'I hit her with a Gen-Z stare': Boss walks up to employee who's juggling multiple projects and says they're 'not doing enough'

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Boss immediately ruined my day and this job.

And I was actually having a good day too. She came in and immediately told me "I'm not doing enough".

When you're doing everything you've been asked to do and more, you probably want a little credit for it.

My hours are 37.5 a week, which she wanted me to strictly adhere to. I'm in charge of 4 events, 4 initiatives (like scholarship initiatives) 6 committees, and I S ot out about 20-30 emails a day that all take quite a bit of my time because the tasks are most likely someone else's job so it's like a f ed up scavenger hunt due to incompetence. Meetings not included.
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Sometimes the Gen Z stare is exactly what you need to pull out to get your point across.

But apparently I'm not doing. enough. I hit her with a Gen-Z stare and almost offered to do nothing instead.
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Sometimes you just get off on the wrong foot with a boss.

Since starting, she's been the combination of every toxic behavior a boss could have except for outright harrassment. Until today. Coming in to tell me I'm not doing enough, having to correct her because I told her about all of the things I'm doing in our monthly meeting and she "forgot" them, wasting my time today and souring my mood. I left early.
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Commenters gave some advice on how to move forward.

Electronic_Owl_9819 Ask her to put future conversations like this in an email, or writing. If she continues, im sure you know what to do.
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One commenter suggested going to HR.

RageWynd It's probably not the most popular advice on here, but start documenting everything. Take it to HR and see if they'll do something about it.
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Others had concerns about whether or not this would go over well.

StolenWishes HR is not your friend. They exist to protect the company from lawsuits, regulatory penalties, and public scandal - period.
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In any case, it's always a good idea to document what's going on.

Hairy-Dumpling True but you can weaponize HR by understanding their role and incentives. Documenting in this case could easily protect an employee from a sh boss.
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This commenter had advice from experience.

Suffren1781 I've been working for well over twenty years. My advice would be to ignore. These people are looking for victims.
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One commenter questioned the story in the first place.

gbroon Your contracted hours are 37.5 but you didn't say what you actually end up working. Sounds like you are busy and could actually be doing more? If that's the case your manager may actually be correct here and you should be sticking to the 37.5 hours.
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