Learn More
Resend Email
3
dotenvironment
2y

ugh, company discussion on WhatsApp sucks. i want to take a leave from this new company i joinedbas i am bored the hell out

the company policy is that we got 16 pl 7 mandatory leaves and 8 emergency leaves. pretty good deal i guess. but as a new joiner, i am on probabtion for 6 months and I can't take either of those mandatory/paid leaves.

i was neck deep in work so could not get time to call my manager. plus had a 1 hour incredibly boring and frustrating call with another 50 yo tech lead from another team who was goin on an on like a 90 yo uncle with his wartime stories so could not think straight.

i sent my manager a "hey a***" at 7.08 pm on WhatsApp.

that's a great shoot oneself in the foot situation. i could not call because it's 7.08 pm, and don't wanna give an impression of a corporate non living dev who makes or supports making calls at odd hours. i also can't dele6 the message coz that would be more awkward

but i had went with the creepy hey text , and didn't wanna keep him waiting, so quickly add anothe message with the context : "i wanted to discuss a small leave related query, will call tomorrow"

another classic shoot oneself in the foot.

the probation guy wants to take leaves? he doesn't have any, what could he talk about it? oh right, i was gonna cheese him to give me an informal permission. but now i made it all formal.

noice :/

rant
Favorite
Ranter
Comments
  • 3
    2y
    You called the manager an arse? So they aren't even worth the full title in your opinion?

    You should actually just have deleted the message. Can always say you clicked the wrong recipient.
  • 0
    2y
    @Oktokolo his name is a with 3 letters that are not r,s,e . jist masking

    and yeah , that could have worked. me fool :/
  • 1
    2y
    @dotenvironment That his name starts with a lower a and is four letters long is not relevant for the story and doesn't add flavor (calling him an arse would have done so btw). So just remove the name entirely or replace it with "<redacted>".

    Asterisks are normally used to hint at "swear" words. It is so common, that it basically is a universal meme even on platforms like this which don't do any automated censoring.

    And yeah: Admitting an error is always a very cheap and most often also plausible option.
  • 1
    2y
    Remember that the company is also still on probation for you. If they're stiff about leaves, it's better to leave early on their probation.
  • 1
    2y
    @ostream the company is the offender and you're the kid who's checking out if the candy is good enough for the things they make you do
  • 1
    2y
    @ostream Nah, a probation period is actually a good thing. The company tests the employee on actual work and the employee gets fully paid. And after the probation period, the full worker protection laws apply.

    Obviously, the concept only makes sense in countries that actually have worker protection laws (so definitely not the US)...
  • 1
    2y
    @ostream trial sounds like you're potentially going to prison. Maybe that's more accurate then.
  • 0
    2y
    @ostream Might not be the best term for it. But yeah, you can "try" the employee or company for that time and if you don't part ways before it ends, parting ways becomes harder and/or takes longer.
  • 0
    2y
    @ostream the use of "probation" in the context of criminal justice is relatively recent, the word is much older.
devRant © 2021 Hexical Labs LLC
Privacy Policy  |  Terms of Service
Add Comment