Things I wanted to tell a former boss #1
I didn’t tell you about that very obvious thing that you were struggling to figure out at the team meeting because you didn’t listen to me when I told you I needed two more minutes to check my sequence and start my run. Instead, you didn’t listen to me and told me to come out the cleanroom and attend this meeting. Instead, you didn’t give me two minutes when it is okay for Shane and Greg to come to these meetings late if they need to start their ICP-MS runs. So yeah, if you didn’t listen to me when I told you I need two minutes, why would I think you would listen to me when I told you about that obvious thing?
You need to listen to your employees when they tell you they feel burned out. You need to let them go on vacation (if even for a day or two) when they tell you they need some time off because they feel burned out. You don’t tell them “no” when they tell you they need time off because they feel burned out. Telling them “no” tells them that you do not care about their well-being. You shouldn’t be surprised when I turned in my 2-weeks the next time I saw you.
It’s not okay to tell your employee that “if you want to leave on time, you will learn to work faster.” This tells me that you, as my boss, are out of touch with how long these analyses take and how many samples I have per day. I’m already working as fast as I can while maintaining a high quality of work. If you want me to go faster, the quality will go down and the chance of a safety incident occurring goes up.
No, you were not more than fair with how you treated me when I had ACL reconstruction surgery. I realize now I put this job over my health. You had no sympathy for me. You texted me “been there, done that” in response to me telling you that the surgery went okay but I’m heading back to the hospital because I was in so much pain. You’re a jerk for saying that.