Some bosses need to take a kindness pill!

CFC

NikNox wrote: »

Thank you Snuggles. My husband is absolutely devastated to be honest, so much so he feels physically sick. This was the opportunity of his lifetime & it lay in the hands of his boss. It's so unfair that something so important was decided by a third party, albeit someone who had the right to 'play god'. Are we not masters of our own destiny? Apparently not.

Yes, we are masters of our own destiny. If he felt that it was truly the break of a lifetime, he could have not chipped into work the next day and faced the music so to speak afterwards!

The fact is that this thread is not for advice, it's just for 'poor us, evil boss' whinge...when all the boss has done is said, you can't have the day off.
Anyone would think this amount of handwringing would be at least the result of a campaign of sustained personal bullying....

CFC

Sambucus_Nigra wrote: »

I wasn't asking you for your thoughts. I was asking Torry Quine which GENERATION they are from as they stated more than once that they are from a GENERATION that does not have their phone on at work. I'm intruiged as to which particular GENERATION this is, as I know many people of all GENERATIONS and have never heard of this unwritten rule that Torry seems to have made up.

I think on the topic of phones at work, you need to remove the cork.

Loads of people over 30 dont have their phones on at work, even without a rule about it. It's the younger generation who appear to think that the world will end if they can't speak to their mates immediately.

As for phones at work - I do not care one hoot what you think. I strongly believe my employer would care even less. You don't like their policy, take it up with them (multinational), because I have no issue with enforcing it.

Sambucus_Nigra

CFC wrote: »

Loads of people over 30 dont have their phones on at work, even without a rule about it. It's the younger generation who appear to think that the world will end if they can't speak to their mates immediately.

As for phones at work - I do not care one hoot what you think. I strongly believe my employer would care even less. You don't like their policy, take it up with them (multinational), because I have no issue with enforcing it.

Aah - you see. I am not on about what 'loads of people' think. I am asking which 'generation' ie the whole collection of people who were born between x and y, would not keep their phones on at work. I'm 45 soon and certainly know people in their 50s who have their phone on all the time, indeed during meetings it seems to be those of an older age who forget to turn them off], so if there isn't an answer then it is either a huge generalisation or another 'I am older and so much more wiser than you' comment.

And I can see you don't give a hoot about anyone to be honest. There is nothing big and clever about working for a 'multinational' - it doesn't make you better than everyone else so why mention it? I've worked for multinationals before and to be honest, the management was the worst I've ever seen.

NikNox

CFC wrote: »

Yes, we are masters of our own destiny. If he felt that it was truly the break of a lifetime, he could have not chipped into work the next day and faced the music so to speak afterwards!

The fact is that this thread is not for advice, it's just for 'poor us, evil boss' whinge...when all the boss has done is said, you can't have the day off.
Anyone would think this amount of handwringing would be at least the result of a campaign of sustained personal bullying....

And he would have got the sack, because his boss is like that (and it would be gross misconduct of course). Clearly he thinks little of his employees, so would not lose any sleep over one of them defying him.

You're right, this thread is a whinge, but clearly the amount of contribution towards it indicates that others have opinions on what's happened. Nought wrong with a discussion/debate, whatever the subject matter.