Timeline for How should I tell my boss to stop accusing me of slacking in a backhanded manner?
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| Aug 16, 2021 at 14:41 | vote | accept | ConcernedEmployee | ||
| Jul 24, 2021 at 15:47 | comment | added | LorenzoDonati4Ukraine-OnStrike | "I could do A, B or C, which one do you want?". Yep. And if your boss tells you "They are all priority tasks, you must do them all three [at the same time]." you know you have a boss who is clueless about management. That's one of the test to tell whether you should flee from your job. Been there, done that. | |
| Jul 24, 2021 at 12:23 | comment | added | matt freake | @alephzero how much time is "too much time"? Any time at all on these projects? Half-an-hour a week? Four hours a week? For simple English it is totally vague and unhelpful | |
| Jul 24, 2021 at 4:00 | comment | added | Andrew Savinykh | "If they say "no" to question 2, than ask them why they send these e-mails and what you are supposed to to with them." One response that I'm aware of is "those are just friendly reminders, I'm sure that your conduct is flawless, but this particular point is important for me and I would like this to be always in front of your mind, that's why I make sure to remind it regularly". What then? | |
| Jul 22, 2021 at 20:23 | comment | added | candied_orange | 3. is infinitely better than simply ignoring your boss. This is a directive. It needs to be addressed. The first step is showing the boss you take them seriously. | |
| Jul 22, 2021 at 18:44 | comment | added | bob | So I think this answer, if followed, is likely to backfire unless OP has a great boss. Which is sounds like they don't, or they wouldn't be doing this. | |
| Jul 22, 2021 at 18:43 | comment | added | bob | While it's true that the boss should manage for productivity not hours spent, the unfortunate truth is that some bosses see that an employee spends 7.8 hours working to achieve X and thinks "if they worked all 8 hours, then could achieve 1.025X!" and orders them to stop spending 0.2 hours on side activities. These bosses don't realize that working harder past a point harms productivity. And while it's tempting to assume that such bosses will fold under the face of facts and logic, egos can and do get in the way. It's much more likely that the boss will simply get angry if challenged. | |
| Jul 22, 2021 at 17:24 | comment | added | Useless | The boss really shouldn't care about how much time these things take, unless it's having a measurable impact on deliverables. "Too much time" is unhelpfully vague. How much time would be OK? And why? Asking for specific observable effects is totally reasonable. | |
| Jul 22, 2021 at 16:55 | comment | added | alephzero | I can't agree with point 3. From the boss's point of view, which part of "too much time" doesn't the OP understand? The boss doesn't care exactly what hackathons, brown bags, or whatever the OP is doing, They just want the activities to take less time in total. The OP isn't going to improve the situation by behaving as if they don't understand simple English! | |
| Jul 22, 2021 at 14:40 | comment | added | Barmar | Grandstanding is usually public, but it sounds like these are private messages. | |
| Jul 22, 2021 at 6:00 | comment | added | Aolon | I like this but I would like to add: if neither of these strategies work, I would look for a new job. This boss is creating a toxic environment. If you cannot change it, it is better to leave before you loose your motivation and burn out. | |
| Jul 21, 2021 at 22:41 | history | answered | Hilmar | CC BY-SA 4.0 |