Manager and "gentle reminder" emails

[YorkshirePuddingsGreatestFan]

Would it bother you if your manager sent a "gentle reminder" email about work needing to be completed that included other staff members on the CC list?

I work hard at my job and always get everything done by deadlines. It would an exceptional reason for me to miss a deadline.

My manager sends out a "gentle reminder" on the day of the deadline but it includes all staff members who have work due to be finished that day and it's CC'd to everyone. Everyone can see who has work to finish.

The ones who suck up to her are never on this list as they work unpaid overtime to get their work done early then faff about on Fridays. It's informally called the "email of shame"!

I've had a bad week this week. I had to leave early on Tuesday as the hospital phoned to say my mother had a fall in a shopping centre and had been sent there by ambulance and she needed picking up. She's fine. Just shaken up rather than injured but the shopping centre rang for the ambulance as a precaution.

To make the time back up, I worked extra hours on Wednesday and Thursday. Came in today and knew I had tasks to finish and I did get everything done before I left for the day.

It's really got to me today that I've done everything I could to catch up, and I did meet the deadline despite what happened on Tuesday, yet I still ended up on the email of shame for everyone to see.

AIBU to be irked by the email of shame, or am I just tired and overreacting?

No we don't know officially what anyone else is up to.

Obviously we chat among our immediate team, but I don't know how up to date other teams in the office are. Nor do I need to know if Bob over the other side of the room needs to finish something.

Poor managerial practice, that tells everyone she doesn't trust you. She has favourites too. It sounds like an unpleasant workplace.

This is exactly what I'd do. With a Kind regards and the emoji with the big cheesy smile.

I get gentle reminder emails from head office. I don't know the senders and assume it's sent to everyone who does the same project report as me.

It seems it's more the ppl who are copied in that's bothering you ??

So everyone who has not completed early gets cc’ed in? Is there anyone who regularly does not complete work on time? If so I wonder if this is part of ground work for disciplinary action. The employee can’t say that didn’t know about the deadlines or that they were victimised and extra stressed because they were the only one getting warning in advance that work was due.

A bad way to handle things as should just be with the one that needs to have performance improvements.

I would be saying something to my boss in these circumstances and reminding her that I always finished on time and her email was unnecessary. They show her weakness and lack of trust as a manager.

As for the colleagues who work quickly earlier in the week so they can leave early/take it easy on a friday, I dont consider this a fault. Sociological studies of people in factories on piecework show that they often speed through the jobs to give themselves a short unofficial break later in the day. People have differing speeds and styles of working and may tackle tasks in spurts. If you are in an environment where you complete your assigned tasks early (but have to put in the hours) no sensible person is going to ask for more work. A wise employee makes the work stretch to fit the available time slot and always appears occupied, even if they are not.