Worst work attitude you've ever witnessed

groucho marx · 18-07-2014 06:32PM

partyguinness wrote: »

Lunch is for wimps dont you know...

It may be you 'entitlement' but do you deserve it?;)

Yes mr gekko ;-) now go get that folder for me ;-)

A Greedy Algorithm · 18-07-2014 06:35PM

Want an easy life? Join the Irish Military - seriously.

Anyway i've seen a few people get sacked but mostly for breaking policies/rules a few times so its to be expected.

artful_codger · 18-07-2014 06:36PM

partyguinness wrote: »

Lunch is for wimps dont you know...

It may be you 'entitlement' but do you deserve it?;)

Just admit that you were harassing her, and that you thought she was your 'slave'. She wasn't lazy or inflexible, she was Rosa Parks taking a brave stand against White Male Privilege.

rockbeast · 18-07-2014 06:40PM

artful_codger wrote: »

Just admit that you were harassing her, and that you thought she was your 'slave'. She wasn't lazy or inflexible, she was Rosa Parks taking a brave stand against White Male Privilege.

gctest50 · 18-07-2014 06:56PM

groucho marx wrote: »

Yes mr gekko ;-) now go get that folder for me ;-)

or he was hoping for :

This isn't just about typos, tapes, staples and pencils, is it, Lee?

strangel00p · 18-07-2014 07:00PM

partyguinness wrote: »

You are absolutely right. She is an evil cow and it was embarrassing. In fact I said to the girl afterwards that shouting behaviour is not normal and she will (hopefully) never seee that again as it is not normal workplace behaviour. Now I had no idea she was going to call her down. I was telling her generally some members of staff are not co operative (mentioning no names) and the HR lady who I confided in previously dropped me in it.

Thankfully she recently got a new job and we were at pains to stress that she will never experience that again.

ps It was not her time being verbally abused and certainly not the obly memeber of staff. Then again the whole town what a cow she is and cannot keep staff. Her loss in the long run.

Nah, sorry I'm not having that! That's bollox, it's painfully obvious what happened. You were annoyed when she told you to sod off and get the folder yourself, so you dropped her in it. Simple.

What's worse is that afterwards you were two faced to the poor girl, pretending to be all sweet and as nice as pie. Gossiping to HR as well...tut tut! Just admit it, you're the office sneak!

Boskowski · 18-07-2014 07:01PM

major bill wrote: »

Smokers in the workplace!! There's a few in my job that have worked in the company for years that take the piss with smoking breaks, I have no problem with smokers in general but I do when some feel they are entitled to 6 or 7 smoke breaks a day usually lasting 5/10 mins a pop and they still take full tea and lunch breaks while the rest of us battle on!!

take up smoking yourself so

tonyka · 18-07-2014 07:02PM

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Roquentin · 18-07-2014 07:04PM

h.bolla wrote: »

The IT lad that works with us at the minute. What a twat. He talks about hacking non-stop day and night. He never says he hacks anything but he always drop these little hints and say things in a way to make you think hes one of Irelands best. One of the girls took her laptop into him one day she forgot her password and couldnt get into it and told him she'd give him 50euro to hack it. He spent hours routing around with it and then handed it back to her unhacked saying "I dont have a windows 8 disk with me". And then the very next day hes right back to "did you ever see paypal security? Its $hit I could drop them like a fly if I wanted in 10 minutes they wouldnt even know what hit them...... but I wouldnt do it because Im a white hat"..... oh really, what about the windows disk did you remember to bring it today.... "uh, no, emm I forgot all about it".

any idiot can pretend to be smart right:)

Lux23 · 18-07-2014 07:10PM

partyguinness wrote: »

'How effing dare you speak to (my role)...
'You here to support (my role)
'Do you release how lucky you are to have a job
Girl: (meekly) I was on lunch..
'Some people (as in me) here do not take lunch and that is what pays you wages'

Alll this a full shouting pitch....the girl was put cleaning the phones for the day and she was super nice afterwards...:D

The poor girl, that's a disgusting way to treat staff. She may have had a point about her lunch break.

conorh91 · 18-07-2014 07:11PM

The worst work attitude I ever experienced was from an employer who ran her own business.

