Hollie Day
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When I'm on tattle and colleagues disturb me with really important work related issues.
I have a colleague who is similar and I just said “wow I’d hate to hear what you think about me” and she was like “???” and I said pretty much what you’ve said, I’m bigger than you and all you do is talk about how gross my body type is which I don’t appreciate hearing in the workplaceMy colleague is obsessed with the gym and trying to lose weight so she always talks about what she’s eaten and what a ‘pig’ she is because she’s had a carvery or something. I’m bigger than she is so I sometimes wonder if it’s a bit of a dig but I find it triggering. Wish she would just stop cos it makes me feel uncomfortable.
This takes me back to when we had an intern on a college placement many moons ago. She kept calling our manager Babez I wouldn't mind but he was the most dour man you'd ever meet. I still crack up over 10 years later at his facial expressionI manage a team of 4. One person recently joined us to replace someone else. The woman is max 2 years older than me and today she referred to me as "love". One of my team members is an intern and she does it to her too. I am currently working my notice and have around 8 weeks left so I wont be saying anything but it is so annoying and unprofessional.
Ahhhh, the well-being emails. Workload too high? Well have you tried a bubble bath? Bullying at work? Try taking a nice long walk. Recruitment freeze impacting your team’s morale? Maybe you should take up yoga. Worried about being able to afford food? Sign up to this scheme where if you drop £100 on a supermarket gift card they’ll give you an extra £2.50! It’s not a pay rise but it’ll sure feel like one!I work in public sector and we have an employee survey annually.
The scores are published and fuck all is ever done about it.
At a team level changes are made but at a higher corporate level nothing changes.
So the big ticket whinges I.e pay, not enough staff, workloads too high, not recruiting, too much red tape etc. Nothing ever changes
Instead we just get 100 emails a week about wellbeing and screen breaks.