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.

Me too. I made a mistake in my last job forwarding an email which apparently I should not have. I was put on a pip and it was the beginning of the end. It was just awkward and stressful after that and I realised I did not want to work for someone who would make a huge deal out of something that was partly his fault.

That's so cringey.

Great job @ThrowMeAwayTheVeryNextDay . You can't change the past. You've come back to work, got to the bottom of what was happening, had a plan to move forward as well as look at how not to repeat going forward all before meeting the CEO. You've taken responsibility and recommended action.

Well done, OP, you're decision to report on deadline sounds entirely reasonable to me - hope you sleep better tonight :)

Are you still there because there is a lot of work needed to recover from this error and manpower is needed? Or because the CEO realises he's on shakey ground dismissing you?

Don't be naive OP.

Massive well done OP! Sleep well, once you eventually log off

This on the CEO. The CEO is presumed to have all the facts or know where to get them, and is responsible for making sure you were fully informed so that your job performance does not impact his. Was the CEO asleep at the wheel? If you are let go, find an employment law attorney. Don't let the CEO cover their ass with yours. They are paid more money specifically to have oversight.

This is so relatable. I ruined a whole holiday once worrying about work emails. In the end it wasn’t as catastrophic as I imagined. Hope the same for you OP.

I've just logged off for the day. My 12yo cooked dinner for everyone at home so I have pizza waiting and a good sleep.

I hope everyone else facing a bad day today is doing ok.

I am glad it went okay, and it sounds like you did so well.

Also having a bit of a crisis at work, well, an annoying thing but the bosses have made it clear they won't back me up as it's not worth it to them. Which makes me question my value at all and it's not nice.

Going to take some inspiration from you.

Glad that today was not as awful as expected

Agree with this

Glad it went okay 😊 x

Well managed OP.
Do you think you know more about yourself than you did last week?
Maybe DD is also a star as well?
Sounds like teamwork family.

That's a good result, and the fact you handled it so well makes it even better.

Well done and enjoy your pizza

This.

Fuck him.

Take the experience, learn from it, put it on your CV, get a better job working for a company which treats its employees better.

Don't be dramatic, it was a crisis, they are now managing it.

This stuff happens a lot.

So the CEO put OP in fear of losing her job, threatened her with violence and left at a normal clocking off time, pausing only to patronise her as he left, while OP worked until after 9 pm. And you think that he deserves to be congratulated as an example of good leadership? Sometimes I think I have woken up in the wrong universe.

I couldn't agree more. Wtf is wrong with some people?

Apart from his violent thoughts...

Yes, I definitely agree with both of these posts.
The buck always stops with the CEO and that's why they get paid the big bucks. I feel that this CEO abdicated his responsibility towards you and in your shoes, I would be worried about what could happen next time.

Can't believe the brass neck of the man swanning off before 6 o'clock with a patronising parting shot to the OP who carried on working until gone 9pm (leaving her pre-teen to get dinner on the table).

What a fucking twat.

I'd be coming down with a convenient bout of the flu in a month's time and spending the week getting 15 hours sleep a day and firing off perfectly honed CVs to every potential future employer I could think of.

Fuck him right in the eye.

Long time dead!! Not so long alive!! I would say get out. I know its money and I know we need it. In my death bed I will not be saying "Oh the CEO was calm but with violent thoughts I am so grateful..." Sorry live your life!!! And yes it is easy to change your mindset once you distance yourself from the traps we create. Bit hippy maybe but have a think. All the best.

A CEO who admits to having many violent thoughts about a work error and who also bombards an employee with emails whilst they're on holiday is not worthy of the title of CEO, in my opinion.

I appreciate what you said about working bloody hard to get where you are, but I think you need to find another firm and go and work for someone who's not a bloody psychopath. Or, at the very least, work for a psychopath who's more capable of hiding it, because most CEOs do have psychopathic tendencies, apparently.

Unbelievable behaviour.

MAKE NOTES OF EVERYTHING THAT WAS SAID and send them to yourself. Do it straight away, tomorrow, before you start questioning exact wording between you and can write what was said almost verbatim.

Well done, OP, it sounds like you handled today really well.