She'd literally walk up to you and start screaming at you, 10cm from your face. The funny part was she was so disorganized and many mistakes were of her own making. Employee turnover was ridiculous. Everyone was constantly job-hunting.

I don't understand why adults think it's acceptable to scream in another adult's face just because they're the boss.

All sorts of wrong behaviour and aggression went on there, and I'm sure one day she'll be hit with constructive dismissal or a bullying claim, if she hasn't already been.

geeky · 18-07-2014 07:16PM

conorh91 wrote: »

The worst work attitude I ever experienced was from an employer who ran her own business.

She'd literally walk up to you and start screaming at you, 10cm from your face. The funny part was she was so disorganized and many mistakes were of her own making. Employee turnover was ridiculous. Everyone was constantly job-hunting.

I don't understand why adults think it's acceptable to scream in another adult's face just because they're the boss.

All sorts of wrong behaviour and aggression went on there, and I'm sure one day she'll be hit with constructive dismissal or a bullying claim, if she hasn't already been.

Worth noting here - I spent three years dealing with SME owners day-to-day, and I can genuinely say I met the most unprofessional, small-minded and entitled people ever in this role. There are some brilliant people, plenty of very capable and professional individuals, but so many small businesspeople are truly hateful and lazy.

conorh91 · 18-07-2014 07:21PM

geeky wrote: »

Worth noting here - I spent three years dealing with SME owners day-to-day, and I can genuinely say I met the most unprofessional, small-minded and entitled people ever in this role. There are some brilliant people, plenty of very capable and professional individuals, but so many small businesspeople are truly hateful and lazy.

It's funny I arrived at a similar opinion and I know it's not a popular one.

In my experience, a lot of SME owners put an awful lot of work into their business, and they get frustrated when the employees act like…well… employees.

The point of being in business by yourself is that you do the running and you get to reap the rewards for yourself.

Employees are there on contract.

My former bosses used to go nuts if I'd leave work on time, or fifteen minutes after my contract stipulated, or if I didn't work through my lunch break.

You notice a massive difference when you go and work for what I would (resentfully, maybe) describe as a "real" business organization.

rockbeast · 18-07-2014 07:28PM

conorh91 wrote: »

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You notice a massive difference when you go and work for what I would (resentfully, maybe) describe as a "real" business organization.

There is a "my dime/company dime aspect to that as well though.

I think some SME owners expect you to dedicate yourself as much to their business as much as they do...

I've worked for great SME owners though that would insist you finish at 5.30, take a full hour lunch and push everyone out the door at four on a Friday.

SMEs where generations of a family are involved can be a nightmare - I'm hardly gonna do 2 unpaid hours of overtime a night "like your sons" - I'm not going to inherit the fecking business!:)

geeky · 18-07-2014 07:50PM

conorh91 wrote: »

It's funny I arrived at a similar opinion and I know it's not a popular one.

In my experience, a lot of SME owners put an awful lot of work into their business, and they get frustrated when the employees act like…well… employees.

The point of being in business by yourself is that you do the running and you get to reap the rewards for yourself.

Employees are there on contract.

My former bosses used to go nuts if I'd leave work on time, or fifteen minutes after my contract stipulated, or if I didn't work through my lunch break.

You notice a massive difference when you go and work for what I would (resentfully, maybe) describe as a "real" business organization.

I'd agree with those whole-heartedly, and it is understandable.

I ran my own business with a few guys for a while and had to keep reminding myself that contractors were precisely that. They had no emotional or direct material success in my business' success. There's a natural resentment that emerges when you're absolutely busting your gut to build something while another person is happy to clock in and out, even when you know logically that you're being absurd!

NinjaTruncs · 18-07-2014 07:52PM

I have to laugh that the person who is too busy to take lunches has spent the entire afternoon on here arguing with other posters.

