What’s given you the work ick?

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I’ve started a new job recently and was surprised at how quickly I lost respect for certain colleagues. My manager regularly doesn’t show up for meetings she scheduled and just leaves you sitting there. Another colleague vapes through every meeting like it’s completely normal. It’s not the end of the world but it definitely gives me the ick and now I can’t take them seriously.

So AIBU to feel this way? And what are your workplace icks?

I had a boss that spoke to me like I was a child and also a boss that constantly rings you to come to their office to almost highlight their position of them being in charge.

Shouldn't real say this but perpetually positive colleagues that worry about everyone's well-being when not called for, even if you like them if you are slightly introverted and want to just concentrate on work this is a bit annoying.

That made me laugh out loud 🤣

A boss who throws a tantrum. This happened when the office was having a Christmas party and he was mixed up about what he was supposed to bring. He came in with a plastic container of punch. Someone remarked that they had brought the drinks and said. "Ed you were supposed to bring potato chips". Ed slammed the container on a desk and the lid popped off and liquid spewed all over. Then baby Ed went to his office and slammed the door. This same " boss" walked by my desk one day and I was eating butterscotch pudding at lunch. He remarked that it looked like baby poo.

I once worked somewhere where everyone referred to each other by their initials….. definitely gave me the ick! They all thought it was cool!

This week my manager begged me to cover for a colleague which I did so to a huge detriment to myself. I then saw the same sick colleague all over sm having a great time at an oasis concert. Then asked to cover again as she couldn’t come in as childrens teachers had inset day. I dragged myself in despite knowing that her other half does a job that doesn’t require him to work during school times. The ick you say! I’m blooming furious!😡

Oh! And managers who send emails starting with ‘just a gentle reminder to……’

Gentle reminders can get in the bin!

I’ve got a colleague that drives everyone insane with constant boasting in a loud voice, asks questions, but doesn’t let anyone get a word in to actually give an answer, has more time off than anyone else, but makes out she is indispensable. She talks over people, thinks she is hilarious and quite frankly has breath that could knock out a rhino.

Something that gave my the ick in the proper meaning of the word - we had a sauna night at work, I was the only woman so I suggested we all wear towels so we can have a mixed sex sauna and I wouldn't miss out on the all the conversation. By the end of the sauna everyone except me and one other guy had given up on towels and I saw things I can not erase from my mind no matter how hard I try. Proper ick.

Was this a work event? Jesus Christ. Wholly inappropriate. I'm not blaming you for going along with it, but I wouldn't have for a second gone into a sauna with only male colleagues in my towel. I'd also be amazed any HR thought this was a fine idea.

I'm in Finland so sauna nights with work aren't unusual at all but you'd normally have separate male and female sessions so not inappropriate, but being the only woman there I didn't want to be left out, as all the chat happens in the sauna. I went by myself last time and was so bored so thought this was the better option but eww, testicles.

David Brent vibes! 🤣

How long was thos sauna night?? You're only supposed to be in there for 20 mins max..

Oh, Finland makes more sense! Sorry.

Hell no.....boak.

20 minutes isn't enough for sauna! It takes a couple of hours at least, going outside to cool down from time to time. At one point we had a break to eat sausages.

People who leave the communal kitchen a mess.

Managers who take credit for someone else’s work.

Kiss arse people

I….dont think I could eat sausages having seen the meat and 2 veg of all my male colleagues!

not the best choice of snack, that's for sure

I have a friend who says that his team absolutely hate answering the phone and will not if they possibly can. It isn’t laziness, more that they assume that someone important ringing them is going to be bad news or they are in trouble.

He ended up having to get them all together and explain that when he rings them, it is part of their job to take his calls.

Our company is going through a major rebrand, and one colleague persists in using "wacky" fonts, emojis and AI summaries in summary documents that don't really do anything.

I've diligently used the branding tools available and am a bit of a comms nerd. I've made a LOT of suggestions about how to improve the presentation of the project tasks - but his major IT project is foundering because he totally ignores my suggestions, then whines to me for endless amounts of time about how "people aren't getting it".

Then ignores my suggestions again.

It's fucking AWKWARD watching him monologue about new concepts using amateur materials, whilst some poor sod is sat there thinking, "wtf".

I had many different 'team leaders' when I worked for a large insurance company, two who I remember for the wrong reasons are the woman who would stand in front of us in daily morning meetings constantly rubbing her pregnant stomach. Now the miracle of life is a blessed thing but constantly, rhythmically rubbing any part of your body in front of a mixed group of people is surely inappropriate! Worse though, the manager who would sit in front of us, in a long skirt, with her legs apart, 'wafting' said skirt to air herself...

I totally agree. When and why did managers/colleagues turn the workplace into a bloody therapists ?

We have this in our place spoken about a lot by directors but actually only role that ethos out to the few in their clique which is even worse

I'm an academic.

Basically everything.

Most recently, the horribly patronising and fawning way that academic staff speak about professional support staff. Makes me want to gouge my own eyes out.

I can't fucking wait to retire.