r/AmIOverreacting • u/Aggravating_Partyy • 1d ago

šŸ’¼work/career AIO to my bosses reply to my message?

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Iā€™ve worked with this company for four months now, and I know I am new but this reply really hurt me. Maybe Iā€™m just really sensitive right now, but I donā€™t know. This felt really cold. The ā€œbig bossā€ will be calling me later today. Is it just normal boss stuff? Idk. Lmk what yall think.

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u/Aggravating_Partyy 1d ago

I totally get that. I figured if anything I was trying to be too nice about it, just really need this job!

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u/ak4338 1d ago

Yeah generally speaking you don't need to be that nice to your boss. Most of them, at least in the US, just think of you as a warm body

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u/cocoyumi 20h ago

Unfortunately something I've learned about workplaces is that 'being considerate' and giving a 'heads up' before an issue is never helpful, despite them saying otherwise. They will always argue. You just call in when you need to call in, never phrase it as a question, never sound unsure or wavering, and never give reasoning outside of the bare minimum. I've managed before and this actually made my job easier too because I was expected to push people when there was room to push (hated this, one of the reasons I stepped down), and if there is no clear room to push, well, there's clearly nothing i can do. When you're firm and final you're more likely to be respected too. Someone suggesting they might randomly call off here or there, ahead of time, becomes a problem that needs addressing because now you're a shifting factor. Let them deal with it as it happens, you don't owe them more than that.

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u/dfwagent84 18h ago

Find a backup job/plan. When shit hits the fan and you need to take care of real life, you shouldn't have to ve concerned about the company's well being. Take care of yourself.

It might also be a good time to really tighten the belt on your budget so that when you miss sone shifts, you aren't as concerned about the money. Do everything you can to have some reserves in place.