DazMarz · 18-07-2014 07:58PM

"If you don't like your job, you don't strike! You just go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American Way."

retalivity · 18-07-2014 08:04PM

Worked as an english teacher in south korea for a year, this new middle aged english guy joined a few months after I arrived. Was in his mid 40s (all other teachers were 20 somethings) and was a bit weird...treated all the students like 4 year ilds when we were actually teaching high school students. Hadnt a clue about teaching and used to just rock into classes with a sh1tload of sweets and dish them out to kids and have a snooze or talk ****e about football. Leched over all the female korean teachers too, in hindsight he had a really creepy jimmy saville vibe about him

Anyway, 3 or 4 weeks after he started, on a monday afternoon he rolled into the office absolutely trolleyed - we started work at half 2 and he was out of it, apparently up since the night before drinking. He was in before any of the other foreign teachers arrived and the koreans were petrified and didnt know what to do...we worked on the 5th and 6th floors in a 6 storey building so they got security to remove him to the roof so the students/parents could not see him.

I arrived later then everyone else and heard the story...we were tasked with going to talk to him and to try and get him the hell out. He could barely talk and was a complete mess, had no idea what was going on. He was locked out on the roof for 2 hrs til the the building was clear of kids and parents before he was moved out and shoved in a taxi and taken to his flat. On the way he some student saw him and he started babbling on all the time being forcefully led out of the building

Was handed his notice later that evening and was told to vacate his aprtment the following day. Was taken to the airport the day after that and was deported. Last I heard he was an 'artist' living in taipei. Absolute looper

irishguy1983 · 18-07-2014 08:08PM

I love reading these stories about lads turning up to work hammered/off their t*ts. I'd love to be that guy - just too afraid now.

Used to be a right messr in school but I generally follow the rules now - I miss the days of being a rule breaker

rockbeast · 18-07-2014 08:15PM

irishguy1983 wrote: »

I love reading these stories about lads turning up to work hammered/off their t*ts. I'd love to be that guy - just too afraid now.

Used to be a right messr in school but I generally follow the rules now - I miss the days of being a rule breaker

At least they showed up

Seriously, the amount of 30/40 year old women I've encountered over last 17 years that ring in sick with 24 hour bugs is crazy - always BS and they are never questioned on it...you could keep track of your calender with them:)

SHOVELLER · 18-07-2014 08:21PM

Aul ones on the phone. And its never their mobile but the work phone.

irishguy1983 · 18-07-2014 08:29PM

rockbeast wrote: »

At least they showed up

Seriously, the amount of 30/40 year old women I've encountered over last 17 years that ring in sick with 24 hour bugs is crazy - always BS and they are never questioned on it...you could keep track of your calender with them:)

That's true I suppose - I'd live to witness someone turning up hammered at work

I used to be quite the daredevil in school - would love to be a badass again

I used work in public sector - saw some incredibly bad attitudes there - however very tough to prove - they just played the system incredibly well.

and other disasters · 18-07-2014 08:55PM

Years ago I took a job as a maternity cover manager whilst a very relaxed manager was out on maternity leave. Trying to get the employees to actually do their job was like pulling teeth, and the spoilt sense of entitlement of one of them in particular (who had been given free run under the previous manager) was a daily grind - every task allocated was a problem, stuff regularly wasn't getting done, customers were complaining and no amount of coaching and supervision would get them to snap out of it. Eventually I initiated disciplinary proceedings and a split second later they lodged a bullying complaint against me (subsequently investigated and found to be baseless). They told me all the other employees hated me, their family and friends hated me, the world hated me because let's face it, I had the audacity to expect they would do their job.

The girl I covering for resigned at the end of the her maternity leave (can't imagine why) and I was offered the position permanently. I ran. Fast.

jaffusmax · 18-07-2014 09:00PM

An unknown individual at a call centre I worked in preformed a dirty protest with their own excrement in the male toilets.

rockbeast · 18-07-2014 09:01PM

jaffusmax wrote: »

An unknown individual at a call centre I worked in preformed a dirty protest with their own excrement in the male toilets.

