Does Your Managers Just Make You Mad.

Oh Gosh yes!!! I work in a nursing home and we have this Nurse Manager who isn't an RN but a Psych Nurse, so what she's use to doing is walking around like a corporal shoving orders in your face reminding you that you're not doing your job right.. so she treats us like children. We are aware of what we are doing, since most of us have a specific education for training and certification for this job. If she sees a blanket on the floor which a resident has kicked off she will specifically call us to go pick it up and that's rediculous. She makes us carry around these radios that work like walkie talkies so we can communicate with each other quickly. One night she called me to one of the resident's room and it sounded quite urgent so I ran down to this room, and she was having a panic attack because she dropped a pen! Yes a stupid pen! It was rediculous!!! Another time this resident's whole family stayed throughout the night because we thought she was going to pass away, so my partner and I just finished our rounds and sat down to fill out our paper work, when she walks up to us and is standing with her hands on her hips like a drill sargent and said to us in front of this whole family... "Is there a hard rule where you girls can't go help the other side because they have beepers going, you are rude and not teamworkers" I couldn't even look up I was so embarrassed, I felt like I was in school when the teacher picks on you infront of the class. We agreed with this but by the time she did her little rude speech the others alreaady answered the call light which we couldn't hear going from the other side anyway and there was a lot of people where we were so that also made it hard to hear them. The drill sargent walked to the other side and I followed her and went off on her telling her that the way she handled that was very unprofessional and it could have been done in private and that it was unexceptable behavior! We ended up having a meeting with the union rep, the big boss and he ended up warning her that she needed to change the way she treated us. We got a huge apology from her and we were suppose to have another meeting but haven't yet so I think he's just keeping this case open until he hears another complaint from anyone. In the meeting she stated that she felt like she had to be a mother to us girls and he just looked at her and said,"you need to seperate yourself from that feeling and put it aside because these are adults" I was laughing inside. Anyway sorry for making this so long but if you have a union I would look into this because what's terrible is having to constantly correct people when they already know things. Have a nice night

When I reached a point where the job, and management was making me angry and frustrated, and they were not respecting my boundaries, I quit. It was really hard for them to accepts.

My managers makes me mad most of the time but I can't do what had you done like showing your feelings or emotions to them. My co-workers were the only one knows how I feel, i do not let show it when in front of my managers. I am still professional in front of them. I did laugh when i read that your manager got scared because you were mad. I imagine doing it to my manager too, but i can't do that.

My Managers do. But I am very vocal about a ny issues in the office and talk directly to the concerned person. Luckily, it always turns out positive. I just had an arguments with my Manager, but glad we already fixed it before going further

My manager makes me super mad about him and the company where I am working. I dont like working in our company anymore, I dont like working there anymore. I really wanted to quit and all that. Do you think I should even quit? I am mad about our manager cause I dont think knows what he is doing as a manager. He should be called a care taker and not a manager. There are so many things and concerns in the company and he doesnt give attention to it. I dont think there's any reason for me to stay there.

i worked for 32 years with bank of india and then took VRS in 2000 and i was very lucky enough that i had all the managers very nice and cooperative and loved me for my work and dependent on me too much .Just one manager i had a problem though he did not say anaything but he was totally good for nothing type of manager and then i thought why not call it a day then to be with this type of guy.

Wow...your managers are the one who got scared. So what did they do about it? Did they change it?

I hate it when they just don't even try to communicate with you at all. I mean they just go ahead and do things that will directly affect you and not speak to you at all or even let you know. That can make so many people mad. What about when they make you wait around for a long time too, totally disregarding but very well knowing that you are waiting. That can be hard too. I don't know why people can not just be considerate, and then they wonder why other people are not being considerate back to them? Well maybe if you knew how to be a gentleman or same goes for a female manager too.

u absolutely correct. in this corporate world when required to work on weekends, then we need to work some times only. but not again & again.

Yes, they are also human like us and make mistakes. However, I should caution you in bolting out in anger because it might ruin your chance of climbing up the ladder. I'm not saying that you kiss butts that are not kissable in the first place. All I'm saying is that there is a diplomatic way of expressing your concern that could lead to a better and workable solution. Refrain from showing anger so as not to humiliate your higher-ups. Always aim for a win-win situation. This will show to them your maturity in handling situations and who knows? The next time they'll look for somebody who is reasonable, mature and responsible, they will recall their good experience with you in the past and might recommend you for a promotion. Think about it. Nothing to lose, everything to gain. Besides, Managers will be managers and whether we like it or not, they call the shots. If you feel that you are being maltreated, then elevate the matter to the higher level. If not, then work up a better deal by being more diplomatic. Always think WIN-WIN! As they say "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen." Good luck.

Fortunately I have no problems with my managers. The previous one is a really good manager. He guided me well in my career. Gives me lots of advise and lets me decide on how to solve some problems. I'm a computer programmer by the way. When he retired my next manager is also from our team. She's the same with the previous one. She let us decide on how we do things as long as it is within the company policy. Regarding my work schedule its not a problem since they are not that strict on the time and we are the one the shift that we want.