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My boss is a pain in the arse!

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Hafa9141 · 10/05/2018 11:27

I'll try to keep the story short but I do need to give a bit of detail to give an image of her.
My manager in work is the office manager and is like the mother hen of the office, loves to make a fuss on birthdays, buy treats for everyone, have one to one chats when people are ill or upset, even driven a girl home in the past who was poorly. So she CAN be nice (when it suits)
Unfortunately we butt heads a bit as she is very controlling on both work topics and in general and sometimes the way she speaks to me infuriates me.
In the past she has deleted holiday requests off my sheet as she wanted that day off and thought I wouldn't notice! This is being dealt with at the moment by another manager but she doesn't think she's in the wrong EVER!
I am quite close with another manager in the office who has told me that my manager has discussed during management meetings that she "thinks I plan to TTC this year but I'm being sneaky about it and not saying anything" (to give some background I have epilepsy so it needs to be planned quite stringently)
But AIBU to be a bit ticked off that she is A) gossiping about me she's a TERRIBLE gossip, nothing you tell her won't he passed on* and b) think why is it her business when I plan to TTC and why would she have a right to be annoyed if that was the case?

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HollowTalk · 10/05/2018 11:30

Who on earth would tell their manager they were trying to conceive, unless they were particularly friendly with them? "being sneaky about it" is absolutely ridiculous and she should have been pulled up on that.

Any chance of her being promoted elsewhere? I'd be pointing out jobs for her!

Hafa9141 · 10/05/2018 11:54

@HollowTalk other managers and partners are now onto various things she does, so it isn't going unnoticed.
"Another manager" (the same one as the other comment) has advised me she is being watched like a hawk and her behaviour can't carry on or partners are looking to get rid. Obviously I don't want her to be sacked because she is generally very nice, just not as a manager, but ideally she won't be in a position of power for much longer as she definitely abuses it.

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Sparklyshoes16 · 10/05/2018 18:16

Wow that is appalling!! There was a woman manager (colleague A) who did/said something to that similar effect about a colleagues (Colleague B) pregnancy! Colleague B had a miscarriage and fell pregnant again very soon after which was a complete surprise to B, B was devastated and happy at the same time and needed some time to get her head around everything so took some time off and used her leave etc! Colleague A spread some horrific rumours about how B was being 'sneaky' and never had a miscarriage and was getting more time off than she should for appts as it was for the "so called miscarried baby" Hmm...which then caused some unnecessary resentment to B as A was very convincing about timings and would announce that she can't have time off because there's more than two people off, it was ok for other colleague but not B! Myself and another colleague spoke to HR about A as A was best mates with immediate Manager they were both hauled over the coals for the disgusting treatment of B. The bizarre thing was A could be really nice at times and it would almost make you feel guilty that you thought she was vile...toxic controlling narcissistic behaviour we finally realised!! I would keep a diary and make sure any more comments are officially brought up with your managers and their not just watching they are actually going to do something about it! Makes me so angry people like your manager are allowed to get away with crap like that!

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