop worrying


Ps I am all ok with years of  experience always feel good work place is major contribution for any ones win

How to deal with this co worker

This was the job I so badly wanted. It's WFH. The actual work hasn't begun. Training phase is going on. It's not even training. They've sent me some material to read and learn. That's it. I don't know any of my colleagues well. I just hear their voices on teams meet. I feel like quitting already.

Is it normal to feel like quitting your new job within a month?

We love to create problems when there aren't any

Medical Expert

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How do you deal with a micromanaging boss?

Interested to know how stupid can our dear managers get.

The stupidest thing your boss has done?

Intern

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My manager promised me a certain role. But now putting me in different team, I was the one of the  top performer in my team this year. I want to beat the shit out of him but can't do what to do now. He himself keep on changing company in Evey 2 years. And he is not a good person why I'm saying this because he keeps on shaming his father habits in front of team whenever we have casual gatherings. Like who does that.
And ek dam phattu Banda h. Baat baat par HR mana karge ye mat Karo wo mat karo.

Annoying manager

The one who
- Keeps nagging with status updates
- Pushes you to achieve a goal which is merely quantitative & not qualitative
- Appreciates employees that show ‘first-benchers’ trait
- Junks your ideas to satisfy his own ego
- Pretends busy all the time

Comment your experience dealing with such Managers.

Narrate your story dealing with Micromanagers

Software Architect

So, my boss is an absolutely lovely person, and is the best boss I've had so far. Not to brag, but I'm also the best performer in my team, by a mile. So, while I do get my pats on the back, I'm also rewarded with more and more work. I love, atleast so far, what I do, so I didn't mind taking up more work, because I learnt a lot in the process too, and it helped my hone my craft better.

Cut to now, I'm losing interest in work. Don't feel like taking up any new work, no matter how exciting the brief, or how great its potential.

I feel like I'm burnt out. And majorly demotivated.

What makes it worse is seeing this other member in my team chill the absolute fk out. He's hardly even given any important projects because of what a waste resource he is.

I've also just been promoted. So, I'm not sure if I should share what's on my mind with my boss.

My mind says I shouldn't, but my heart says it should be fine.

What should I do about:
1. Telling or not telling my boss what I'm going through (because I'm scared if it'll come back to bite my later)
2. Me feeling extremely burnt out and demotivated.

Drop in a joke or two, if you want, but please drop in a serious and genuine reply too.

Should I tell me boss I'm burnt out?

No, please dont in my opinion. Are you not taking leave’s? Please take leaves. 
  
 It might be contradictory on what i said but when it comes to bosses, it better not to talk about burning out and demotivated etc. 
  
 If you still want to do, sound as positive as you can be.  
 Boss sab ka bharosa nahi yaar.

Marketing Creative

Now a days work is never ever getting completed, we are working even after the office hours because every project is a p0 project, also managers are autocrative then a tech lead who dont have l0 knowledge but will comment on your timelines and i really doubt that with this culture in it industry i would really want to continue for long run. 
Are there some better career pivots that should be consider in mid 20s to avoid life long suffering ?

Hustle culture and toxicity

When I was in melbourne, I met a waiter in an Indian restaurant. He did his bachelor's in biotech and worked at this resto part time. Post his studies he got some job opportunity but stuck to this resto job. I asked him why? He said I get a free house and 2 meals. In 5 years I can collect enough money to go to hometown and buy 2-3 shops and m done for life. That time I was like how can a person be such? With no ambition?  
 Now I empathize after having high BP, neck pain, and many stress induced illnesses. Work on something, be really good at it and give it time. Its ok to be rich at 45, no need to have millions today. I used to think I missed the bus if I didn't make millions by 30. Now a bit wiser.

Give me one quality you hate about your manager?

Idv if he works 24 hrs a day, but i dont want to code more than 8 hrs a day for which I’m paid. I have to go to gym, dates, or play with friends. He can work on the task if he thinks it is so urgent, i do t mind 1 or 2 days working late ocassionally but not often.

How to deal with workaholic senior engineer? He tries to eat my personal time by asking me to do things even post business hours

AI Engineer

How do you tell your boss that he/she is keeping all the ESOPs and doing 10% of the work and I am getting peanuts?

ESOPs

Venture Capital

Boss keeps me telling that you should work on yourself, give more time in office even after working hours.
I am fed up of reaching early in office and going late in the night. Please share some experienced thoughts on this.

My boss don't want to leave me on time even if I signing in on time.

You know those type of people? The ones who believe they know everything, everyone else is beneath them, but in reality are extremely stupid?

The ones who will never admit they are wrong even if you show them why? The ones who will try to demean you at every step of the way cause it gives them pleasure? The ones who you just want to punch as soon as you see them in office?

Yeah, I know you’re thinking about atleast one person while reading this. My question is what has your strategy been in dealing with these people? 

So far in my journey, I haven’t faced any sadistic manager, so that has been great, but the people, my god, some of the tech guys in my teams have been absolutely the most frustrating human beings I’ve encountered.

Ofcourse the first thing to do is to take a step back and reevaluate whether if it is you who has been the actual asshole all along, but after that, if you are still convinced that the other person is nothing but the living embodiment of satan, how do you guys go about dealing with them?

How do you guys deal with annoying assholes at work

I spoke to my boss, 
no increment this year is not what I expected starting off. Less money, atleast put me in a role that is interesting. 
Current role is monotonous and tiring.

Boss: No money, no role change. So what are your plans now?
(Legit in this tone)

Cut to two months later, I hand in my resignation

Boss: what happened?!!

😒😒😒😒😒😒

The Audacity

Consultant

Hi,
I recently went on a vacation and informed my manager (CEO) that I won’t be available for a week. He did not say anything but I could sense that he is not happy.
On my vacation, I get his text asking what’s the progress at work? I Informed him about my vacation but he asks me to work for 1-2 hours ON A VACATION (This is when they promised flexibile work policy) I politely decline to which he doesn’t say anything.
Now, when I’m back, he has started to micromanage and says my work is disappointing according to the standards? I could get that he must be unhappy because a few things didn’t go our way. But, his whole behaviour has changed and he has started acting hostile towards me. I try to ignore and carry on with my work but it gets on my nerves sometimes.
Do I continue silently or should I confront? If yes, then how?

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