Bollocking at work

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Overall I’m really happy in my job, small team who get on quite well.
Yesterday, I was asked to do something by a senior colleague which I got in with - unbeknownst to me they’d made a mistake and actually the task shouldn’t have been done.
So I try to undo the task but as I’m discussing it, I get an almighty bollocking from my line manager because I’m discussing it too much and I have other tasks I should be getting on with.
I'm a little shell shocked by this bollocking (in front of two other colleagues) that I go back to my desk and carry on with other tasks.
I’m not really sure how I feel about it but I know I’m still on probation and have spent the weekend so far worrying about it.
At the end of yesterday I try to speak to my line manager about it but I seemed to annoy them more so I just left it.
Should I take this further or just chalk it up, hoik up big girl pants and forget it ever happened?

OP is address it - it is totally wrong for your boss to behave like that to you full stop never mind in front of others - take him aside and tell him you don’t appreciate that behaviour and keep a note of it

What actually does this "bollocking" consist of:
"For goodness sake, can you get on with the tasks you should be doing and stop moaning about this one"
Or full stand up and shout about how you're a waste of space and shut up!

Tbf with the heat in my office yesterday, if I had someone discussing something for ages that they didn't need to either have done nor discuss it, then I suspect I might have been less polite than normal, and I'm known for being gentle and not minding hecticness and noise in the office.

Go in on Monday and don't worry about it.

@MargaretThursdayI’m still quite new to the role and wasn’t sure what had gone wrong, in amongst sorting this out I was still carrying out other tasks so I wasn’t standing around moaning about it. I think less than 10 minutes had been spent on the task - I saw it as a training opportunity so wanted to learn about the process.

Clearly, you haven’t done anything wrong. A senior person asked you to carry out a task and you reasonably assumed they knew what they were talking about. I suspect your boss is really annoyed that this person interfered, but may consider them too senior to bollock and you’re just an easy target for his irritation. If this is an isolated incidence I’d be inclined to let it slide, but if it’s part of a pattern you need to take it with HR.

I think you’re probably right @LightningTreei think in future I’m going to get all requests for tasks approved by management - the bollocking was quite severe as the two colleagues asked if I was ok afterwards.
I have a probation review in a couple of weeks so will monitor for any other incidents.

sounds like may be trying to cover it up ?

Did your line manager maybe think this wasn’t the time for a learning opportunity, and you should be doing something else - or had they asked you to undo the task and discuss it as you went along?
It sounds a bit like you were disturbing everyone from their own tasks?

Possibly @Thingsthatgo the job is really varied and you never know what is going to pop up next so we tend to jump on learning opportunities as they arise. I’m not sure the senior person should have given me the task in the first place. I think it was the severity of the bollocking that has taken me aback - it’s made me lose some confidence actually.

HR person here… start by asking the senior person what you can do differently next time, then it looks like you’re looking for advice rather than moaning. After that, it would be entirely reasonable to politely say to your manager that in future feedback is given in private, not in front of your colleagues “it would help me if…”. I would also ask if they expect you to check with them before taking on work requested by other people or if it should all come from them. I would tend to use language like “I felt uncomfortable” - someone can disagree with the intent but they’re not able to negate your feelings. Be clear you want to work productively with them as you grow your working relationship. Ask if they have any other feedback on your performance so far. Person sounds like a total arse, but they hold the cards here.

daft question but in general why do we do all the word play / salad when people know what the other person generally means etc ?

Never apologise if you don't think you've done anything wrong. I would start next week fresh as if nothing ever happened

I would make a note of the incident, time, what happened and witnesses. If you feel comfortable I would probably ask if you senior had time 5 minutes to have a chat about last week and how it made you feel, if not discuss with your line manager what happened. I do think this hot weather is sending everyone abit crazy but not an excuse for raised aggressive voices.