More Evil Manager

[kizayaen.livejournal.com]

A couple of weeks ago, Corporate sent out an email describing a new policy, Summer Hours.

All normal 9-5 employees, for the rest of the summer, are permitted to leave at 3pm instead of 5pm on Fridays. In departments where this schedule is not feasible... like, say, the support desks where coverage has to be maintained until midnight... then managers are responsible for individually arranging a schedule by which each employee can get two hours off each week.

Today the evil manager sends out the following email:

From: Manager, Evil
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 1:26 PM
To: (everyone)
Cc: Manager, Evil
Subject: Cancellation Summer Hours
Importance: High

Due to our SLA commitment to the client and anticipated heavy call volume, the Summer Hours Schedule will be cancelled effective this evening, June 29th through Friday, July 7th. This includes the day shift summer hour schedule.

She then goes on to solicit bids for overtime. If anyone asks me, I'm going to tell them that I'm already working four extra hours - two tonight, when I should be going home early, and two next Thursday, when again I should be going home early. I might volunteer to come in at 3 instead of 3:30 next week just to further annoy people. Complying with the letter of the law, not the spirit.

Just to add mustard sauce to the whole mess, my team lead... who's very cool 99% of the time... emailed a notice out to everyone on Wednesday that he would be on vacation Thurday and Friday... and then proceeded to come over and ask me if I'd come in on my scheduled day off.

"What? No. It's my day off."
"Well you can still come in, make some extra money. You need some extra money, don't you?"
"No. No, I don't. How're you gonna go on vacation Friday and then expect me to come in on my day off?"

I'm a big fan of lead by example, and follow the example of the leaders.

[Edit] If y'all are sick of hearing about her, lemme know and I'll stop posting.
[Edit 2] I somehow forgot to mention that Evil Manager is on vacation from today through the end of next week while all this is going on.

Comments

[hisamishness.livejournal.com]

We have a Summer Fridays policy too.

We too cannot leave early because of those darn customers.

Our answer? We get an extra 2 days of "Administrative Leave". :-)

[kizayaen.livejournal.com]

Our answer? We get an extra 2 days of "Administrative Leave".

Nice.

Our answer?

... wait, we were supposed to get an answer? Hello? Is this thing on? *taptap* Anyone?

[vtbtmbear.livejournal.com]

and thats why she canceled it! she's gone so she cares even less than she did before

[kizayaen.livejournal.com]

I just noted to duality that it's amazing how often "you are fucked" emails happen concurrently with "btw I'm on vacation" emails. It's like they go on vacation specifically to avoid the fallout.

[ihateemo.livejournal.com]

It might not be the reason they send them out, but they sure as hell feel a lot braver when they don't have to think about it for a week. Most managers seem to think that pissed off employees about to blow up will probably just stew over it after a week and lose the bottle to mention something pissing then off.

[duality.livejournal.com]

i just had to go to the bathroom in order to make a personal call. i'm sure there's some quip about this place going to the shitter, but i'm just not feeling too perky to make a full sarcastic comment.

[gilmoure.livejournal.com]

Ya'll work your asses off. I'm outa' here.

/Nelson laugh

Some people are just dicks.

[phierce921.livejournal.com]

" If y'all are sick of hearing about her, lemme know and I'll stop posting."

Hey that is what this community is for. Bitching about lusers and management. right?

[jdotmi.livejournal.com]

I'd so forward everything she does or sends in e-mail to HR. But that's just me.