Do y'alls bosses assign you shit in their heads without talking to you or emailing you or externally assigning it in client management software and then get angry when you haven't done the thing they assigned you only in their imagination?

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All the time. I was apparently hired to be a mind reader as well as an associate.

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Yup. I lasted 18 months before I hit the exit. Also got the “inspired” phone calls at 7 am and 10 pm on weekends, sat in conferences where clients were yelled at, etc, etc. Life is too short for that kind of nonsense. My next job paid much better and was a lot calmer; still there 21 years later.

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