Korky that last line made me giggle!!! Oh so true.korky wrote:some people are naturally slower than others but we all have standards to hit, some do take the pi$$ though, i was once given 3 duties to prep when the guy next only had 2, all similar in size, when i asked why, my manager said i'm quicker than him, i just said oh, ok, i'll slow down to his speed then, he just walked away saying nothing more to either of us, even the slower guy was laughing with me when another posty came to prep the 5th duty!
some managers are too weak to call in the old school posties.
my advice to the op, the management will probably continue to bury their heads in the sand, so on monday, make them aware that you absolutely must be finished on time on say tues and fri for important reasons, you don't need to explain why, but are flexible the other days, this is not the correct fix but may see a change and he cannot accuse you of not being flexible, which is also a load of bo!!0x and gives them more scope to bully people into overtime.
depending on how he takes criticism, next time he does quote "flexible" from your contract, you could ask him if it says "manager" in his
Thanks for the advice. I've done overtime when needed and on other occasions to show willing but when the manager throws being flexible in your face, I find it's technically bully tactics.
I'm not work shy in anyway but I don't understand why I should work overtime for the short falling of a manager that cannot manage!