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

[ohyesido]

Have I gone too far?

After Id given my notice in I made it a priority to be genuinely nice and helpful to those colleagues who had been genuinely nice and helpful to me in the 15 years worked there.
The few who had been arseholes got the same back.
I was emigrating and didnt need references. They had piled work on me way over my paygrade and needed to keep me sweet so I would prepare a proper handover.
I also brought all the stuff up in the staff meetings that others wanted to and were afraid to.
I instigated my own exit meeting with HR.
@ohyesido I salute you 👏

Doubtful.

Rude and childish.

Most companies who are thinking of cutting staff are really good at leaning on people to leave rather than pay out redundancy, and they put a lot of energy into that. I feel that winding them up is playing right into their hands.

Start job hunting now.. easier to do that if you are already in a job, rather than out and before you completely eff up your references. When you've lined up your next gig, you can plan a grand exit if that's what you like.

In the meantime, If they do call you in for written warning/disciplinary - it was just a joke and you thought he'd find it funny.

But try not to get sacked or disciplined, it will only follow you around and hinder your next phase.

Why not be less passive and hand in your notice and find another job. It will give you agency and you will be less reliant on the actions of others. Take control !

It's giving toxic man (the kind that start acting like dicks so you break up with them instead of just breaking up with you).

If you want to do something with your life - do it! Stop waiting for external forces to make you - make yourself. All you’re doing is giving someone a minor headache for a short period of time with passive aggressive nonsense like this. It will not get you noticed in a professional setting it will just reduce any respect and trust.

OP, redundancy applies to the job, not the person. If your job is considered essential you won’t get redundancy, but if you continue being rude to your bosses, and ‘pushing the boundaries’ you might find yourself fired for misconduct, which doesn’t attract any form of payment. You might want to familiarise yourself with the terms of redundancy before you go any further down this road because you don’t appear to actually know what it is.

So many people.

As redundant as this thread

I know how redundancy works, my predecessor experienced it and I simply stepped into her shoes with a different job title. If I make a nuisance of myself I can go the same way. I have no job satisfaction and my industry is on a level with cockroaches in terms of public perception

@CyranoDeBergerQuack oh boo you

😂😂😂😂

Oh, never believe what your reflection tells you, a reflection only says those kind things because they get lonely sitting in the mirror all day on their own, so they try to engage you through flattering remarks.

In reality you are statistically likely to be average, if not slightly below. Average intelligence, average sense of humour, average looks.

This. What an absolute idiot you are if this is genuine.

🤣🤣🤣🤣

Be careful OP. If you work for the public sector this kind of behaviour usually results in a promotion 😂

🤣 I want to do this!!

Oh you're 14. That's hilarious then.

Oh climb down off those high horses. I'm a big fish in a small pond and I want to make a few ripples so what

@ohyesido if this is real, you're probably living out many people's fantasy right now 🤷‍♀️🤣.

Will you get by if they sack you? Not sure if you can get a reference after dismissal.

I think that you may be taking a gamble to expect redundancy, what may have happened to a former colleague might not happen to you.

The person who went out of their way during their notice period to be kind to the good ones (and vice-versa) reminded me of someone who retired and was very selective in who was invited to their retirement do. Officially because of space of course(!)

@viques I'm comfortable with how I look now, doing ok for 42 but hanker for the days when I could be described as very attractive rather than having been very attractive

Then focus on getting yourself a bigger pond and making yourself a big fish there, not making the job of someone else, who may not have that option, even worse.