Ridiculous 7am start on Boxing Day

[OatMilkLattes]

Hi, I have rejoined MN after a few months off.

I work for a large company in London and we have the 26th/27th off.

We were sent a handover a few days ago from our boss as she has the entire Christmas period off (for the 4th year in a row, meaning I couldn’t take the time off too, but that’s another story!)

She has asked me to log on to my computer to check something at 7am on Boxing Day. In the handover it literally says ‘26th Dec - bank holiday’ and then says for me to log on. I will not get paid for this.

Also if said thing I am checking is wrong, I will need to flag with tech to fix it. That means I will need to phone them and because my flat is so insulated, I need to leave my house and go outside to get signal. I will also have people staying with me so I will end up waking everyone up.

Anyway I am FURIOUS. What can I do here? I feel like knowing I have to log on so early on Boxing Day will semi ruin my Xmas day.

😡

Brilliant OP well done I’d love to see her face when she realises that one.

Ohhhh had she not realised you were leaving OP? That's hilarious!

Perhaps she will think your resignation was spurred on by her Boxing Day demand? Personally, I don't think you're obliged to disabuse her of that...

probably nobody -it was probably one of those tasks the manager wanted doing, but it could manage quite happily not to be done on Boxing Day.

The best part is that she is going to be faced with the realisation that there is absolutely nothing she can do to "punish" you for non co-operation, OP. I'd like to be a fly on the wall when she finds out.

Heh nicely done! 🤓

Who cares?

I'd love to know who the company is, even if it is the day after the OP leaves. Or if the unreasonable manager gets fired, as there is no way someone behaving in the manner described should manage people.

Since when did we have to care before posting casual questions in what is in essence a leisurely chat on here?

I am sorry you misunderstood - that isn't what I meant at all.

What I mean is that the OP has now handed in her resignation, and there is no reason why she should care about who did the work or whether it even got done at all.

What a nightmare boss…. But not for much longer 😀