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We have this manager, who is in charge of drawing up our shift rotas and overseeing people's holiday booking.

He never knows what shift people are on (even though he put them on it), asks us to remind him what emails he sent us, and has already started talking about Christmas working.

He just came up to me and asked "why" my next week of leave hadn't been marked up on the wall calendar, and "why" I hadn't drawn attention to it when the rota came round for us to check.

Answer - I booked it AFTER the rota came round and the reason it's not marked up is because YOU didn't do it, you pillock. Red Face

Bosses, honestly... Crazy

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When The Office came out people used to go on about David Brent being the worst manager ever. As far as I could see he seemed a lot easier to work for than some of the nut jobs I suffered under. The one who popped steroids like smarties, ran everywhere and changed his mind about everything 5 minutes after you'd just finished implementing his last dumb idea would come pretty close to being the worst I'd say.
captain marbles
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Originally posted by captain marbles:
When The Office came out people used to go on about David Brent being the worst manager ever. As far as I could see he seemed a lot easier to work for than some of the nut jobs I suffered under. The one who popped steroids like smarties, ran everywhere and changed his mind about everything 5 minutes after you'd just finished implementing his last dumb idea would come pretty close to being the worst I'd say.

Nod I've met a few David Brents, only with a more spiteful streak!
Demantoid
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Originally posted by Demantoid:
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Originally posted by brisket:
I have often been surprised at the quality of some managers. I don`t know how they get the jobs in some circumstances. Many of them simply are not up to it!

You're telling me. In this place, promotion to managerial level always goes to the biggest brown-nosers and company robots.


Laugh

The only reason our departmental head has his job is because no-one else wanted the poison chalice post or applied....and now he struts around like mini Il Duce who fought of a hoard of MBAs to secure his place of bureaucratic superiority. We just smile benignly and watch the hairline recede. Cool
subatomic partygirl
I'm been so lucky in my working life, I've never had to put up with any twonks. Then again, I've never worked for corporations or public bodies where I think that sort of thing is more common. I've always worked for private companies and/or individuals in a very informal atmosphere (no, I'm not on the game! Wink) and the most irritating thing in my current job is a guy who 'sprays' when he talks and slurps and smacks his lips when he's eating.
Kaffs

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