I work Monday to Friday in an office job. Today is Sunday (and a bank holiday). My boss texts me this morning saying there was an issue with something and that I had to log on. I was out at the time and she texts me 7(!!!) in a row. Then my husband called me and we had a long chat as he’s working away at the moment. Between being out and speaking to my husband, I didn’t see the messages for a while.
She seemed annoyed but I told her I could check in 30 mins, but I just had a feeling she was making more of a deal of something than was necessary. I didn’t say that, though, and was happy to have a little look incase it actually was an emergency.
I did what I needed to do and gave her the feedback that there was no issue on my end. But she pushed and asked me to contact other teams to have them check too. Again, these other teams also work Monday to Friday. She told me she I HAD to handle and keep checking the rest of the day because it was one of her children’s birthday.
One senior person got back to me and said there was no issue. And they seemed annoyed I had reached out. I had to wait 4 hours for their response. My entire Sunday afternoon, I spent by my laptop, refreshing emails and reaching out to as many people as possible because my boss said so. To note, my boss could have reached out and done the above checks. She did not need me to, other than the fact it was her daughter’s birthday.
anyway, I messaged my boss to say the issue was not an issue and everything was ok. She read it and didn’t reply.
I am furious. I wasted so much time. I hate my job and I’m so burnt out. Last time I was on anual leave, she messaged the entire time. I was looking forward to a break this weekend. I had to cancel my plans for the afternoon. I also burst into tears. AIBU considering it’s her child’s bday, should I have just been kind and got on with it? I think it’s the fact I was TOLD I had to handle it, rather than asking if I was able to. I feel like I’m a child.