middle management sucks

[Mr. dB]

not in a "woah is me" kind of way, and my job has some cool perks (not cool perkeles. those don't exist), but

everyone comes to me with their petty bullshit. They know it's too stupid to go to higher than me with complaints of "xxx is listening to me when i'm on the phone", "can you tell xxx not to leave his chair in the aisle?", "You know that xxx takes smoking breaks, right?"

Then MY boss gives me the stuff she doesn't want to do, and the ceo is giving me stuff to do because he doesn't want to burden my boss with it, but it's not appropriate for the other employees in my department to do.

whenever i check my email from home, there is some mini crisis that's given to me but when it comes time to get praise- the workers in my department get it and I have to ride the coattails of my manager to get recognition from the heads of my company, even though i did a lot of the work.

The word is "woe".

 

[layinback]

not in a "woah is me" kind of way, and my job has some cool perks (not cool perkeles. those don't exist), but

everyone comes to me with their petty bullshit. They know it's too stupid to go to higher than me with complaints of "xxx is listening to me when i'm on the phone", "can you tell xxx not to leave his chair in the aisle?", "You know that xxx takes smoking breaks, right?"

Then MY boss gives me the stuff she doesn't want to do, and the ceo is giving me stuff to do because he doesn't want to burden my boss with it, but it's not appropriate for the other employees in my department to do.

whenever i check my email from home, there is some mini crisis that's given to me but when it comes time to get praise- the workers in my department get it and I have to ride the coattails of my manager to get recognition from the heads of my company, even though i did a lot of the work.

i hope these guys are paying you well. i was middle management first 2 years then senior management 4 years, long enough to learn-perfect the industry and save enough cash to start my company. i am not into making other ppl rich. i am into making ME rich. dont get me wrong, over the years i've had plenty of employees earn a strong living and i have encouraged some to go into business for themselves. i love sharin the wealth!!! stilleto, going into business for yourself should always be a consideration. it is good to be king.

 

[Razorguns]

welcome ot the world of dealing with office lemmings who come only for a paycheck.

 

[abolish the weak]

Quit and become a firefighter, best job ever!!! And when we have problems we just tell each other to shut the fuck up, then laugh about it later that night

 

[Razorguns]

Quit and become a firefighter, best job ever!!! And when we have problems we just tell each other to shut the fuck up, then laugh about it later that night

just don't blindly run into a skyscraper that's had a plane crash into it.

 

[stilleto]

The word is "woe".

not when you're talking to horses.

 

[stilleto]

i hope these guys are paying you well. i was middle management first 2 years then senior management 4 years, long enough to learn-perfect the industry and save enough cash to start my company. i am not into making other ppl rich. i am into making ME rich. dont get me wrong, over the years i've had plenty of employees earn a strong living and i have encouraged some to go into business for themselves. i love sharin the wealth!!! stilleto, going into business for yourself should always be a consideration. it is good to be king.

no way. i'm totally not into owning my own business any more than i already do (i do freelance art).
i guess its just all the pettiness that bothered me yesterday, and the lack of recognition.

 

[Mavafanculo]

Just take away their karma when they annoy you. I remember Hammy squealed like a stuck pig when digger did that to him.

 

[Smurfy]

I manage a small call center which employs about 15 CSR types and 2 CSR Supervisors. My motto is that we're too busy to deal with petty crap so dont bring it my way. People always want to complain about how busy they are or over worked, but then they want to spend time on petty crap. I either ignore it or tekll them I dont like petty crap.

 

[stilleto]

I manage a small call center which employs about 15 CSR types and 2 CSR Supervisors. My motto is that we're too busy to deal with petty crap so dont bring it my way. People always want to complain about how busy they are or over worked, but then they want to spend time on petty crap. I either ignore it or tekll them I dont like petty crap.

i guess i could. I always just nod my head and listen and figure i'm the buffer between them and higher up. or more like- the filter, since 99% of what they complain about gets deleted and i'll go to my boss with that other 1%.