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Annoyed at manager?

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CorinnaSinner · 24/03/2020 22:45

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)

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CorinnaSinner · 24/03/2020 23:25

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!!!!

And sent me an email at 3:30 requesting to speak to me today. I responded 15 minutes later saying yes call me from between 4 and 5.

I had another call expected at 5.

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Haffdonga · 24/03/2020 23:25

I manage someone who was on annual leave today. I had to contact her urgently at the request of my chief exec about her working from home plans. (Colleague didn't mind at all.)

Little did she know that I was having a major fight with the CEO trying to save her job so she'd actually have a job to come back to. An hour of your time waiting for a phone call is totally insignificant in the current crisis.

Nicknacky · 24/03/2020 23:25

So he forgot or got tied up. Call him and discuss it.

CIT80 · 24/03/2020 23:28

The country is on lockdown - what on Earth is keeping you so entertained that you can’t take a five minute call from work

NorthernLass75 · 24/03/2020 23:29

I got a call while on annual leave last week to say my leave was being cancelled and I needed to be ready for work the next day. Shit happens.

Look on the bright side, OP, maybe he’ll ring you tomorrow to say your job has gone and you won’t have to worry about taking calls from him any more.

Wilmalovescake · 24/03/2020 23:32

You sound like an entitled nightmare of an employee tbh.

Newsflash: we ain’t living in normal times.

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CorinnaSinner · 24/03/2020 23:45

Look on the bright side, OP, maybe he’ll ring you tomorrow to say your job has gone and you won’t have to worry about taking calls from him any more.

I hope so!

At least I’ll know I never wished someone redundancy in a time like this. What a lovely person you are.

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Nicknacky · 24/03/2020 23:46

And what an employee you are. Moaning because you weren’t called in your one hour window.

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CorinnaSinner · 24/03/2020 23:46

Newsflash: we ain’t living in normal times

Saying new flash is so 2004.

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CorinnaSinner · 24/03/2020 23:48

.And what an employee you are. Moaning because you weren’t called in your one hour window.

What’s the point when you purposely ignore the aibu.

You just twist a small part of it to fit your narrative so you can enjoy the witch hunt of what aibu is.

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Nicknacky · 24/03/2020 23:49

No witch hunt here. But either have some professional pride or leave if it’s so terrible.

Duck90 · 24/03/2020 23:49

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

Well I hope he is getting some rest.

Most people are wanting guidance on their jobs. You don’t sound too concerned. Just say I will speak to you after my leave. See how it plays out in your future plans.

DartmoorChef · 24/03/2020 23:53

You definitely have the right attitude of someone who works in a call centre 😂

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CorinnaSinner · 24/03/2020 23:54

Well he’s been on holiday the previous week.

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Nicknacky · 24/03/2020 23:54

And what of it? Things are changing daily.

chipmunkcalling · 25/03/2020 00:07

This is not something that could have been predicted weeks ago, the situation is changing daily. Yabu to not be more accommodating. I'm technically on annual leave right now, I know I could be called in any moment, I'm classed as a key worker as I work for a social care provider, but not front line staff, if I had to I would go in, but I know my boss won't do that as I'm due a baby in 11 days, and my maternity leave starts at the end of this week.

Tbh your boss could quite easily cut your A/L short and still be well within his rights, as this is an unprecedented situation, give him a call tomorrow, talk to him about what adjustments you need to make to help take some of the strain, no doubt he is under alot of pressure, 1 hour out of however long you're off for is a rediculously short amount of time.

You need to make allowances for the constantly changing situation.

Femail · 25/03/2020 00:09

Your lucky to even be able to work from home

PawPawNoodle · 25/03/2020 00:30

You have him 15 minutes notice of a strict 1 hour timeslot and wondered why he couldn't call you? You sound like an absolute nightmare employee, if I were him I'd be making you come in so you can be supervised.

Linning · 25/03/2020 03:26

So your boss emailed you at 3:30pm, probably then going on to calling other people/dealing with other stuff. You answered at 3:45pm to tell him you can only talk from 4pm (15 minutes after your original message) and 5 pm? giving him a strict 1 hour window with only a 15 minutes warning and you can't see how you are unreasonable and can't imagine a scenario as to why he didn't call?

You seem like a nightmare employee frankly.

What are you doing tomorrow during your leave that isn't staying at home and can't be interrupted (as you obviously aren't working) anyway? Stop finding ways to be upset when you have nothing to be upset about and you are amongst the lucky ones who can keep their job and work from home, you obviously don't have much worries in your life if this minor inconvenience is what compels you to come to AIBU, so try and be grateful instead of finding small ways to feel agravated when there are so many more (important) things to worry and be angry about.

You have no idea what held him back, someone may have died or got into an accident, he might have had a family or work emergency, he may not have seen your email until past 5pm anyway. In the current climate, is it really that hard to be acommodating and play your part in making transitions smoother?

DrSheldonCooperPHD · 25/03/2020 03:28

What's the point when people purposely ignore the AIBU? What's the point when you don't want to hear that you are being a extremely unreasonable HmmBiscuit

LadyMinerva · 25/03/2020 03:32

Thousands and thousands of people around the world have lost their jobs and will likely lose their homes.

Just be thankful you have a damn job.

TiggerOfThigh · 25/03/2020 03:39

@DartmoorChef it’s not necessary to be an entitled dick to work in a call centre, I promise!

NothingIsWrong · 25/03/2020 04:04

Tuesday is my day off. Yesterday I was working from 7am until 9pm while homeschooling three children because that is what needing doing to keep essential services going. I'm a keyworker, but I can do about 85% of my job from home and we are all working ourselves to the bone keeping the plates spinning. On Thursday I have an essential visit to do and I really do not want to go. But needs must. Please cut your boss some slack.

DroppedBoxxedRuth · 25/03/2020 04:46

This thread 😂

OP you obviously hate your job/manager as you've had a right fucking moan about nothing.

CareBear50 · 25/03/2020 04:53

OP under normal circumstances I would agree.

These are not normal circumstances.

They are now allowing WFH. Your manager will simply be following company protocol.

Considering we are now basically on lockdown what will you be doing today that means it's too difficult to speak to your manager?

These are unprecedented times. If your manager is generally ok, please cut them some slack.

I hope you and your family are safe