u/SpliffyTetra

My manager used to be cool. Ever since the team grew and his responsibilities did as well he seems more stressed and bullies others more often. Just today he was asking to see my browser history on my work laptop. They pay him well so idk what’s bothering him that he needs to unload on others at work. All this bs and at the end of the day i am thinking none of it matters, my work is good and speaks for itself, i get along with everyone and work is also going well. Just some high thoughts since i’m finally relaxing on my time off and couldn’t care less about work or anything related to that!!

I recently posted something similar, but now there is an update and I want to know what I should do. Quick background, when i started at my company years ago, i became friends with my manager and team member since it was a small team of 3 people. My manager was patient and supportive with me but over time has grown to be a bully. Especially when there is down time and I am doing other tasks (like working on certs or new skills, etc.) it feels like there is extra pressure. Today before a work meeting with a new client, the discussion turned into a semi-pdd and he started demanding to see my browser history to make sure i was working on one of the days we were talking about. Of course i refused but i feel like he is crossing a line, i don’t want to report to hr but i don’t know what to do. Suggestions welcomed

Who remembers (and even misses) the experimental phone design of the 2000’s? The motorola razr, sidekick, etc. Back when asking someone what kind of phone they had was a conversation starter

Hi all, is it just me or is the nature of consulting work and consulting careers in general just ridiculous? When you have projects and are busy, life is good. It’s like sales, when you are selling then everything is great. The problem is the downtime and harassment that comes with it. For example I just came back from vacation a few weeks ago (beginning of march) and for almost a whole month nothing has been happening yet somehow that is my fault? The moment you have some “free time” your manager is trying to push for you to do multiple things at once, study IT, get certs, update internal materials, reach out to various clients, etc. Essentially it’s not my job to do all those extra things but because i have downtime i am expected to do many things at once on my free time. It’s simple, they give me the project work and i do it. It’s not my job to be a project manager, or some other technical role that isn’t my job. If there is downtime why can’t i just do what i need to do?

EDIT: to clarify what I mean in my post, I AM doing things in my free time, but they keep piling on more things to do since I am not billable. For example, instead of letting me focus and study for a cert, suddenly something comes up that I need to help with, then I need to study some trailheads, and then I need to make pre-sales materials, etc.