One of my coworkers is very clearly angling for some kind of harassment lawsuit. He's a gay dude and claims he's experiencing a hostile work environment because of it. We wfh 3-4 days a week and communicate almost exclusively via teams or email. Can't wait to to talk to hr!
Ops guy joined the team and I'm not sure what he does other than think of more shit to add to our plates
Update #2: He interviewed for the position and decided to decline the offer. The position requires some certifications he does not have and his relatable work experience isn't enough so he would have to become essentially an apprentice which comes with lower pay. plus he would have to shift from days to evenings plus take call on holidays and weekends. But the Deal Breaker...they expect weekly reports on what he's working on, what still needs to be done, etc and that's "micro-managing" according to him. He is now trying to come up with Plan B
Got into it a bit with an IT manager (who I don’t work for) about the progress or rather his perceived lack of progress on a project. Despite not being a programmer, I manage an enterprise application. One of this guy’s subordinates is tasked to this project. He starts bitching about things not getting done. I diplomatically remind him I’m not a programmer and that the data migration he’s bitching about is his subordinate’s responsibility. “I’ve made a commitment to leadership to be done by X date.” Whatever you promised to whomever is not my fucking problem.
Don’t get me started on data migration guys. Their job is literally watching paint dry yet they always claim how busy they are.
Think one of our new hires is quiet starting. Works 100% remote and has yet to deliver any work product since on boarding in December. Work has to be spoon fed, excuse seeking constantly. Annoying. Like, hey buddy, you think you might do some work for us?
Currently working on a project that may end up with me telling them to fuck off, stopping, deleting everything I’ve done and quitting. It’s the largest project I’ve worked on in the 3 years I’ve been here. They asked for it to be done on Monday last Friday at 3pm and now I’m being held under the gun. Our typical lead time on a project this size is 5 days. The fucking stuff I need from another department wasn’t even done until yesterday. It’s not even a large profit project. It’s just extremely tedious and takes time.
I know a guy who mass applies to every fully remote position listed. Uses AI for all the resumes/cover letters and just does zero work until he gets fired. Does this for as many jobs as he can simultaneously. It's impressive, albeit a bit scummy.
Off topic but relevant, how many people have just told their employers to fuck off and quit? I did it before and wore a hoodie, some sweatpants and Timbs in and sat down and told my managers I need to talk. Told them no this isn’t a two week notice, this is a today noticed and got walked out the building. I parked in a visitor parking spot and told the security guard I was coming in to quit and turned in my badge on the way out and said “told ya”. I had another job lined up that started immediately so it wasn’t like a complete “fuck off” thing but it felt good because I hated that place.
I stayed silent until asked about it. Thought it was just some sort of excel software fuckup and would buff out
There are a couple of people who get to work before I do. Before I even sit down at my desk, I’ll be asked if I saw an email or be informed about an email. Most of the time it’s an update on someone’s schedule or something minor that doesn’t impact any of us at all. Only a matter of time before I finally respond with “I’ll see it when I turn my computer on”.
Another variation is guy sends me an email after I leave for the day. I see him next morning in the locker room, he tells me he sent me an email and then proceeds to tell me the content of the email…bruh
Yep, there’s someone who will do that if we’re WFH. Send me an email, immediately call and say “hey I just sent you an email…” Cool, thanks.
This irritates me to no end. If you sent me email, I’ll see it when I see it. If it’s urgent, then just call but otherwise I don’t need to waste both of our time with the excessive communication
I’m well aware that I am easily annoyed, especially at work, so I’m glad it’s not just me that thinks it’s a waste of time. The same person who does that, sits behind me and there’s no divider or anything. I’m convinced she needs adderall or something, she’ll randomly start talking to me (or other people) or ask what I’m working on then start telling me her workload when I don’t ask. It’s to the point where I try to make my in office days line up with days her and a few others WFH lol
I mean Jesus Christ … if it’s time sensitive, call me. Otherwise, I’ll respond to your email when I respond to your email. I employ the 4-Hour Work Week hack. If it isn’t truly time sensitive, you’re getting a response at 10 a.m. or 3 p.m.
had a manager once who would send emails at like 4 am, or on the weekend. I'd show up at 7 am to the office and he'd be there. you'd walk in the door and he'd say.... "did you read my email, what did you think" he ended up having a mental breakdown at some point. he resigned and i bumped into him a few years later. he apologized for how he used to do that and said he went to some therapy and had changed. felt sorry for the dude.
A dev on my team likes to submit merge requests at midnight-1 AM. I will not be reviewing that shit until 8 am.
My boss periodically texts/emails at 4am on things that pop into his head since he never really sleeps. A few times i responded to them bc the ding of my phone woke me up, and he would always respond with "i'm not expecting a response now, it's just something that popped in my head and i didn't want to forget it."
My to-do list is unread emails. I often have thoughts like that pop in my head, work and non-work related. Not uncommon to send 5-6 emails on random work and other projects while trying to go to sleep. But I just send an email to myself and then follow-up during reasonable hours.
I wonder why delay delivery isn’t an easier option to use on the Apple Mail app. Even in outlook it feels clunky
Why have your phone alert sounds on while you are sleeping? #VictimBlaming (I know there are some people with legitimate reasons for it)
i don't anymore, as i keep my phone on silent 24/7 now, but sometimes the flashing light wakes me up bc i'm a light (heh heh heh) sleeper
Our night Ops guys are really good at running into a problem and sending an email looking for help ASAP at 11:30pm. If there is an emergency, call me. I have no problem waking up in the middle of the night to solve a problem but I'm sure as hell not checking emails.
I don’t expect a response to my emails for 2-3 days unless I’ve specifically referenced a timeframe, which is rare. I have a colleague who consistently uses the Important exclamation indicator on Outlook for stuff that is in no way urgent. Those get immediately ignored now. Boy who cried wolf.
I get this though... developers are special creatures. If you have good ones, let them do their thing... I assume your merge requests are an automated thing, and not an email from the person?
I’m a developer for starters. And they must be approved to be merged and he’ll message saying it’s available for approval.
I'm a dev that works later at night sometimes when I can actually get shit done, but I try not ever message anyone or create a notification after 6pm.
The devs I work with… I don’t give a shit when you message me. As long as you’ve done your part and have done it well, I’m kicking it forward. this coming from a person that gets stuck in between development and upper mgmt. I just like things getting done.