SJ Longthorne

It's #NationalBossDay! Please reply with the worst garbage a boss has ever pulled on you.

“Hey, I know you’re already covering for your nonexistent boss, but the role you want has come up. Can you do it as well for free, just for a little while, just while we arrange to formalise it?”

Six months later, when struggling to juggle all three roles has destroyed my mental health: “Yeah so we’re happy to just keep things as they are with you working all three roles with the same old job title and salary. That OK your end?”

OH! Forgot to mention. I also got put on a performance improvement plan in that time because I made a few mistakes. I wonder if maybe that was something to do with working three roles without compensation or recognition...

Also: Got told off for tweeting that people should be nicer to one another. Legit. Apparently I wasn’t representing the company (which says a lot).

AND underwent disciplinary action because I shared a private FB post that called out the fricking abysmal treatment of another colleague’s mental health.

Bonus content! After the six months of three jobs were up, we have end of year reviews: “Yeah, but it wasn’t THAT much extra work, was it?” <— boss of yore, explaining why I got a 3/5, which directly corresponded to yearly bonus grades.