Message #59911

[mikala72]

i know the feeling you have.  for my previous recent middle managers, i couldn't understand the 'need' to talk talk talk and no emails and no voicemails when they were always busy.

with the managers before the last one, they expected me to keep things confidential.  that was part of the job.  confidential doesn't only means hidding letters to employees.  it also means that you don't repeat what you hear or no to nobody.  they expected that out of us assistants.

i sat clear on the otherside of a room from my managers, so, it was a total waste of time to get up every single second hoping they were not behind closed doors or on the phone.

finally, i got the bright idea (lol - yeah right) that since i was tall enough to see over the mirads of cubicles, to just stand up and look across the room to see if the door was open.  this saved time.

i don't like being a tattle tailer and tried not to do it and i only told the big big boss.  when i did, it was because the 'situation' was hurting the total office.  there were a lot of situations that the big big boss didn't know about and he and i were friends:  as a friend, i went to him so that he can fix problems.  how would he think of me if i kept those things from him?

everything else is up to the manager.  that is what he is getting paid the big bucks for:  to manage his own employees.  plus there were plenty enough people in the office who ran to the boss.  

when i didn't have a damn thing to 'say' to them i simply asked:  'got anything you need me to do?'.