All staff deserve bogroll - he was right to protest:D

Cienciano · 18-07-2014 10:16PM

partyguinness wrote: »

In my last office, I was senior...only the two boses were above me with maybe 16-17 other staff...admin, reception, cashier, junior fee earners...in a lot of respects I was punching below my weight (it was only temp).

Now we had two 17 yr old whose job was basically admin support, stationary, relief at reception, going to shop, post, basically office goofers. The fellow was a very nice guy and workf closely with me and never any attitude and pleasant.

Now the 17 girl....one day (during lunch) I came into the 'secretary's room' to get something and I noticed that we were running low on folders and I said:

'Running low on folder can you ask (the guy) to get some more when he is back from lunch'

Girl turns around and says: ' They are downstairs in the stationary cabinet
Me: 'So what are you saying to me?"
Girl: 'You can get them yourself'
Me: (laughing) No that's your job

I laughed it off and forgot about it. A few days later I was in a meeting with the two boses and I mentioned about lack of assistance from admin staff e.g. the example above, not taking or passing telephone messages on.

On partner's jaw hit the floor when I told her what had been said to me....well she called her down and just verbally rapped her..

'How effing dare you speak to (my role)...
'You here to support (my role)
'Do you release how lucky you are to have a job
Girl: (meekly) I was on lunch..
'Some people (as in me) here do not take lunch and that is what pays you wages'

Alll this a full shouting pitch....the girl was put cleaning the phones for the day and she was super nice afterwards...:D

Have to bring this one up again:
For someone who mentions 3 or 4 times how they hate jobsworths, take a look at the highlited bit. Imagine you had to go downstairs! But it wasn't your job, so why would you do that :rolleyes:
I really think you know what people are like when you see how they treat lower members of staff. The biggest sin in all this is going telling a boss about something so trivial. I really hate people who go to managers about trivial things. And then be somehow happy that a child got shouted at?

Ralf and Florian · 18-07-2014 10:34PM

Five years ago I took a job with a catering company who are well known for doing fast food at sporting events.The guy running the company was a foul mouthed bullying sociopath,screaming and cursing at his employees.On my first day after he directed one of many rants at me I threw my apron at him told him where to go and walked out.

Cake Man · 19-07-2014 03:40AM

In my last job there was a fella (department manager at the time, fairly high up, well paid etc) who was caught working two jobs at the same time.
There was a printing company about 50m down the road where he was holding down the other job. He'd go into our place in the morning, grab a coffee, say good morning to people and load up his computer so he'd be seen.
A while later he'd head to the printing place and do the same thing, head back and attend a few meetings. Go back to ours, another few meetings and do a little bit of work etc.

This apparently went on for about six months before he was nabbed and sacked and even at that I heard it was only because somebody from our company was in the printing place getting something done and saw him there. His role was such that he could disappear for a few hours here and there and always be able to say he was at meetings or doing x, y or z etc. if called up on it.

Neck like a jockeys boll!x! I heard his manager in our place got a bit of a kicking also for not spotting his regular disappearing acts. I often wonder if he got to keep all the money he would have built up over the time he was doing the two jobs!

suicide_circus · 19-07-2014 04:59AM

McChubbin wrote: »

I used to work for a very well known Dublin food and clothing department store when I finished my Leaving. I was barely 18, painfully naive, socially awkward from spending the last 5 years in a purely girls-only enviroment and undiagnosed with AS at the time so I was painfully, acutely unprepared for REAL work.
It was a part-time job in the Lingerie Section and the pay was reasonable (IMO at least) at about €200 a week. It was fairly simple work- work the cashier's desk, rotate stock, help ladies in the changing rooms and whatnot. Anyhoo, about 3 months into the job, the store was undergoing a massive refurbishment in which the small ground floor coffee shop moved up to the second floor to a wider, snazzier premises and people were getting transfered to work as baristas as they needed staff. Fair enough.

Being wholey uneducated about the different techniques of steaming milk for a cappuchino or a latte, I politely declined the option to move the coffee shop as I was comfortable enough working on the lingerie section for the time being.
It was my first "real job" and I didn't want to get in over my head. Besides, I'd signed up to be a sales assistant, not a barista.
Annnyways, the coffee shop was finished and I was working away happily enough when my usual nice, kindly manager got called away on family matters and was replaced by this pure evil bitch who immediately zoned in on me as target for completely unprovoked verbal abuse.

