VP Forbids Me to WFH
I think this is extremely toxic behavior from my VP, but feel free to chime in:
Asked VP if I could WFH for 3 days, and told her the EA said no record would be made if I chose to WFH for the rest of 2021. I think VP somehow interpreted as I asked for the EA's permission first, not VP's. That was because VP told me EA would be a creep and watch if everyone's in the office. Lol I sit next to those two EAs. Both are nice people and I highly doubt if they do that.
VP started blasting me on why I was asking this, why I didn't think more of how people from other groups would see us (me: they are working remotely themselves, so how could they see me sitting in the office???), other people would say "hey that guy didn't come to the office ! Shitty team ! ", and why for god's sake didn't I just ask for a 3-day vacation? Why on earth would I ask that WFH thing?
4 analysts and 1 associate on my team are on vacation. VP herself just took a full week of vacation, and likely won't come to the office on Thursday and Friday. I got dumped a ton of work that was supposed to be other people's.
For the last 2 weeks, there had only been 3 people in the office: me, another analyst, and executive assistant. I asked the EA and she said nah nobody cares.
My group (the VP) almost never lets people WFH. VP can either come in or not nobody knows what she is doing every day or when she is going to show up. She typically show up between 11 and 11:30am and leaves before 5, fwiw.
MD doesn't care about this since he doesn't come to the office at all, and VP handles all housekeeping.
In her messages sent just now, VP told me the max amount of time I could WFH is 1 day, and it's not on a per-week basis. She also said "I like your passion and your attitude, however, you still have a lot of things to learn. You need to improve."
On what exactly? Office dynamics definitely don't play a role here because hey, ONLY 3 people are working in the office right now and one of them is an EA who doesn't give a damn.
Is this common? I'm top analyst in my team and MD said he wanted me to go A2A. VP is a rich kid with family connections. I'm 26 and she is 29.
Yeah I’d lateral out FAST
That bitch tripping bro, find a new firm
Bitches be crazy
Gents, be careful of joining teams where your direct manager is a woman
Edit: I'll request that individuals who have participated in women's leadership or diversity programs please not vote on this comment, thank you for your cooperation as we attempt to get an accurate view on sentiment
This is so true. They care about the most stupid shit
Ladies, beware when you are assigned a male subordinate. He'll probably be as whiny, entitled, and insecure as the males on this forum
Ladies, just wait till you have to manage another female too!
Found her
Ladies, stick to Consulting. IB is a man's job and most of yall can't even relationship manage with your mothers and roommates in the most casual of situations.
Simmer down, sweetie. Don't you have a few diversity programs to gun for?
Your VP just sounds like an a-hole on a power trip. If the firm allows for WFH, which it sounds like it does, then it's not up to her to decide for you especially when she isn't even adhering to her own "rule". When people are giant dick bags like your VP I typically like to push their buttons a bit just to watch them lose their shit, if it were me I would WFH for 3 days and watch them go bananas. By no means am I saying you should intentionally f**k with her by doing this, this is just me but if you do just remember to keep your cool and don't react emotionally when she flips out.
“I have been exposed to COVID and will need to WFH through the end of the week while I await my test results. I’d do not want to risk spreading it in the office. See you in the new year!”
EZ
Sleep with her to assert dominance. Then you’ll be working from home together. The same home.