Walking back into a ****storm tomorrow

[ThrowMeAwayTheVeryNextDay]

I've been away on holiday for a week, back in the office tomorrow. There was a bit of a crisis happening before I went so I wrapped up as much as I could and did a decent handover. It's all blown up, my boss (CEO) has been sending furious emails and I've spent the week keeping a face on for DH and the DC while lying awake for hours at night thinking about it. My team have handled it like troopers but have also been messaging me and have set up a meeting first thing tomorrow before CEO gets in so I'm not blindsided, bless their thoughtfulness.

I'm going in extra early to clear my desk before my team get in, in case I'm getting fired. I don't know how I'm going to hold it together TBH. I've told DH that it's bad, but not how bad. He just said it's a bank holiday, don't worry about it until tomorrow. I'm tired, my holiday was ruined and I just want to go in and get it over with.

Well done OP! Glad the meeting wasn't awful

been thinking about you all day, glad it all came out ok in the end...and very clearly not just down to you that it went a bit awry, in fact it sounds like you did everything you could...

hopefully you can put it all behind you as soon as possible...and however important it was, it is only work, not someone's life at stake.

Relieved for you OP, but as others have said it’s a deliberate tactic to leave you stewing all day. I have had the same happen and it’s horrible.

Wishing you a restful evening even if your working.

Tbh 1. A decison was better than not making a decison 2. If you could make a decision that would skin the company on your own you should have been paid more 3. If it was this important a decision there person who should have changed their leave was him not you 4. Hes paid more than you to be accountable, he shouldn't be sacking you over covering for him. Sounds like your decision was best one at the time, you couldnt have done better

Thanks @Jaichangecentfoisdenom

Op, can you fill us in on what seems to have been the massive tripwire for you here, which is your own CEO going away/being unavailable during his own holiday when there was regulatory self-reporting going on!

And did he mention that at all during today's meet?

And whose was the knowledge gap, and how does the company generally check for these (ie is it just left vaguely to you to keep up to date?)

Glad it’s all turned out ok @ThrowMeAwayTheVeryNextDay what a relief!

Well done OP, hope you can catch up with some sleep tonight

I'm glad things worked out. I'm sorry your holiday was stressful. I hate it when I have to put on a brave face with a pit in my stomach.

Amazing news 🤩 what a weight lifted! Now breathe 🧘

Are you smoking something? This is an example of absolutely crap leadership! The person who should have been all over this was uncontactable on holiday. The person who felt they had to make a last minute decision had their holiday ruined. What is incredible about that? Last minute decisions should not be left to junior management and making someone fear that they are walking back into an immediate sacking doesn't fill me with confidence, either. OP should lick her wounds and get out before the next shitstorm.

Fantastic handling of this situation, well done OP! Exactly as someone upthread said, you went in as a problem solver rather than a blame thrower.

Hard agree.

The OP had her holiday ruined, has been left to worry ALL day and had now been told to sort it by this total shit of a CEO.

The buck stops with the CEO

The OP is relieved at the moment, but will get angry. And hope get out. It will happen again if not

Excellent OP, sounds like handled it beautifully.

Wonderful news OP. Sounds like you dealt with it with professionalism, integrity and maturity. You sound like a great team player and an asset to any organisation. Well done 👏

It can also be a sensible move when somebody is angry, as it gives them the opportunity to have calmed down enough to not go in all guns blazing - it does require either a level of self awareness or somebody else who is trusted to tell them that it's better to wait.

Tbf I thought I had quoted the update an example of good leadership and I wish more of my bosses would act that way.

But also everyone here is an employee and no one, including the CEO, needs to be contactable when on holiday.

🤗

sorry you've had such a rough day & will have a much longer day, but pleased it wasn't quite as bad as you dreaded!

has the CEO taken any responsibility for the situation?

it sounds like you're onto it re 'next steps'

I Still don't see how this is your fault though!!

put the thought of changing jobs to one side for now & just fully focus on getting through this & think of a lovely treat for yourself once you're through the worst of it. 🤗

Well done OP. You’ve handled this brilliantly. The only additional advice I would offer is that once this is all sorted you consider whether it’s worth a debrief meeting with your CEO to ask him for advice on what you should have done differently. I did this when I was in a similar situation and it was really helpful. My CEO confirmed that there was nothing I had done wrong given the position I was in and the outcome was not my fault. This was helpful for my self confidence and really important in that it stopped the rumour mill and ‘No smoke without fire’ type comments. I can’t pretend it was easy but I’m very glad I did it.

I hope the CEO is staying late to sort it out as well, OP.

I saw before it got deleted. My boss jumped to the same conclusion but now that he's actually spoken to me and understands the information that I had, is happy that I did the best I could.

OP, well done. Now book yourself a mini break somewhere.;-)

So glad it went okay for you. You must be needing another holiday now!

Unless it’s a tiny company that would be really inappropriate. OP is in charge of this area, now that the CEO is happy with the next steps they should let OP get on with it. Highly unlikely the CEO will do anything other than get in the way if they try to micromanage, as well as further undermining OP.

Well done OP, glad your boss realised you did the best you can. Hopefully it doesn’t cause too much additional work.

Well done OP, also some good advice on this thread.
Good to see women on here supporting other women. We always are the first to blame ourselves instead of taking a step back and assessing the situation.

So those of you who weren't supportive or came back with a dig, just think about how you reacted and why.

I'm glad your meeting went so well.