(something I've taken on board myself). I'm always at my desk at other times and he rang on my colleagues phone to ask me to get a set of notes, like he was checking up on me or something. I thought that was rude, do you?
2006-09-07 03:00:54 · 17 answers · asked by Say It Like You Mean It 4 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
yes. If your teabreak was one you were entitled to, he should have waited upon your return.
2006-09-07 03:07:50 · answer #1 · answered by keefer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know. Is he usually a slave-driving a-hole? If so, then he probably was checking up on you which is unfair since you work hard the rest of the time and you need some respite and human contact with a colleague every now and then. I'll bet he takes a tea break. If he's usually OK, are you feeling guilty about taking a break and over-reacting? Don't feel guilty, you've done nothing wrong.
As to Creeping rot, before you make sweeping statements about a whole profession who generally serve their clients conscientiously and to the best of their ability, I would take the trouble to inform yourself unless you lack the capacity to do so.
2006-09-07 03:20:40 · answer #2 · answered by Silver Fox 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it was not rude. Most bosses have this idea that break are a waste of time and you are suppose to work full time that you signed in your contract. You need to take this in stride and show him that no matter what you are doing gal you can easily handle your job without stress. He will respect your for that.
2006-09-07 03:10:39 · answer #3 · answered by ngina 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are all entitled to ten min breaks in the morning and afternoon. That is just your boss being picky. My boss quite often disturbs me when I am having lunch. They also talk to me like a piece of you-know-what on their shoe, hence why I am looking for a new job. But, yes, I agree that is rude.
2006-09-07 03:16:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think you have to consider this in the context of the overall working conditions in your job. If this is part of a pattern of bad conditions - not good, if there are other nice elements - don't read too much into this situation
2006-09-07 03:10:18 · answer #5 · answered by Moose 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You were at work, do your job. You get breaks when you go and get a drink from the pop machine or when you go to the bathroom. Anyway your break is your lunch. Guess what other then lunch they do not have to give you a break.
2006-09-07 03:09:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
he needed the notes , he contacted you , he got the notes end of story, if he objected to your being in the other office as it was not an official tea break ,he would have said so.
2006-09-07 03:10:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sod him he sounds obsessive if he is actually checking on you. I dated a GP once, he was nice, to me, but I don't know how he was with his secretary. I'd keep the 10 min tea break.
2006-09-07 03:12:55 · answer #8 · answered by Morgan J 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I presume he pays you? Was this a paid break? If so, then you are still technically working. Therefore he has every right to demand some work from you.
2006-09-07 03:16:56 · answer #9 · answered by bodhidhamma7 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Works must, Works need.
I would note read to much into it even I have a very low opinion of GP's
2006-09-07 03:04:18 · answer #10 · answered by philipscottbrooks 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you should have been at your own desk, then no he was not being rude. He just wanted you to do what he pays you for.
2006-09-07 03:05:05 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