Overbearing Coworker Demands Employee Come In On Day Off

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mattstaff
Oct 3, 2021 2:00 PM EDT

It sounds like this person's coworker is out there crossing all kinds of lines. The best course of action does indeed sound like it'd be to go ahead and report them to HR, or run it back to the supervisor. Otherwise, someone like Irma might just carry on with the inappropriate antics. The thing about people that take time off is that they're well within their right to not be summoned to come to work --- especially by someone who isn't even their supervisor in the first place. 

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    Font - r/relationship_advice + Join u/100percentapplejuice · 19d Coworker (F20+??) out of nowhere demanded me to come in on my (F25) day off. What do I do? My coworker who l'll call Irma is quite bossy towards me and the others. She isn't a shift lead or anything, but does take her job seriously. We work in a machine factory and she tends to jump back and forth from each machine to help work on things and solve problems. This means l'm always left to tend to her assigned ones, which I don't alwa
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    Font - She'll go off the line to talk to people for long periods of time, which IS annoying. More often than not she'll be talking to someone while her machines are going off IN FRONT OF HER, and when we call her out on it she yells at us. One of my coworkers actually got into a fight with her because she was leaving us with work while she was off yapping to another shift lead. She ranted to me once about how shift leads love her, but she's always had trouble with coworkers "just because I try t
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    Font - One day I took the day off to help my family out. Out of nowhere I get a text from a random number asking why I wasn't coming in. I asked who this was, and sure enough, it was Irma. I never gave my number to her, and here she was demanding I cancel my PTO and come in to help. I told her no, and when I came back after two days she was lecturing me about how it was unfair I didn't give her a heads up. I told her I didn't need to because our shift lead and supervisor knows. She just brushed
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    Font - ChakraMama318 · 19d Report this to Human Resources. Tell them you don't want to make a big deal out of it, but you figure it is liability for the company for a non-supervisor to be calling employees when they have taken an approved day off or sick leave. Show them your call log and your text exchange. When she gets pissed about it, just look at her and say, the last time I checked X was my supervisor. Were you promoted and missed it? Oh, well, I have work to do so im going to get back to
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    Font - ilikebigbutts442 · 19d Don't even listen to her if you're not on the schedule don't reply G Reply 4 1.3k 3 100percentapplejuice OP · 19d But I did reply to her :(I told her I wasn't coming in anyway and asked her how she got my number. She didn't answer my question and just berated me for leaving her and the others. Funny because my coworkers were like "we did fine wtf is she saying" 557 ...
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    Font - BollweevilKnievel1 · 19d Block her number. You aren't paid to be on call and she is not your boss. G Reply 4 138 3 ...
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    Font - Repulsive-Clue-8609 · 19d l'd be skeptical that she's as close with with the shift leads/supervisors as she claims. If that was the case l'd imagine she'd have been promoted instead of messily stomping around doing little power plays with her coworkers. If you have an HR department or an employee handbook to reference I would report that a coworker somehow got your phone number and contacted you to harass you to come in to work during your PTO. You don't have to mention her by name unless
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    Font - Willing_Lemon2231 · 19d How did she get your number. This is harassment. I would 100% report it to HR that firstly she got your number, which in itself is a violation of your privacy rights. Secondly she is out of line. I met people like this and before you know it, they are your boss because they have bossed you around long enough. DO NOT ever take instruction from her. Either ignore her or say I will check that with my boss, thanks. You need to not cover her job EVER. Do your job and yo
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    Font - Nosylurkerlol · 19d Block her number (maybe). Stop picking up her slack. Stand up for yourself. Start reporting her. If she tries to berate you (which might be good to keep her unblocked) keep the texts. You are a little bit part of the problem too. G Reply + ...
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    Font - zoeyversustheraccoon • 19d I would just ignore her, not cover for her line when she leaves, and not answer to anything she says unless it's a direct question. Sounds like HR and the other supervisors are going to take her side. And block that number, for sure. G Reply + ...
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    Rectangle - cat-man-do-not · 19d Tell your boss. G Reply + ...
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