My boomer mother is retired HR exec. Whenever I ask for recommendations on address situations at work she recommends I get over it because I work from home. My new manager has boundary issues and talking it over with my boomer, I mean mother, I was told “who gets to do laundry at lunchtime?” Mmmkay, just because I had to buy the desk I sit at doesn’t mean I don’t work. 🤬 Burn my childhood home down or put her in a home?
Haha. Try having a dad who is a retired Big 4 partner who made partner back when you just needed your frat brother to be CFO somewhere, who got the job by giving the manager a firm handshake.
Yeah I’m a slacker at 14 years. Made it at 30 🙄
1 - move out
2 - Discuss your work issues with someone else, even if she has the experience, clearly not a good personality match to discuss these kinds of things
Pro
Lol, noooo I’m an adult…. I have my own home with kids and a man that has played video games on my couch for the last 14 yrs. We did a thing at a church once, whatever that’s called.
I don’t know who I hate more, boomers or HR. My sincerest apologies that you have to deal with both. You mother sounds like an extremely toxic human being, I seriously recommend you look into getting guardianship over her and than forcibly placing her in a care home. You’ll live a much happier life (trust me, have personal experience with this).
Chief
C1 - sorry to hear your experience has been so negative, but generalizing an entire group of people is really detrimental. Yes, HR professionals are there to protect the company - similar to how a corporation’s lawyers, salesmen, and leaders are hired to provide a service to the company that employs them. I don’t know what HR people you’ve encountered but that’s not been my experience. I know plenty of consultants that have gotten to where they have by lying, spreading rumors, stealing credit for others work, partners/leaders making promises to junior associates that never get fulfilled, making decisions that negatively impact the benefits of employees so that they can increase executive comp exorbitant amounts - but that doesn’t represent all consultants. Depends on the company, group, and culture. However if that’s been your only experience, I can see why you’d view people negatively.
Oh, cmon, get over it, you're working from home! 😀
Pro
You’re right! Laundry at lunch? Yes please! Living the dream really!
Chief
Put her in a home 🤣😅🤣😅🤣
Rising Star
Find one of those cheap homes the local news did an expose on, and cancel her cell phone.
Pro
Oh wow, I am concerned that you really know what you’re doing here!
Enthusiast
This is such a boomer mentality, being told to get over something, not to be oversensitive, or to be grateful. Sometimes I want helpful advice or to just vent 🤬 there is a reason why I don't tell my parents most of the issues/frustrations I face.
Haha my mom still tried to give me advice too. She hasn’t been in an office in 30 years.
Moms will be moms
And HR execs spent their careers listening to people complain about their bosses.
Better to vent to a friend or coworker
Yep yep yep!
WTH is address situations?
This sounds rough! I vote for the arson 😜
Really though, you just gonna not talk about work to her, she’s clearly so bitter/nasty/dated that you aren’t going to get any actual help.