My boss is going to be really mad at me when I get back from vacation.

[Laura]

Because part of earning the big bucks is being able to look at a calendar.

Sounds petty to me.

 

[kami2199]

I guess it depends. I think some people might use it an excuse to get mad at you if you don't remind them. If I worked in an office situation like that, I wouldn't have to remind them once because everday I would be reminding them as I talked about how excited I was to go to Disney!

IMO, she is the boss, the calander is right in front of her, if she is irresponsible enough not to look at the calander, its her own fault. I'm anal but I want to know exactly what is going on if I'm going to be held accountable as a boss would be. But...that being said, I have to remind the guy I work with several times the month leading up to my departure. But we are both self employed and we have to cover each other's workload so we do a lot of preparing each other if one of us leaves.

Since you are worried about this, I would just call in and remind her now. It sure beats worrying about it all vacation! Have a great vacation.

 

[NMAmy]

I have people who work for me and I know how easy it is to forget so I always remind my boss. In fact, I usually send her and my co-workers a list of anything I'm working on that might come up--and the files are on my desk and labelled to make it as easy as possible to cover for me while I'm gone.

 

[curiouser]

I always remind my boss, but mostly because I need to confirm who is taking over my tasks while I am out. I work in the kind of position where even if I'm out sick for a day I call one of my co-workers to tell them what needs to happen that day. I work in a deadline driven position where things can't stop if I'm out of the office.

 

[mickeysgal]

IMO, she is the boss, the calander is right in front of her, if she is irresponsible enough not to look at the calander, its her own fault.

Anal or not, calendar available or not, her fault for not remembering or not, reading the newspaper instead of working or not, the boss asked you to remind her. So do it. Its not your choice to interpret what the boss should be doing in theory. If you don't remind her, you can be considered a problem employee who may be looking for a job elsewhere. Sometimes they look for any reason to let someone go. If you're comfortable risking a job by not doing what the boss asked, then don't remind her. Otherwise, just send an email. How hard is that?

 

[Maleficent13]

I have to agree with Laura. "Big Bucks" or not, that fact is moot IMHO...courtesy doesn't have a dollar point.

 

[kdibattista]

When I worked in the "corporate world" not only would I remind my boss but would be filling her in on the delegation of my duties (if necessary) while I was gone.

 

[SC Minnie]

When I worked in the "corporate world" not only would I remind my boss but would be filling her in on the delegation of my duties (if necessary) while I was gone.

Same here.

 

[Allison]

Yes, you should have reminded her. That is the professional thing to do. I wouldn't think of being gone without reminding my boss about it.

 

[Nana Annie]

 

[ceiligh1]

My last job position I had 3 managers. The one I reported to (A), the manager of another clinic I worked at (B)and the manager in charge of my work (C). Needless to say after the first vacation where my manager A approved it and did not let B and C know like she said she would, I started sending emails to B and C to let them know that I had vacation that would be approved. It was just easier on all of us and I didnt get in trouble when someone didnt know what was going on. I would also remind people as it seemed that even though they knew I was taking vacation sometime, they never realized that it was as close as it was. Just made life easier for me, and I didnt worry about who should have done what.

 

[kami2199]

Anal or not, calendar available or not, her fault for not remembering or not, reading the newspaper instead of working or not, the boss asked you to remind her. So do it. Its not your choice to interpret what the boss should be doing in theory. If you don't remind her, you can be considered a problem employee who may be looking for a job elsewhere. Sometimes they look for any reason to let someone go. If you're comfortable risking a job by not doing what the boss asked, then don't remind her. Otherwise, just send an email. How hard is that?

I actually don't see anywhere where the boss asked her to remind her in the future. It sounds like the boss forgot she had granted time off on that one occasion and said the the OP should have reminded her. Why did the boss say that in the first place is my question. Once she realized she was gone, she should have looked at the calander and realized what was going on. Honestly, if I ask once and it is ok'd, I would have just left as well that day and not thought anything of it.

I agree for employers looking for any reason to let people go. But...while preparing to leave for a vacation, you have a lot of things going through your mind. If you leave for vacation without reminding your boss, you shouldn't have to worry about whether your boss will be mad when you get back. Especially if the calander is right in front of them at the desk they sit in everyday. Also, especially if it is their JOB to know who's going to be gone at any given time. I personally think that if the boss is going to hold this against her, it wouldn't have mattered or not if she reminded her that she was leaving. She would have found something else to hold against her.

Now, if this is a job where she will have to have someone cover a "project" or something along those lines, then having a conversation with the boss before you leave would seem appropriate if for nothing else but to know that you won't walk back in to find something that is not done that should have been.

