I used to be just lately serious about a state of affairs that occurred at a earlier job and questioning if I dealt with it appropriately or if it was as unreasonable because it felt.
I labored at my final job for practically a decade. Early on, it was a totally in-office place. Most individuals left their computer systems at their desks in a single day and over the weekend. I even have ADHD and would usually neglect my pc if I took it dwelling.
In a kind of pre-pandemic days, I as soon as bought sick in a single day and had left my laptop computer at work. I’ve a member of the family who works throughout the road from my workplace, so I requested my supervisor if she’d be comfortable with him coming by to seize my laptop computer for me so I might atone for emails after I felt higher. My supervisor enthusiastically agreed and later mentioned she loved getting to satisfy my member of the family.
Quick ahead to post-pandemic. We’re again within the workplace Monday and Tuesday, and I’ve a brand new supervisor. I depart my pc within the workplace between in-office days, as a result of I’m nonetheless ADHD as hell. One Monday night time, I get sick, so I let my supervisor know I’ll have my member of the family swing by to select up my laptop computer. In contrast to my final supervisor, this one appears very hesitant with the association. She leaves it on the entrance desk and by no means interacts with him.
Subsequent time I meet along with her, she tells me that I completely should deliver my laptop computer dwelling each night time, and that she discovered it uncomfortable to have somebody decide it up for me. I push again on my concern about forgetting it, she dismisses it, then counters that it’s a safety challenge. We work behind a number of locked doorways and the workplace is locked in a single day. Regardless of the argument being ridiculous, I inform her that if it’s a problem, I’ll lock it in my locker in a single day. She stays sad with this and continues to harp on the problem for a month till lastly giving up.
I by no means noticed any drawback with leaving my pc in a single day at work. I’m not on name, I don’t must work in a single day, and 99.9% of the time, I got here within the subsequent day. I discovered her angle about having somebody decide my laptop computer up and the ‘safety considerations’ ridiculous. Was I within the improper right here, or do different folks see her behaviour as pointless too?