This is a clear example of a shitty boss demotivating an employee and causing them to run away screaming from your company.
seiboldtadelbertsmiter
This is why "quiet quitting" has happened. If you do the best job they just expect more out of you usually without the reward.
Rkmer
You weren't a terrible employee. You had a terrible boss.
alan_davis
I've had this happen so many times. Work overtime four days out of a week, try to leave 15 minutes early on Friday: get reminded that it's expected for me to be in the office until 5pm. Have a morning meeting at 9am, get there at 8:55am: am told that it's not appropriate to be "almost late" and that I need to start being there at 8:30am. I start showing up at 8:35am, and get told I need to be there BEFORE 8:30am, just in case "an investor" comes in at 8:30am and sees "an empty desk" (I worked in the very back of the office, near a bunch of permanently empty desks).
It's petty power and control. It's bad bosses sabotaging the company by putting their ego before any actual concerns of productivity and morale.
temtempo
I once got fired for not coming in at 9am when the client specifically had me come in at 11am so I could cover the 5-7pm portion of the business. When the client found out I was fired he banned the company rep from the building and refused to deal with him.
Allegheny
My boss will list the ways I exceed expectations and then slap me with a "meets expectations" in performance reviews.
BurnTheBluestSkies
I used to tell my co-workers "this company would fire you to save a dollar, take your damn breaks."
trevorhegstrom
I once had a boss that monitored our start time like a hawk. After several comments when I was a minute or so late, I asked him to please be as diligent with our stop time as he was with our start time. I caught some heat for that but when the rest of us stopped "donating" our labor because we worked after hours, he stopped worrying about our start times. I hate the petty shite like that.
WereMike
Im a terrible employee but an excellent worker
TrainerGren
I was doing LITERALLY more than double the workload of others in the department, and the boss asked me why I didn't work nights and weekends like the others....
my response : "Because I run rings around them in just the normal work hours"
SiriusMined
Yes, in a meeting boss pointed at each of us in the room and gave us our percentages. Turns out I was the only one at the table who's figures were in the positive. Still denied my raise. It took them employing three employees to cover my workload after I left.
This is the same boss that made everyone take a 15% pay cut in 2008 then 6 months later drove to work in a new Bentley.
shannonbusse
One of our best employees was an older lady with 3 kids. She would come late to work by 3-5 mins maybe twice a week. Not a big deal at all, our first 20 minutes were spent planning the night anyways. Boss says "he had to let her go for being late." 5 minutes out of the 8 hour shift of 480 minutes she was fired for. Did EXCELLENT for 475 of those minutes, but fired for missing 5. Told boss that he was an absolute moron for firing her and he goes "huh, I hadn't thought about it like that "
jasonxhx
Imagine you lost one of your best employees to a petty power trip.
scottclark
Mike, I think your experience is a perfect snapshot of why so many employers complain about not being able to find employees. There are far too many managers and bosses that prioritize themselves, their desires, and personal ego trips. As a result, they dont know how to actually be a good employer.
ethosari
If you boss is complaining about the time you come in and you're doing that well, he is the problem not you. You proved that you could do your job whenever you came in.
jahanas
This is EXACTLY why I started my own company. I can't fire myself and I have control over the projects I'm involved in.
mattd
Yep. My husband brought in record breaking sales in his department. New management said they would start docking pay if folks cam in even 5min late. We have 4 kids.. the prior flexibility was a huge benefit which is why he worked so hard. He went from working long hours after work to not giving them a minute of his time unpaid but he was there at 8 on the dot. If they wanted to nickel and dime him he was going to do likewise.
hilarybeaumont
I am so blessed to work at the hospital I’m at now. My last hospital would give me grief for working 72-80hr per week but would deny my PTO and constantly call me in. If I asked for an accommodation (leaving on time to make a dr appointment) I was told I wasn’t dedicated enough
Quit that job and almost the field. Found a boss that sees the importance of work life balance and that quality work does not necessarily = hours of abuse/overtime. I make a good living working max 40hr per week with full control of my cases and benefits including CE and good health insurance.
My last hospital made me feel like a worthless doctor. My current job makes me feel like a human, each day I put my best foot forward to provide quality medicine and I can still go home to eat/sleep/rest without being gaslit and verbally abused.
If you’re struggling with your current job despite trying your best to adapt and improve, the problem may not be you but your environment
haga
Same story. I’d do hours of phone sales from home and was top producer by a large margin. Sometimes being on the phone at home would make me late, or being on the phone or getting an order out at work kept me way beyond my scheduled hours. My reviews were always lowballed citing time management even though my sales volume explained it. I was eventually let go.
m.theresa
When the job doesn't have a specific timed schedule it's stupid to criticize such a minor difference. Micro management is ridiculous.
