Monday, July 11, 2011

Should I contact my wife's boss?

I am the manager of a bank over several people. I would strongly advise you NOT to do this. I have bosses who are like that and if you were to make a call, you must realize that although your wife expresses her point of view, you really DON'T know whats going on in the office. You're not going to change their mind, but I'd imagine that it would cause problems for her in your job. I know that if one of my people's spouses decided to call me to tell me how to do my job, I'd not even have that conversation and my next conversation would be to go to that employee and set some expectations. Also, you must also understand that sometimes, as managers we have to make decisions where we are put in between a rock and a hard place, and basically have to choose the lesser of two evils. Now, that being said, don't get me wrong, I'm not defending the bosses, but just simply sharing a different point of view. I often have employees complain I'm working them too many hours with too little help. The problem is, that I KNOW they are right, but I can't really do anything about it, because I've got a boss telling me what to do too, and a budget to go by. Them complaining about it only makes my job harder because I can't do anything about it. Long story short, I think that in this economy there are a lot of people in that situation, I know I am overworked like nobody's business. I'd stay out of it and just be supportive and understanding of your wife when she comes home from work. That should give her more strength to deal with the job stress.

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