My supervisor told us we can't work from home and must work in the office without stating why we can't work from home. I figure great, now I don't answer my phone, texts, or email unless I'm in the office. My supervisor asked me why I don't answer his email, text, or phone call until the next business day and I told him that I was following his orders when he told me that I can't work from home. he didn't know what to say but knew he couldn't argue about it as I was doing what he told me to do. Not being able to work from home has reduced my work hours per week. Let the boomers answer emails, texts, and phone calls after hours thats what they want anyway.
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@4sor Boomer managers want everyone at the office and boomer employees want to be there.
Yes, this is a boomer issue.
Not really a boomer issue. Again if you owned this type of facility you would want people to show up . Now with that being said you have to ask yourself was I truly productive from home? Managing is a hard concept for this place. If @XOM had to build its product , well fill in the blank.
You guys are soft for sure.
@1isv OP is trolling.
Seems like the people on this thread didn’t catch that.
I have no problem answering questions from the plant outside of normal working hours, but busy work is ridiculous. If I have a good boss, I'll respond outside of normal hours if I it is occasional, but when it becomes excessive regular office business outside of normal hours, the response gets delayed. People forget there's a phone. If it's truly important, it requires a call. Otherwise, a written message implies there is an expected delay to respond. Thus, it gets answered the next business day.
OP is not wrong. If an employee is already working 40-50 hours a week, there should be no expectation he/she also work evenings unless it is truly urgent.
And a boss who is routinely calling, texting and emailing after hours 1) Doesn’t understand what is truly critical, 2) Is abusing the manager/employee relationship and 3) Is probably only looking out for themselves anyway.
OP, you have just put yourself in a difficult position. You pi---d off your boss and have lost his/her support. You will be NSIed this year. You must be looking for another job right now.
@1hyn+1m1F0SC0 You were fired two years ago. Get over it already and go back to drafting.
Good for you, OP. While limiting pay, benefits and comfortable work environment, there seems to be this growing expectation that we work on our free time and holidays. ‘….holiday? Well, you still need to attend that meeting. Call in for an hour, then take the rest of the day off. ‘
The company cannot have it both ways. And truly disconnecting while at home and on holidays will make you a better worker in the long-term.
Employees really need to start setting boundaries. Unplanned equipment outage may be reason to work on your off-time. However, that stewardship email or meeting IS NOT a valid reason to work on holiday. (Furthermore, stewardship is a look-back. No amount of word-smithing on your holiday is going to change what actually already happened.)
The infamous chick from BR strikes again! Move along. She’s on a boomer rant and will keep replying to herself for attention.
Shiii at least wait til after pds to take that position lol
I only stopped working from home because I spent too much time chokin my chicken.
@OP Nice try.