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Shame your manager (no names or locations please)

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DaveF14
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Joined: 18 Sep 2009, 17:38
Gender: Male

Shame your manager (no names or locations please)

Post by DaveF14 »

Simple as. What pisses you of about your boss. Come to realise that out of work he would properly be a descent guy but as a manager i just dont get the guy.

1 Has at least 8 weeks a year of a/l. But that isnt enough. Has at least a month off a year through sickies.

2 Holiday sheet. April 6th and still not received holiday sheet to book holidays for this year.

3 6am start. Sneaks in door at half past. Closes door slowly so it doesn't make a noise so he can get to his office without anyone harassing him. Some days close to tip toeing! Funny to watch.

4 Excellent at fobbing you off. "will get back to you" or "come back later" or the best one "leave me with it"

5 Month of December. Stand in boss does his work. He spends his time in the canteen buttering rolls and cooking the sausages.

6 Calls his arse lickers into the office to read or watch his rude jokes hes had emailed from his mates or other managers from other offices.

7 No work started on any revisions. All office frames out of date.

This is all from the top of my head. Anyone else have muppets like this for a manager?
derkhead
Posts: 43
Joined: 21 Jan 2010, 14:49
Gender: Female

Re: Shame your manager (no names or locations please)

Post by derkhead »

Sounds like your one is half decent compared to some ive had the pleasure of dealing with. :crazy:
north london driver
Posts: 560
Joined: 18 Aug 2010, 21:51
Gender: Male

Re: Shame your manager (no names or locations please)

Post by north london driver »

sitting in there office from 6am waiting for their conference call .

having wtl meetings with walking staff then have another meeting with drivers.

then tell staff i will get back to you on that one.

letting planning managers into the office to play on there laptops.

could you take the van for an inspection you should beat the traffic if you go now.
minimumstandard
Posts: 134
Joined: 28 Jul 2010, 12:17
Gender: Male

Re: Shame your manager (no names or locations please)

Post by minimumstandard »

Walk's round in black leather jacket now replaced with a posh suit, likes to think he's a bit of a hard man always saying as you would apreciate.
mrro
Posts: 40
Joined: 02 Apr 2011, 22:13
Gender: Male

Re: Shame your manager (no names or locations please)

Post by mrro »

boss im a couple of hours short on overtime on my payslip....

You then see him write something down on a yellow postit note that looks very similar to the other hundred postit notes on his desk, followed by those immortal words " ill look into it"
krussel
Posts: 5300
Joined: 26 Jan 2009, 18:03
Gender: Male
Location: Out on the streets.

Re: Shame your manager (no names or locations please)

Post by krussel »

mrro wrote:boss im a couple of hours short on overtime on my payslip....

You then see him write something down on a yellow postit note that looks very similar to the other hundred postit notes on his desk, followed by those immortal words " ill look into it"

:Very Happy :Very Happy :Very Happy You must have my old mamager from a few years back :left: :left: :left:

"ok i will flag it up" was one of his fav sayings :roll:
Rows of houses all bearing down on me........I can feel their blue hands touching me.......All these things in all positions.........All these things will one day take control..........
flyinmachine
Posts: 26
Joined: 26 Jul 2009, 20:27
Gender: Male

Re: Shame your manager (no names or locations please)

Post by flyinmachine »

Major halitosis problem :
Swaggers down the isles as if hes an old wild west gun slinger :
Only talks to the postmen who have been at the Do the longest and have the potential to cause problems:

Thats his good points aswell :wink:
mandelsons_toenail
Posts: 1294
Joined: 08 Aug 2009, 18:16
Gender: Male
Location: Outer Hebrides

Re: Shame your manager (no names or locations please)

Post by mandelsons_toenail »

has one eye
hates confrontation
is hated

:Very Happy
docket
Posts: 31
Joined: 30 Dec 2008, 00:11
Gender: Male

Re: Shame your manager (no names or locations please)

Post by docket »

Answers any questions with "two minutes" then walks away
Turns D.O. lights out when we won't sort final mail
Highlight of his day is pushing Yorkies outside
boogyman
Posts: 161
Joined: 17 Mar 2011, 17:29
Gender: Male

Re: Shame your manager (no names or locations please)

Post by boogyman »

our managers only have time for them selves they could get rid of some and save some money cuz they do jack s..t, strutt round like they own the place, and are bullies.
RedBagMan
Posts: 1010
Joined: 01 Aug 2010, 17:53
Gender: Male
Location: Behind the lens

Re: Shame your manager (no names or locations please)

Post by RedBagMan »

Hiding the sign-out sheet ...

Hiding the docket sheet ...

Hiding ...

(Generalising here by the way :chuckle)
"We're under model" - oh no we're not - stick your lapse elsewhere ...
superteamu10
Posts: 94
Joined: 10 Jan 2010, 10:07
Gender: Male

Re: Shame your manager (no names or locations please)

Post by superteamu10 »

Our DOM fast tracked due to knocking off the previous DOM. He brought her with him from another office which was her first experience within RM and at our place they were always having lunch together while we were out working.

She is now the DOM and he has gone to another office, but she hasn't a clue about the job, talks to us like were something the cat's dragged in and has no common sense at all. It is like having nasty little Robot in charge.

She also gets stressed really quickly, refuses 99% of any requests, including Funerals, Hospital Appointments etc.

Basically a truly horrible person and although we have had a few awful DOM' s in the 18 years I have been in RM, this is the worst.
calpsy
EX ROYAL MAIL
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Joined: 18 Jan 2009, 18:29
Gender: Male

Re: Shame your manager (no names or locations please)

Post by calpsy »

Cant you PRAISE your managers too ??

Ive had the good luck to have had a good manager when i first started .

He left and the next one is probably imho slightly better . Had a wee run in with him not long ago but since then its NEVER been better .

So praise where praise is due guys .
feelikeadogsbody
Posts: 66
Joined: 02 Mar 2011, 09:07
Gender: Male
Location: down south

Re: Shame your manager (no names or locations please)

Post by feelikeadogsbody »

calpsy wrote:Cant you PRAISE your managers too ??

Ive had the good luck to have had a good manager when i first started .

He left and the next one is probably imho slightly better . Had a wee run in with him not long ago but since then its NEVER been better .

So praise where praise is due guys .
He probably likes you coz you come in early and work for nowt lol :arrrghhh
when i am king you will be first against the wall
with your opinions which are of no consequence at all
anyway im cutting off
SWIM
Posts: 423
Joined: 11 Jan 2010, 20:33
Gender: Male

Re: Shame your manager (no names or locations please)

Post by SWIM »

feelikeadogsbody wrote:
calpsy wrote:Cant you PRAISE your managers too ??

Ive had the good luck to have had a good manager when i first started .

He left and the next one is probably imho slightly better . Had a wee run in with him not long ago but since then its NEVER been better .

So praise where praise is due guys .
He probably likes you coz you come in early and work for nowt lol :arrrghhh
:Applause :chuckle
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