I think the OP is just saying that because of the first incidence, she is now worried that it might happen this time. Taking time off for one day as opposed to for a vacation is a little different. I can see how the boss may have forgotten that she was leaving early on one day, but again, that's no excuse for the boss to say "you should have reminded me".

If she were in a hurry to get out of there last week...I can understand why she may have forgotten to mention the vacation to her. I know how frazzled I am when getting ready to leave for vacation! It irks me off to no end to think that because I forgot to "remind" my boss of something she should be on top of anyway, I could risk making her mad. Why should she have to worry about that of all things. Do your job, I'll do mine is my motto. Flame away!

 

[kami2199]

From your post, it sounds like you have a few authority issues.

It is not up to you to write your boss' job description. That is between your boss and her supervisor.

Your boss asked you to remind her. That is now part of your job duties. What I don't understand is the attitude of then going even farther and writing your vacation on her calendar and then gloating in not telling her? Just wrong.

Just remember who will be getting the last laugh while your boss is still collecting that big fat paycheck and you are out looking for a new job.

If you have time to take out of your vacation planning to tell the DIS that you are not going to tell your boss, you definitely have time to compose a short e-mail. So, the "I was just too busy to remind her" excuse is not valid here.

And especially just to cover your own ****. It is always in your own best interest to have documentation that you followed office protocol. What are you going to do if you walk into the office on the 13th and you have no proof that the boss approved the 11th and 12th. How are you going to explain - "well, I didn't have to remind you because it was on the calendar" when you wrote it in yourself? Are you going to say that she "forgot" to write it down on her calendar and you added it in yourself, but you didn't feel you had to remind her?

A simple e-mail saying - "Boss, just a quick reminder that I will be out of the office from 9/xx till 9/xx" would have taken less time than the time it took you to write your post here.

My advice would be to grow up and learn to be a professional in the work place. If you don't like a policy, there are much more professional ways to deal with it rather than saying, "nah, nah, I'm not going to do it."

Hmmm...perhaps you should give the same advice to the BOSS. I don't see anywhere that "reminding the boss" is a work policy. Are you having a bad morning?

ETA - what would your response have been if the boss posted about her employees not reminding her they had vacation coming up while also telling us she had the calander right in front of her?

 

[Laura]

I actually don't see anywhere where the boss asked her to remind her in the future.

Simple deductive reasoning. The boss said the OP should have reminded her that she was leaving early on the one occasion, and the OP is now thinking the boss will be wondering where she is all week.

 

[kami2199]

Simple deductive reasoning. The boss said the OP should have reminded her that she was leaving early on the one occasion, and the OP is now thinking the boss will be wondering where she is all week.

Hmmm...If the boss looks at her calander, she won't have to wonder. I think the OP has had the weekend to recall the last experience and now wonders if the boss will do the same thing this time. If she is worried about it, then by all means, CALL. But that's not to say it ever crossed her mind last week to be worried about it.

 

[Nana Annie]

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[shortbun]

Lol! I'd be dancing through the office the day I was leaving. No one would forget I was leaving. But,to answer your question. Yes, you should remind everyone that you are gone next week as a courtesy. It's part of being on the team.

 

[Nana Annie]

Ah, but the OP wrote her own vacation on the calendar. If that is ok in the office, it is then common professional courtesy to mention it to the boss so that he/she can plan. It is basic Office Politics 101.

If the OP were so worried that she had "forgotten", then the title of her thread wouldn't be "My Boss Is Going To Be Really Mad At Me When I Get Back From Vacation."

It would have been something along the lines of "Help, I messed up with my boss - how should I fix it."

Her thread title indicates she knew exactly what she was doing.

 

[kami2199]

Ah, but the OP wrote her own vacation on the calendar. If that is ok in the office, it is then common professional courtesy to mention it to the boss so that he/she can plan. It is basic Office Politics 101.

If the OP were so worried that she had "forgotten", then the title of her thread wouldn't be "My Boss Is Going To Be Really Mad At Me When I Get Back From Vacation."

It would have been something along the lines of "Help, I messed up with my boss - how should I fix it."

Her thread title indicates she knew exactly what she was doing.

Perhaps the OP needs to clarify some things before we go any further. I still agree with her at this point though. And really, how many people out there have never, not even once, complained about a boss. She is the boss, I agree. Do what you are told and if you have an issue with her, take it to her or go over her head. But that being said, I still think she is getting worried now because she realized she forgot to say something last week. She agrees it would have been wise to do so. But she is also defending herself with the fact that it is right there in front of her boss's face that she will be gone. I agree with that as well. We do need answers on the writing yourself in though. OP OP OP, where are you?

 

[Honu]

It's common courtesy to send a reminder. We actually send them office wide. It's not a policy. We do it because we're a team and we don't want anyone to spend time wondering where we are or who is handling things while we're out. This shouldn't be a big deal.