“We offer a remedial course in ‘How to use a browser’ at some locations. Please have the luser contact HR, IT, upper management, training support, facilities management, and parking enforcement for more information.”
[I’m assuming that this system is browser based.]
Nope. Mobile app.
So you’ve sent me a new overtime agreement which I have to sign and return.
This time I got a lawyer on retainer, and will send it to him first before I’m gonna sign it.
Once bitten, twice shy and all that…
I’m disappointed and upset about my performance rating, $Boss. I completed three high-profile projects, did major production support, worked my ass off helping my fellow BAs with questions about the HR system, vacation entitlement, and a bunch of other stuff, including leading a lunch and learn session on all the benefits and perqs we get as employees, and that only rates a “Meets Expectations”? Maybe your expectations are too high.
And, having been extensively involved in the performance management cycle at other companies, I know all about the “bell curve” grading and all that crap, and I know because of that it’s likely that at least one person on my team got an “Exceeds”. And maybe if I was part of the SAP team, not the only person supporting the HR team, my contributions would actually be valued.
Oh, wait, I did say all that. Maybe it’s a good thing I’m going to be on vacation for the next two weeks, and unreachable…
How did that go over?
Start of a new quarter? Check.
Start of a new fiscal year? Check.
Surprise meeting suddenly scheduled? Check.
I’m sure this will be all rainbows and sunshine and nothing bad will happen.
Not sure. I got a bunch of excuses, and how hard it is for him to manage his team because he’s so busy. And then he mentioned the social committee that’s our SVP’s new idea and would I be interested in being on that. I actually would, but I told him that - given my review this year - I’m not really sure I want to be putting myself out doing stuff beyond my basic job anymore. So, we’ll see what happens when I get back, I guess.
You realize that by telling us the timeline of this project that you’ve admitted that either you didn’t do the things you said you were doing before, or you were going through the motions so we would think those things were in progress and you knew they couldn’t be implemented.
Please stop stopping. We’re walking in an area where heavy machinery moves by very quick. You stopping every ten seconds to talk to someone in front of you or to turn around and talk to me is making me nervous.
I didn’t spend an hour writing that document and then telling everyone in the group chat that it exists and when it would be needed just for people to blatantly ignore it.
Been a while since I posted but today I was genuinely saddened. I work for the government (in the UK) so it’s all “other people’s money”. So it saddened me when it’s wasted so easily.
I think what’s worse is that my manager doesn’t seem to care. No one seems to care. It’s all money down the drain. Green lit by some quangos who will be gone in a few years and leave us with some massive subscription or work to go back.
It’s all just really really disappointing, frustrating and saddening all at the same time😞.
I guess a small chance their gambit could play off but I really doubt it.
So an LED assembly is filed in with lasers? Good to know.
Just to cheer you up, we have the exact same problem here in South Africa.
Govt just borrows money and wastes it without a care in the world.
And, to make things more worse, they target whites specifically with racist laws. Doesn’t matter that the whites are in the minority, they still target all the whites with racist and unjust laws.
No, I will not work any minute more past 16:00. I work from 07:00 to 16:00, so you can sod off with any overtime demands, because I’m not getting paid for any overtime.
If you don’t change your passive aggressive tone in emails I’m going to start ignoring you as much as I can get away with. (This person is, unfortunately, my boss.)
Don’t just stay silent and assume we can read minds.
If we don’t need to buy company phones for specific people, then do let us know when these people start employment.
Also, we are giving you solutions, don’t just say “it’s too expensive” then say nothing more… do contribute by offering or giving other solutions. This is what teamwork is all about.
Your people are in the “wrong staff group” in Tempus (our time and attendance system) because where they are assigned is based on their position in Workday (our HRIS). Guess what? They’re in the correct staff group based on what’s in Workday, which you have access to. You want them in a different staff group? Move them to the right position in Workday.
(I swear, this has been my answer to every single “they’re in the wrong place” inquiry I get these days.)
Oh, another thing about employing new people.
Make sure you can also afford the costs of extra Oiffice365 licences and laptops/cellphones before deciding to employ somebody, then let IT know well in advance of the new employees starting… we cannot smell that, and our crystal ball’s in for repairs.
From July last year:
In a shocking development, the product has been replaced with a new model that removed the enforced compliance and can handle situations where the other thing it interfaces with might be slightly physically different.
How many emojis do we have to express how amazed I am that this company realized it was a bad design and scrapped it?