Good grief I do hope you called him out on his bullying behaviour. What an absolute bellend.
Good grief I do hope you called him out on his bullying behaviour. What an absolute bellend.I had a bit of a weird and scary experience when shaking someone's hand a few years back that's stayed with me, so now I just hold my hand to my heart and say how nice it is to meet/see the person. The only good thing to come out of Covid was that I could use that as an excuse for a while!
The scary thing was, I attended an interview with two men. The first man shook my hand; I reciprocated; fine. The second man held out his hand; I reciprocated and he bloody crushed my hand so hard I was trying not to flinch. He knew what he was doing. He continued to act like a prick throughout the interview as well. My hand was sore for days after.
I have no qualms in asking colleagues or management to stand back if they're in my personal space - it's just gross.
I had a bit of a weird and scary experience when shaking someone's hand a few years back that's stayed with me, so now I just hold my hand to my heart and say how nice it is to meet/see the person. The only good thing to come out of Covid was that I could use that as an excuse for a while!
The scary thing was, I attended an interview with two men. The first man shook my hand; I reciprocated; fine. The second man held out his hand; I reciprocated and he bloody crushed my hand so hard I was trying not to flinch. He knew what he was doing. He continued to act like a prick throughout the interview as well. My hand was sore for days after.
I have no qualms in asking colleagues or management to stand back if they're in my personal space - it's just gross.
That makes no sense - I’m all for hybrid and remote work but the definition of a receptionist is to be in the reception…My department has 3 receptionists and instead of making them god forbid cover a reception they’ve been allowed to hybrid work and for 2 out of the 3 days I’m in this week I’m covering it for them. As a senior staff member (sadly not management or that would be the first thing stopping) me and my colleagues are getting really annoyed. Trying to sit in a teams meeting is challenging with constant interruptionswe keep bringing it up but they’re so soft
Omg yes, this keeps happening in my team. There’s one lady who just gets praised all the time, or is always first in the list of names etc. Everyone keeps eyerolling about it, we are all fed up. Problem is the Golden Child is a massive Pick-Meeeeeeeee and absolutely laps up the praiseManagers who blatantly promote the ‘Golden Child’ practice and who find a reason to praise the same person at every meeting.
We have one of these too. She’s been there forever, everyone loves her and she loves being loved by everyone.Omg yes, this keeps happening in my team. There’s one lady who just gets praised all the time, or is always first in the list of names etc. Everyone keeps eyerolling about it, we are all fed up. Problem is the Golden Child is a massive Pick-Meeeeeeeee and absolutely laps up the praise
I used to manage a team of receptionists, the job advert explicitly stated that hybrid was not an option but after the first couple of months they were requesting to wfh. And one of them didn’t like the title receptionistMy department has 3 receptionists and instead of making them god forbid cover a reception they’ve been allowed to hybrid work and for 2 out of the 3 days I’m in this week I’m covering it for them. As a senior staff member (sadly not management or that would be the first thing stopping) me and my colleagues are getting really annoyed. Trying to sit in a teams meeting is challenging with constant interruptionswe keep bringing it up but they’re so soft
We have one of these too. She’s been there forever, everyone loves her and she loves being loved by everyone.
Always complaining she has loads to do and not enough time to do it but she’s always running off after someone or something and hardly ever sat at her desk!
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How were they not told that the essence of their job description is actually to be physically at reception!My department has 3 receptionists and instead of making them god forbid cover a reception they’ve been allowed to hybrid work and for 2 out of the 3 days I’m in this week I’m covering it for them. As a senior staff member (sadly not management or that would be the first thing stopping) me and my colleagues are getting really annoyed. Trying to sit in a teams meeting is challenging with constant interruptionswe keep bringing it up but they’re so soft
How were they not told that the essence of their job description is actually to be physically at reception!
That is one of the daftest things I have ever heard.
No shade at you but this is my beef. People who insist on speaking on the phone or in person when an email would do.That could be me...except I haven't been there for a long time, just a few years.
I'd love to be able to sit down for more than 15 seconds without about 10 new things cropping up that need urgent attention. And I prefer speaking to people to sending emails that can add to overwhelm and take longer to type, send then somebody has to answer, compared to a couple of minutes' conversation.
To be fair, it’s become a thing to put ‘fully remote’ on any job advert. I’ve spent some time todayHow were they not told that the essence of their job description is actually to be physically at reception!
That is one of the daftest things I have ever heard.
They had an initiative at a previous place of work to reduce emails and encouraged people to talk or phone rather than send an email. There was a crazy amount of emails being sent dailyNo shade at you but this is my beef. People who insist on speaking on the phone or in person when an email would do.
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