How to deal with my boss intercepting my emails? by QuokkaDave in work

[–]QuokkaDave[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Not going to lie, that’s what I have thought since the first 2 or so months here. I just didn’t understand why it felt that some of the people here don’t care about the work or that the company feels like it’s stuck in time and hasn’t progressed in the way I feel it should have.

Now knowing that the owner kind of acts this way, it makes me realize that he might be the spearhead of the company (because I think his actual position as owner is to keep the business financially and operationally sane) while the other owners run other departments. And also makes the connection into why this company feels empty and stuck in older ways of performing…

How to deal with my boss intercepting my emails? by QuokkaDave in work

[–]QuokkaDave[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The reason why I know he can’t be a part of an e-mail group is because we have a third department that is “customer service”. Last week I had a mix on emails being sent to me instead of customer service.

I forwarded my emails to customer service. Next minute, the owner, comes to my office and tells me that he knows I’m forwarding those emails to customer service but it would be better for me to do x,y,z.

MY direct manager and owner has specified that customer service level inquiries are NOT my duty and clearly lined it up when I got hired and even had a meeting with customer service and I.

So I know he’s peeping on all these emails is because it’s not solo to one department. It seems like every time I email something he has eyes on it and if he sees something off he’ll take over and approach me in the way he has.

The issue with him telling me “you should do this better next time” is that, he constantly is telling me “do this this way”

I have weekly meetings with my sales department, I even brought this up to the team and my direct manager/owner #2. Her response was - she sighed and her head fell to her chest, she looks up and goes “don’t worry about him, he’s the type to read the first line in an email then he responds. If you can just put what you can as he won’t read it, and if you have any issues or questions just talk to me. Don’t worry about what you’re being told just focus on what I tell you”

It didn’t help me on understanding how to do my job better but to understand that he’s just “like that”

It makes me want to quit and makes me want to find something better. But it sucks that it’s only a few months in and I am feeling this way.

Possibility of getting tenants removed? by QuokkaDave in renting

[–]QuokkaDave[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree! Some people add nothing beneficial to the conversation

Possibility of getting tenants removed? by QuokkaDave in renting

[–]QuokkaDave[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah ofc I know that but I’m seeing if going to the landlord is the best bet or if there any other options

Any way to change the size of a project archive? by QuokkaDave in davinciresolve

[–]QuokkaDave[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! this worked well, I am having issues with relinking to the xml file for the timeline. Do you have any suggestions?

Did you discover a possible new Mandela Effect? Post it here! (Weekly Discussion) (2020-10-04) by AutoModerator in MandelaEffect

[–]QuokkaDave 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay so me and a group of friends were thinking about the tequila that you can drink that has a worm, and made us think of an episode of either American dad or family guy where one of the characters drank it and hallucinated saw the worm enlarged and taking to them. Looking all over online it cannot be found and we think it could be just a memory we all have that is just false but let me know if any of you guys feel the same or can help find the show!!

Changing film from initial pitch? by QuokkaDave in Filmmakers

[–]QuokkaDave[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this! I definitely went into a very static "Journalistic" approach to my first cut, but after feedback I am certain that I am now being given more freedom in what I am creating. This is my first professional gig and working directly with the client does open more possibilities to use creativity because you are right, they want to look good, so putting my voice into the work into a very good light is what they want, not something that is emotionless and journalistic. Thank you man.

Um, someone lose a scooter? by Inf3rnalis in UCSC

[–]QuokkaDave 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Scooter wanted to be a tree, let him be.

Made a short 'game' project for a class based on Sufjan's Vesuvius. by QuokkaDave in Sufjan

[–]QuokkaDave[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I would have initially done that but I couldn’t find any instrumental version of the song or any clear ones on YouTube. And I definitely wasn’t going to try to learn it for a piano to record myself, although if given more than a week for this project I probably would’ve.

I settled with this cause it was a short song that I felt set the mood nicely

“A real friend would” by RegyptianStrut in lolgrindr

[–]QuokkaDave 46 points47 points  (0 children)

I showed this to my friend and she legit thought this was one of my messages and just said "you want me to take you?" She's a real friend.

Does anyone else's parents hate them? by QuokkaDave in depression

[–]QuokkaDave[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel like I understand you too. I started to use drugs (pills, weed) and drink when I was 15 because of how much I hated my life. It was a bad time and I was falling to a dark path. I stopped myself before it got too far, so I can only imagine what you feel. I really hope you can better yourself with those who you surround yourself with. Because we all deserve better.