My coworker demanded I be available 24/7…even when I’m at a funeral! - r/BestofRedditorUpdates | Reddit Stories | EP2040
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🗓️ 4 April 2025
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00:00:00 r/BestofRedditorUpdates - [AAM] I work from home and my coworker wants me available 24/7
00:15:38 r/BestofRedditorUpdates - my new employee ran a background check on me and asked me about what he found + 5 year update
00:32:26 r/BestofRedditorUpdates - My coworkers wife told me to stop following him
00:44:31 r/TwoHotTakes - I, 21(F) dropped out of a wedding party because bride 23(F) said I wasn’t a good bridesmaid or friend.
00:56:19 r/charlotteddobreyoutube - AITA for not letting my friend's sister stay in our family home?
01:12:29 r/charlotteddobreyoutube - WIBTA For ghosting my best friend of 10 years for not wanting to pay for "her" house?
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| 0:13.9 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:16.5 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:18.7 | My coworker demanded I be available 24-7 even when I'm at a funeral. |
| 0:25.0 | Yeah, sorry, you're not going to be able to excuse that. |
| 0:28.7 | You're going to have to call in. |
| 0:30.2 | I work at a small company with about 10 employees. |
| 0:32.8 | Because it's such a small team and most people have been there for a long time, 10 plus years |
| 0:36.8 | for most. |
| 0:43.0 | It's a very relaxed environment. And unfortunately, this has bred some bad habits and toxicity into the culture. By the way, this comes from an anonymous reader on aska manager.org. |
| 0:49.1 | So nothing especially groundbreaking. And for the most part, it was being ignored since most |
| 0:54.1 | of our negativity was coming ignored since most of our |
| 0:54.3 | negativity was coming from one source our main admin Karen. This fall an opportunity opened up for |
| 1:00.6 | me to work exclusively from home due to the nature of my particular position and I jumped on it. |
| 1:05.5 | I go into the main office about twice a month and for the most part it's been a dream i am vastly more |
| 1:12.1 | productive i work hard to ensure that i maintain good work from home habits and have found that my |
| 1:17.7 | mental health has improved drastically that's wonderful since the transition i have done everything |
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