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My manager gave me a choice: work unpaid overtime or miss a family wedding.
It was my sister's wedding in Chicago last month, and my boss said I could either stay late to finish a report or use my last vacation day. I used the day, and he gave me a terrible review for 'poor planning'. Has anyone else had a boss hold personal time against them like that?
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viola_moore85mo ago
That "poor planning" excuse is just a power move.
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robin3965mo ago
Actually I've seen it go both ways. Sometimes it really IS just bad planning, like a manager forgetting a major deadline. But you're right, other times it's totally a control thing. They wait until the last minute to make everyone scramble, so they feel important. The trick is telling which is which.
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the_faith3mo ago
Hear me out though... sometimes forgetting a deadline really is just plain old forgetfulness. I've worked with guys who can't remember their own lunch order, let alone a project due date. That's different from the power move where a manager sits on a request for weeks and then sends it back at 4:55 PM on a Friday with "needs more detail." The real giveaway is whether they own it when they mess up. If someone says "my bad, I dropped the ball" and actually helps fix it, that's just a scatterbrain. But if they get defensive or act like it was all part of the plan, yeah, that's the power play right there.
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