So...started a new 6 month gig in March with a banking client. Rate is great but everything else is terrible - apologies for being a whining <...> but...
> I haven't ever had a desk since day 1. There is chronic over crowding so I have to work in a windowless meeting room with cables everywhere. The office is so bad mouse traps are in the corners of the room.
> I have no desk phone. People without a desk are expected to use their personal mobiles (wtf?)
> It's been almost 3 months and I still don't have access to things I need, including software despite chasing daily for it (i.e. I cannot do my job properly without it, despite stating what I needed in my interview).
> The management are shocking. It takes one bloke 2.5 weeks to click on an 'approve' button - normally I wouldn't care but when it's stopping you from delivering work it becomes very frustrating. Tried chasing, speaking face to face ("yer, i'll do it later"), nothing seems to work.
> My line manager is barely ever in. Only ever works 4 days a week and sits in her ivory tower with "the management team" in a corner. One day came to me asking to help someone deliver 81 (yes - 81!!!) different pieces of analysis on top of my day job (I told her politely where to go - aka: you need a team of people to do this).
You get the picture - I could go on. Today I needed to get my agency timesheet approved - it's a simple old school method of emailing the word "approved" from a manager to the agency with the attachment. Takes 2 seconds...but not with this ego (well known bully) manager. You know the type; been there for 18 years, thinks he is the muts nuts, huge beer belly, gets a kick out of watching people squirm...
...so, send him the timesheet, politely asking him to reply "approved" to the correct people last week. Deadline is at 12pm today and only got 3 hours until I get told I won't be paid on time, so I politely chase him again via email...nothing.
I look for where he sits but he's not there. Check on the instant chat thing and being online I kindly ask him to approve the timesheet - he replies he needs to review it when back at his desk as he is in a meeting. 11am approaches and still nothing yet fatso is at his desk. I chase for the third time, still being polite - he decides to ignore me. Great.
I went to the toilet and after coming out who do I bump into...fatso. I ask him face to face (again, calm and politely but holding back from screaming at him) to simply approve my timesheet because of the deadline - he has had it a few days now. This prat decides to ignore me face to face and walk off.
So...there I was completely unable to get the word "approved" emailed back so I can get paid on time. I decided to contact my agency explaining what is wrong as professionally as I could and being understanding said they will do their best to get it through but no promises.
1pm. Fatso rocks up out of no where and talks aggressively at how ridiculous it is to expect to approve it before 12pm as he was on holiday on Friday (not my problem bud). I ask "have you approved it then?"....answer: "No. You need to put your name as part of the filename cos I get loads of them". I saw rage...
mad
I change the freggin file name to include my name, emailed it back and then get a response "sorry - I did this for you, why you emailing me the same file again". FFS!
Then at 1:30pm he decides to reply "approved" fully aware I probably won't get paid on time.
This bloke is a joke. He bullies people into others leaving, clock watches others, shouts, ignores you until it's convenient for him - a real nasty piece of work. He reminds me of the special kid at school that you love to hate. Unfortunately there was no one else to approve it - only permies can approve above a certain pay grade.
Anyone dealt with prats like this before? No point going to his superiors as they are also a bunch of muppets (in with the same crowd). I usually don't care, but when it's affecting my income I do...
> I haven't ever had a desk since day 1. There is chronic over crowding so I have to work in a windowless meeting room with cables everywhere. The office is so bad mouse traps are in the corners of the room.
> I have no desk phone. People without a desk are expected to use their personal mobiles (wtf?)
> It's been almost 3 months and I still don't have access to things I need, including software despite chasing daily for it (i.e. I cannot do my job properly without it, despite stating what I needed in my interview).
> The management are shocking. It takes one bloke 2.5 weeks to click on an 'approve' button - normally I wouldn't care but when it's stopping you from delivering work it becomes very frustrating. Tried chasing, speaking face to face ("yer, i'll do it later"), nothing seems to work.
> My line manager is barely ever in. Only ever works 4 days a week and sits in her ivory tower with "the management team" in a corner. One day came to me asking to help someone deliver 81 (yes - 81!!!) different pieces of analysis on top of my day job (I told her politely where to go - aka: you need a team of people to do this).
You get the picture - I could go on. Today I needed to get my agency timesheet approved - it's a simple old school method of emailing the word "approved" from a manager to the agency with the attachment. Takes 2 seconds...but not with this ego (well known bully) manager. You know the type; been there for 18 years, thinks he is the muts nuts, huge beer belly, gets a kick out of watching people squirm...
...so, send him the timesheet, politely asking him to reply "approved" to the correct people last week. Deadline is at 12pm today and only got 3 hours until I get told I won't be paid on time, so I politely chase him again via email...nothing.
I look for where he sits but he's not there. Check on the instant chat thing and being online I kindly ask him to approve the timesheet - he replies he needs to review it when back at his desk as he is in a meeting. 11am approaches and still nothing yet fatso is at his desk. I chase for the third time, still being polite - he decides to ignore me. Great.
I went to the toilet and after coming out who do I bump into...fatso. I ask him face to face (again, calm and politely but holding back from screaming at him) to simply approve my timesheet because of the deadline - he has had it a few days now. This prat decides to ignore me face to face and walk off.
So...there I was completely unable to get the word "approved" emailed back so I can get paid on time. I decided to contact my agency explaining what is wrong as professionally as I could and being understanding said they will do their best to get it through but no promises.
1pm. Fatso rocks up out of no where and talks aggressively at how ridiculous it is to expect to approve it before 12pm as he was on holiday on Friday (not my problem bud). I ask "have you approved it then?"....answer: "No. You need to put your name as part of the filename cos I get loads of them". I saw rage...
madI change the freggin file name to include my name, emailed it back and then get a response "sorry - I did this for you, why you emailing me the same file again". FFS!
Then at 1:30pm he decides to reply "approved" fully aware I probably won't get paid on time.
This bloke is a joke. He bullies people into others leaving, clock watches others, shouts, ignores you until it's convenient for him - a real nasty piece of work. He reminds me of the special kid at school that you love to hate. Unfortunately there was no one else to approve it - only permies can approve above a certain pay grade.
Anyone dealt with prats like this before? No point going to his superiors as they are also a bunch of muppets (in with the same crowd). I usually don't care, but when it's affecting my income I do...
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