Annoyed at manager?

[CorinnaSinner]

So I’m on annual leave and my manager sent me an email to say he needs to discuss working from home and to give a time for him to call (finally they have allowed us to wfh!) I responded with an hour window of when I’m free (He requested to speak to me today)

He never called or emailed back.

I think he’ll chase it up tomorrow but aibu to think fuck off and leave me alone I’m on ANNUAL LEAVE? I gave him an hour time slot of my free time which he never even acknowledged.

(Obvs I wouldn’t really tell him to F off)

I would give him a break, work probably is crazy at the moment. I am on annual leave and I am fully contactable at home by my manager and my staff. These are unprecedented times. There needs to be a bit of flexibility and people working together to work things out.

Ordinarily, no you shouldn't be contacted on annual leave.

But these aren't ordinary circumstances and I don't think a call to discuss WFH arrangements is unreasonable. He probably just got caught up in something and missed the time. Everyone's juggling a lot ATM.

He’s takes his laptop home and definitely has access to his work email 24/7.

Just think he’s rude. He could have emailed me back and said a different day or time. It would have taken 2 minutes. He requested to speak today so I was accommodating him.

I think YABU. If this was any other time then yes, I’d say you shouldn’t be contacted on annual leave, but with the stress of everything going on and such uncertainty we all need to pull together.

It’s not about the first contact. So please don’t focus on AIBU on that.

It’s about him requesting my free time TODAY and me adhering to his request but then not calling me or acknowledging it,

Then he will be requesting further time tomorrow.

Irrelevant. Cut him so slack; he’ll be overwhelmed right now.

You are looking for reasons to be annoyed.

It's hell on wheels at the moment. Be thankful you're on leave.

Normally I would say YANBU, but today has been such a mayhem in companies which are remaining open I would let it go

Cut him some slack. Something came up or he forgot.

Be flexible.

Seriously? Employers and management have enough to deal with at the moment without your shitty attitude. People are losing their jobs left right and center - a bit of your free time is hardly a major sacrifice.

Also, let's be fair. Not like he's interrupting your day. You've no freidns or family round, you're not out anywhere, no tradesmen in...right?

Oh OP 🤦🏻‍♀️ so you're on annual leave, with this massive issue going on around you.

Rules aren't the same, he forgot to call you, talk to him when he can. Like me, you're v lucky you can work from home.

When all this is over there is some things I won’t forget. The companies who have treated staff badly won’t get my business, the family members who have proved to be pricks and won’t be asked over at Christmas and the inflexible colleagues that are determined to be awkward at a time like this......

I won’t forget that.

What @Nicknacky said with bells on it!!!!!!!!!

Thee are more important things going on than a missed phone call. He'll catch up with you and get it sorted. Be thankful you are able to work from home. Loads of people are being forced to go in and there employer is not facilitating wfh or enforcing social distancing.

I've done loads if extra hours in the last few weeks and made calls to work to sort things out on my day off. We all need to chip in a do our bit right now.

Im technically on sick right now (not CV related) and my boss has phoned today as I said call any time. They confirmed delivery of a laptop for me tomorrow to work from home from next week. It took him 2 days to respond to my text as he is so busy. Businesses are struggling with things and we are not always number 1 priority. I can understand it will be frustrating but see how the call goes tomorrow before making a judgement. Obvs if he doesn't say sorry just pop it in the 'i will remember that' file then brush it off and enjoy the rest of your time x

You gave your manager a one hour slot at probably the most stressful and extraordinary time of his working life and the organisation's history and you annoyed he didn't ring?

Get real.

Why is it a problem? Are you busy tomorrow?

I’ve got staff emailing and messaging at all hours, some on off days, some after hours.

My manager has asked to call me and not managed to more times than I can count.

I’d look very unfavourably at an employee behaving like you are now.

Yes I actually am busy tomorrow. I have a lot to do.

Working from home should have been sorted WEEKS ago. They are only doing it now because they have no choice,

Also, you made other threads moaning that you can't work from home because you work on the phones for a global financial company and how unfair that is.. he's now wanting to speak to you to arrange your working from home - which is what you wanted in the first place!!!!
Urgh.

So don’t speak to him if you are too busy. But you are cutting your nose off to spite your face.

What are you doing tomorrow that you can’t interrupt?

The company to this point has treated us appallingly. They have made us feel disposable. I have done a lot to accommodate them.

I’ve still come into work, I’ve volunteered to go to a different building when no one else would, I’ve not used this terrible event for gain,

I accommodated my manager today, he found the time to call others.

Why don’t you ask him what time suits and then call him?