Bosses who send texts saying "Got a minute?" with no context are history's greatest monsters.
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@APBBlue I always add "Not a bad thing" or something like that when I send messages like that.
@queenofnewyork YOUR ANXIOUS EMPLOYEES THANK YOU
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@APBBlue I always add "Not a bad thing" or something like that when I send messages like that.
"Got a minute? All's good, just need to talk through some stuff when you've got time."
Is _worth_ the extra mf'n keystrokes. It stops me from having a regular stroke.
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Various thoughts:
Am I in trouble?
What did I do?
Am I being fired?It was a raise, lol.
Not a lot, but everything helps.
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It was a raise, lol.
Not a lot, but everything helps.
@APBBlue I feel like common decency would have you at least preface it with “got some good news”.
I sometimes get random “check in” meetings from people and it’s unnerving.
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It was a raise, lol.
Not a lot, but everything helps.
@APBBlue Your boss needs a lesson in how to deliver good news
Congratulations anyway, though!
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@stacey_campbell that's just creepy, lol
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It was a raise, lol.
Not a lot, but everything helps.
@APBBlue Hurrah! But maybe just compensating the medical care you’ll need for the pre-call stress.
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@APBBlue Hurrah! But maybe just compensating the medical care you’ll need for the pre-call stress.
@Holberg lol exactly
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It was a raise, lol.
Not a lot, but everything helps.
@APBBlue drinks are on you tonight!
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It was a raise, lol.
Not a lot, but everything helps.
@APBBlue my favorite note from a boss was when I was at DISA and we had to filter classified stuff out before transferring to the un-class side so people could do their every day jobs
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@APBBlue my favorite note from a boss was when I was at DISA and we had to filter classified stuff out before transferring to the un-class side so people could do their every day jobs
@APBBlue In the note field for some un-classified document was "CLASSIFIED. Mike - SEE ME"
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@stacey_campbell that's just creepy, lol
@APBBlue @stacey_campbell see https://nohello.net/en/ share and enjoy
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@APBBlue In the note field for some un-classified document was "CLASSIFIED. Mike - SEE ME"
@APBBlue RIP Mike
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Various thoughts:
Am I in trouble?
What did I do?
Am I being fired?My boss is very literal. I had one of these recently and I opened the meeting with "Am I laid off?" and she seemed shocked.
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Bosses who send texts saying "Got a minute?" with no context are history's greatest monsters.
@APBBlue [typing indicator in Teams starts and stops again repeatedly for fifteen minutes]
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Bosses who send texts saying "Got a minute?" with no context are history's greatest monsters.
@APBBlue ohh, true. Another variation on slack: Hey, you around?. Congrats on the raise.
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It was a raise, lol.
Not a lot, but everything helps.
@APBBlue Someone needs to tell bosses that unexpected Friday meetings are unnecessarily stress-inducing.
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@APBBlue [typing indicator in Teams starts and stops again repeatedly for fifteen minutes]
@maxleibman lol that too
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@APBBlue ohh, true. Another variation on slack: Hey, you around?. Congrats on the raise.
@klausblog Thanks!
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Bosses who send texts saying "Got a minute?" with no context are history's greatest monsters.
