He goes out the front and I go out the back for a cig break.

I work for myself, so no


When I had a boss, there wasn't much change in my working.
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ZombieKitten said:

that looks so good, so refreshing

At my old job there used to be. Terrible it was really. We were all a bunch of lads about the same age in our little office and it became a bit of a boys club when the boss left. She left early normally on a Friday and soon as she did we stuck on our CDs-normally indie, drum and bass, reggae and some hip hop and talked about sport! Little work was done as we were all counting down the minutes to get to the pub.

Having said that, I did respect my boss and vice versa. She remains the best Ive had and Id love to go back their temporarily given the chance.
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I can honestly say work is no different when my boss is there or not. She's not around most of the time anyway. When she's got time to stop by it's a bonus.

A lot more freedom

Yes. I'm her back-up -- so I have to do her job and my own!

ZombieKitten said:

That happened once, and we couldn't wait for the boss to leave. He kept hesitating and comeing back and forth.

When he did FINALLY leave, and we waited a while just to make sure he had gone, we cracked open a bottle and had a party.


He came back minutes after we started drinking, and we thought we were all going to face the sack.

No!

He KNEW we had drink, and he wanted to join in, which is why he didn't want to leave, but he knew if he didn't we wouldn't have our party but he felt really sad, we didn't include him.

He was the best boss ever!

Justin1972UK said:

How often that must happen?

veronikka said:

And Orging?

CarrieMpls said:

Is she an Orger too?

MissMe said:

Actually I do that even when shes here

veronikka said:

MissMe said:

aawwwww!

we always hated our boss, cause our job had no perks but he got plenty of contra deals all the time. One 42°C day we asked if he could buy us a magnum. He pulled out $100 and said how much does a magnum cost these days?
He thought we meant a magnum of champagne and was happy to buy us one when all we wanted was one of these:

ZombieKitten said:

You went to the off licence and got champagne though? Please don't say you bought icecreams and gave him back his change?

MissMe said:

At least five times a day.

I have my Pay Review tomorrow and I'm dreading it. I'd rather just not have any wage increase than have to sit through an hour of corporate buzz-words masquerading as intelligent discourse.

It'll be all like: "You need to proactively upscale your skillset by symbiotic shadowing of your team-mates whilst ring-fencing your tendency to micro-manage" and all I'm bloody doing is basically data-input and filing!!!

Justin1972UK said:

No, I mean't how often must that happen at work places worldwide?

Good luck anyway!
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MissMe said:

oh we did just get the ice-creams

ZombieKitten said:

What an anti climax!

Relax!

My boss and big boss are already pretty chill but when they are gone (which they both are for 3 weeks) things get even more relaxed.

veronikka said:

And everything actually runs smoother. Because there's no one to bug you about the way you work. you just do what you do they way you know best, so the results are better.

ArielB said:

I agree. That's totally true.

MissMe said:

When I worked in a news agency, when the chief editor would be out, my bosses would not be able to handle things and we'd always have to stay late to get things done.
When the bosses were out, and the chief editor was in, we'd actually finish everything in 2-3 hours and the rest would be spent in research and fun.

I'm on the Org when my boss is there, and when he's not. The other day he walked past and asked what was going on in Prince world.

I actually can work more efficiently when he isn't there calling my damn name every five minutes.

nope, whatever I do when he's gone, I do when he's there.

Lothan said:

wow, you are lucky!