06/23/2009

Worker questions employer access to computer calendars
I got an email from my boss's administrative assistant directing me and the other account executives to allow my boss's boss unlimited access to our calendars in Microsoft Outlook on our company computers.

06/10/2009

Employee concerned that back-up may be backstabber
When this guy came back from being trained, it appears that he went to his boss and told him he learned there were things I wasn't doing or not doing correctly. 

05/26/2009

Employee says boss's praise seems hollow
You'd think he would see us roll our eyes when he starts rambling at our meetings, but he's so absorbed in his own bull that he doesn't even notice.

05/12/2009

Manager wants to help boss deal with employee
Instead of talking to this woman about what she needs to work on, he's ignoring her and leaving her out of meetings and group emails. 

04/28/2009

Father's furious about driving school instruction
My son's longest period of instruction involved him driving his instructor to a grocery store, waiting for the instructor to buy his groceries and then driving him to his house to drop them off.

04/14/2009

Customer tired of dealing with rude employees
I'm sick and tired of being treated like I'm bothering them. What is wrong with these people?

03/31/2009

Worker-boss relationship not going well
When I finished the task my boss asked me to do and delivered my results to the appropriate personnel, they told me they already got the information from my boss.

03/17/2009

Stimulus party idea a dud with co-workers
I'm just trying to make light of a heavy situation. The invitation looks like a pink slip. The attire is 1930s – the Great Depression - and refreshments will be things like spam, pigs in a blanket, PB&J, and Kool-Aid.

03/03/2009

Steady customer disgusted by sales tactics
I heard sales people tell potential buyers that the less expensive items were either "a bunch of garbage" or "junk." 

02/17/2009

Soon-to-be-leaving worker asked to move out for supervisor
My supervisor told he there are going to be some office moves and I need to get all my things out of mine and move to a cubicle because she's moving into mine.

02/03/2009

Co-worker stunned at candid talk during employee meeting
I've done my share of complaining to my buddies and family, but I know it's not cool to slam a boss in front of others. 

01/20/2009

Business owner fed up with always late employee
I know he knows that I'm always pleased with his work product, so I guess he sees no reason to comply with my requests to be on time.

01/06/2009

Worker spotted using company car on personal errand
While I was driving my company car, I passed a guy from my office on the street.  Now my stomach is in knots because I don't know if he's going to rat me out. 

12/23/2008

Committee members dislike chairperson's superior attitude
This woman is so aggravating because she comes off like she thinks she's better than the rest of us. It's almost like she thinks we're on the committee to serve her. None of us feel comfortable saying something to her.

12/09/2008

Employee "scrooged" on holiday vacation time
I went to my boss and asked him why I wasn't getting any of the time off I asked for.  He said that he gave it to my co-worker, pointing out that she had put her request in much earlier. Is there anything I can do about this?

11/25/2008

Worker's not stingy, just low on funds
My department is always wanting money contributions for everything from baby showers to co-workers' family deaths.

11/11/2008

Worker worried she'll be laid off in company scaledown
My employer says revenue has gone way down. If I'm laid off, how do I handle things with potential employers? 

10/28/2008

Worker uncomfortable with office politics
I work in a pretty small office where everyone including the big boss is a Republican except for me. 

10/14/2008

Rotating schedule leaves employees' heads spinning
My boss has been tapped for a job in D.C. and his secretary told me that he plans to have three of us in the department rotate as the acting department head until the permanent one is selected. 

09/30/2008

Manager not told fired co-worker was re-hired
Our district manager had me tell the employee that she no longer had a job. A couple of weeks ago, he decided to rehire this area manager because no one who put in for it met his standards and he wanted someone who knew the ropes of our business.

09/16/2008

Office pranks getting too much for lone female employee
Basically, the guys act like they're back in grade school or high school and they treat me like I'm their little sister -- hiding my car keys; papering my office; turning everything upside down in my office.

09/02/2008

The devil is in the details
Even though my new web development client understood the need for the items I requested and she knows that I brought these things up when I verbally accepted the job, she will not provide them since I didn't put them in my confirmation letter.

08/19/2008

New manager needs advice on quieting talkative employee
With several complaints from several different people, this has obviously become a distraction to others. Without being crass, how can I say everyone thinks you talk too much?

08/05/2008

Worker may not have full story on boss's attitude
I have a co-worker who is so frustrated with our boss and the way he shows his concern for her and the rest of us, or better said, the way he could care less about any of us.

07/22/2008

Worker unhappy about equal raises for unequal work
The employee who really didn't deserve any kind of a raise has quite a mouth on her. No one, not even the boss, likes dealing with her.

07/10/2008

New hire ticked off with new boss
I couldn't believe she would do something like that to me. She knew that it was a very hard decision for me to take the job because it's in a different department and she's the only person I know there. Do you think I should have said something?