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I want to be made redundant so I'm being as rude as I can get away with to a senior manager

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ohyesido · 03/12/2024 14:31

Have I gone too far?

I want to be made redundant so I'm being as rude as I can get away with to a senior manager
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ohyesido · 03/12/2024 15:35

@CowGirl19 actually I'm a very normal team player type employee, middle management, turn up on time leave a little late very sardonic happy to help type 40 something.

Just acting out to see if anyone notices really

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Sofaroller · 03/12/2024 15:37

ohyesido · 03/12/2024 15:35

@CowGirl19 actually I'm a very normal team player type employee, middle management, turn up on time leave a little late very sardonic happy to help type 40 something.

Just acting out to see if anyone notices really

Have you thought about getting a hobby or some purpose in life? Perhaps having some fun?

If trying to get fired for being a dickhead is how you want to get 'noticed' perhaps you need something else going on. It's quite sad really.

OlderGlaswegianLivingInDevon · 03/12/2024 15:37

Aw that's fine, when you leave school you can get a better job.

ohyesido · 03/12/2024 15:38

@Sofaroller thank you for your kind words I appreciate it

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Cyb3rg4l · 03/12/2024 15:39

ohyesido · 03/12/2024 15:35

@CowGirl19 actually I'm a very normal team player type employee, middle management, turn up on time leave a little late very sardonic happy to help type 40 something.

Just acting out to see if anyone notices really

So you are bored with a very high risk tolerance. I’d suggest getting your next role lined up pdq if this experiment continues

NonPlayerCharacter · 03/12/2024 15:39

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ShyOpalShaker · 03/12/2024 15:41

Redundancy is when your role disappears and you get some kind of pay off. The sack is when you are fired and you get a P45 and, if you are lucky some kind of reference other than confirmation of the dates you worked there. Your behaviour seems to be leading towards the latter. Thank carefully what you wish for.

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ohyesido · 03/12/2024 15:41

@Cyb3rg4l you're actually right have a kind of kamikaze mindset like let me see how far I can go before I get burnt

I might ask them if I can charge my pizza from domino's to the company expense account next c

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Tittat50 · 03/12/2024 15:42

NonPlayerCharacter · 03/12/2024 15:39

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WinterFollies · 03/12/2024 15:42

If I got this message I'd think you were hilarious and want to keep you around.

MissMoneyFairy · 03/12/2024 15:42

ohyesido · 03/12/2024 15:38

@Sofaroller thank you for your kind words I appreciate it

What do you want from this thread

ohyesido · 03/12/2024 15:42

@MissMoneyFairy to feel noticed and like I exist

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RedVelvetIcing · 03/12/2024 15:44

You’ll be sacked not made redundant 😆

MissMoneyFairy · 03/12/2024 15:44

ohyesido · 03/12/2024 15:42

@MissMoneyFairy to feel noticed and like I exist

If that's true it is a sad feeling.

ohyesido · 03/12/2024 15:45

@RedVelvetIcing that might make me do something with my life

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Applesonthelawn · 03/12/2024 15:46

If you want redundancy, you have to tread a very fine line and you look like you are on the wrong side of it at the moment. You have to be lacklustre rather than rude, and it takes patience.

ohmymyyiaz · 03/12/2024 15:46

Jifmicroliquid · 03/12/2024 14:36

Jobs get made redundant, not people.

and people get fired!

OP your reply was unprofessional.

Eyresandgraces · 03/12/2024 15:46

Now if I had received that reply I would chuckle to myself but also wonder if you were ok.

I knew it was time to leave my workplace when I was exiting the rest room and a manager made a sarcastic remark about the length of my break ( normal ) and I put two fingers up and walked off.
I confessed to my line manager what I’d done and his reply was
don't worry, it’s easier to get rid of a verruca than a member of staff in this place.

Which was true.

ohyesido · 03/12/2024 15:46

@MissMoneyFairy such is life for a former beauty queen who is now referred to as reasonably attractive

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ohyesido · 03/12/2024 15:47

@Eyresandgraces love it. You get it

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NonPlayerCharacter · 03/12/2024 15:50

ohyesido · 03/12/2024 15:42

@MissMoneyFairy to feel noticed and like I exist

Isn't that why you're posting here?

ohyesido · 03/12/2024 15:51

@NonPlayerCharacter YES that's why I'm posting HERE

No idea what the emphasis is for but let's play on a cold Tuesday

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Blogswife · 03/12/2024 15:51

Thats a sure way to get dismissed . Your employers will be thrilled though as they won’t have to pay you any redundancy money !

ohyesido · 03/12/2024 15:55

@Blogswife win win all round then 😆

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