She'd quite literally scream at me to clean up after the messy customers in the changing rooms IN FRONT OF CUSTOMERS, stand over me when I was ringing up purchases and nitpick over every tiny action. It was pure HELL.
Keep in mind that I was only a young pup at this time and very quiet, shy and unwilling to stir the pot, so to speak.
Instead of standing up to this ballbuster like I should've done, I kept my head down and worked away as best as I could but the job was stressful under her management and I would soon come to dread going into work.
Still, I needed the money so I endured the onslaught of unwarrented abuse for a few more weeks.

Then, something happened that I still can't explain to this day.
I got called into HR one day and told that *somebody* had made a complaint about my behavior on the changing room floor, that I had apparently made a "derogatory remark" about a customer's bra size and I was to be be transferred to the coffee shop which had more staff to "keep an eye on me" which was bull**** as I knew I was innocent. Sure, I joked and engaged in banter with the other girls on the shop floor when it wasn't busy but I never let it get in the way of the work to be done.

But HR didn't care about my protests. I was moving and that was that.
At least I didn't have to deal with Super Bitch Manager anymore, I though. Oh, how wrong I was. She too moved to the goddamned coffee shop and once my two days of very basic training on how to work a coffee machine, I was thrown into the deep end and expected to keep up with the rest of the more experienced baristas. In addition to brewing coffee for the masses, I was also forced to work on the hot food counter despite having no HAACP training whatsoever and work on a dishwasher with water so hot that I regularly scalded the hands off myself desperately trying to rush through the paces in a bid to appease Super Bitch.

It was 3 months of torture. I tried and I tried to plead my case to HR but they wouldn't listen and told me to suck it up or be fired in no uncertain terms. At this point, I was having anxiety attacks and regularly using my scant toilet/lunch breaks to cry in the staff toilets but I still put up with it because at the time, I figured I was lucky enough to have a job. I was also paying off a small but sizable credit union loan at the time so I didn't have much choice.

Eventually, it all got too much for me one day and I openly burst into tears after once again scalding my hands on the bloody industrial dishwasher jets. I flat out told Super Bitch Manager that I was going home for the day and walked out.
I took sick leave for a week to gather myself and then I once again went to HR about the damned woman. As always, they were no bloody help. I officially quit the job but in reality, I was forced out of it by the antics of this wagon who made my working life a living hell in those few short but traumatic months.

These days, I'm still bitter about the experience but moreso for the fact that I'm kicking myself for not reporting them to some sort of Employee Tribunal on the grounds of unfair dismissal. If I had only stood up for myself and nipped it in the bud in the beginning, perhaps it would've gone differently. Even so, I still occassionally pop into this store but I never bother to see if Super Bitch Manager still works there.

Regardless, I'm confident that karma will bite her in her flabby arse sooner or later, shy of me actually running into her and physically punching her in her smug piggy face. I'm not a violent person but that woman was a homicide waiting to happen.

Sorry that got so long. I've kept it in for a while and I was going to post in Cries of Retail but it seemed appropriate enough here.
I could easily name and shame the store. It's fairly famous but I won't 'cause I don't like a paddlin'.

If its any consultation, people who belittle their staff or go out of their way to make others unhappy in this manner, invariably have something lacking in their own lives. Sad cnuts.

suicide_circus · 19-07-2014 05:10AM

Cienciano wrote: »

Have to bring this one up again:
For someone who mentions 3 or 4 times how they hate jobsworths, take a look at the highlited bit. Imagine you had to go downstairs! But it wasn't your job, so why would you do that :rolleyes:
I really think you know what people are like when you see how they treat lower members of staff. The biggest sin in all this is going telling a boss about something so trivial. I really hate people who go to managers about trivial things. And then be somehow happy that a child got shouted at?

When you dont know who the office arsehole is, it's probably you

Worst work attitude you've ever witnessed

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