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I'm a software engineer, but I'm treated as a fill-in. Are my bosses mobbing me?
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I started in the current company as a software engineer. I was tasked with a side project 4 years ago, and it never gave any direct money back, though the CEO was ok with that, as it's a good marketing for the main product.
Fast forward, since last year, a lot of things changed:
- I've been actively and publicly punished by the CEO and the team lead for everything that was less than perfect and any delay. The team lead, which happens to also code, has the highest project delays and puts the highest resistance to any new project. He never gets a public punishment.
- I've had 2 bad reviews by the CEO, saying I should meet all the deadlines, as I only have a few tasks, compared to the amount of projects anybody else in the company has. Overall, we all work the same hours and I've always been involved in all the projects in the company, because of my cross knowledge. To put you in situation, the team lead only works in a fifth of a project, out of 6 big projects. I handle 2 medium projects myself.
- I have been told I must only use the job chat and email for company related stuff. I just use them for company related stuff, while everyone else in the company puts a lot of [OFFTOPIC] emails in the outbox.
- I have had to deal with a project outside of my knowledge and position related to human resources for about 2 months. We have a HR specialist which had no project or urgency at that time. Because of this, I've been criticised by the CEO for not reaching my goals.
- I have been asked my professional opinion many times about projects in and outside of my scope by the CEO, only to finally do the opposite of my opinion. Every time.
- I've had to fix computers and install antiviruses. There's already an IT in charge of that.
The last thing. I was tasked to clean 2 tables up, which were full of office stuff. I had to recycle the stuff, wipe the tables, and reorder them. It had to have a printer and its paper close to it, yet have the tables as cleared as possible. I added a stapler, a hole punch and a pair of scissors next to the printer, because I noticed people used the three quite a lot.
2 weeks after that, he came to my desk and told me how could I leave those 2 tables as dirty and filled with stuff. Somebody (this time, my team lead and another engineer) left their bags on the tables. There was a printed paper somebody forgot, and yes, the stapler, the hole punch and the scissors. He questioned who would need some scissors there, and told me to remove everything from the tables, leaving only the printer. My team lead heard that and mocked me, asking between laughs if he should go and talk to him.
In my contract, it states that I can be asked to do anything in the company in moments of need. I accept that. But the mistreatment and the amount and kind of activities I am now tasked with, seems too targeted towards me.
This happened in Spain. Is it crossing the mobbing line?
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I started in the current company as a software engineer. I was tasked with a side project 4 years ago, and it never gave any direct money back, though the CEO was ok with that, as it's a good marketing for the main product.
Fast forward, since last year, a lot of things changed:
- I've been actively and publicly punished by the CEO and the team lead for everything that was less than perfect and any delay. The team lead, which happens to also code, has the highest project delays and puts the highest resistance to any new project. He never gets a public punishment.
- I've had 2 bad reviews by the CEO, saying I should meet all the deadlines, as I only have a few tasks, compared to the amount of projects anybody else in the company has. Overall, we all work the same hours and I've always been involved in all the projects in the company, because of my cross knowledge. To put you in situation, the team lead only works in a fifth of a project, out of 6 big projects. I handle 2 medium projects myself.
- I have been told I must only use the job chat and email for company related stuff. I just use them for company related stuff, while everyone else in the company puts a lot of [OFFTOPIC] emails in the outbox.
- I have had to deal with a project outside of my knowledge and position related to human resources for about 2 months. We have a HR specialist which had no project or urgency at that time. Because of this, I've been criticised by the CEO for not reaching my goals.
- I have been asked my professional opinion many times about projects in and outside of my scope by the CEO, only to finally do the opposite of my opinion. Every time.
- I've had to fix computers and install antiviruses. There's already an IT in charge of that.
The last thing. I was tasked to clean 2 tables up, which were full of office stuff. I had to recycle the stuff, wipe the tables, and reorder them. It had to have a printer and its paper close to it, yet have the tables as cleared as possible. I added a stapler, a hole punch and a pair of scissors next to the printer, because I noticed people used the three quite a lot.
2 weeks after that, he came to my desk and told me how could I leave those 2 tables as dirty and filled with stuff. Somebody (this time, my team lead and another engineer) left their bags on the tables. There was a printed paper somebody forgot, and yes, the stapler, the hole punch and the scissors. He questioned who would need some scissors there, and told me to remove everything from the tables, leaving only the printer. My team lead heard that and mocked me, asking between laughs if he should go and talk to him.
In my contract, it states that I can be asked to do anything in the company in moments of need. I accept that. But the mistreatment and the amount and kind of activities I am now tasked with, seems too targeted towards me.
This happened in Spain. Is it crossing the mobbing line?
management harassment
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I started in the current company as a software engineer. I was tasked with a side project 4 years ago, and it never gave any direct money back, though the CEO was ok with that, as it's a good marketing for the main product.
Fast forward, since last year, a lot of things changed:
- I've been actively and publicly punished by the CEO and the team lead for everything that was less than perfect and any delay. The team lead, which happens to also code, has the highest project delays and puts the highest resistance to any new project. He never gets a public punishment.
- I've had 2 bad reviews by the CEO, saying I should meet all the deadlines, as I only have a few tasks, compared to the amount of projects anybody else in the company has. Overall, we all work the same hours and I've always been involved in all the projects in the company, because of my cross knowledge. To put you in situation, the team lead only works in a fifth of a project, out of 6 big projects. I handle 2 medium projects myself.
- I have been told I must only use the job chat and email for company related stuff. I just use them for company related stuff, while everyone else in the company puts a lot of [OFFTOPIC] emails in the outbox.
- I have had to deal with a project outside of my knowledge and position related to human resources for about 2 months. We have a HR specialist which had no project or urgency at that time. Because of this, I've been criticised by the CEO for not reaching my goals.
- I have been asked my professional opinion many times about projects in and outside of my scope by the CEO, only to finally do the opposite of my opinion. Every time.
- I've had to fix computers and install antiviruses. There's already an IT in charge of that.
The last thing. I was tasked to clean 2 tables up, which were full of office stuff. I had to recycle the stuff, wipe the tables, and reorder them. It had to have a printer and its paper close to it, yet have the tables as cleared as possible. I added a stapler, a hole punch and a pair of scissors next to the printer, because I noticed people used the three quite a lot.
2 weeks after that, he came to my desk and told me how could I leave those 2 tables as dirty and filled with stuff. Somebody (this time, my team lead and another engineer) left their bags on the tables. There was a printed paper somebody forgot, and yes, the stapler, the hole punch and the scissors. He questioned who would need some scissors there, and told me to remove everything from the tables, leaving only the printer. My team lead heard that and mocked me, asking between laughs if he should go and talk to him.
In my contract, it states that I can be asked to do anything in the company in moments of need. I accept that. But the mistreatment and the amount and kind of activities I am now tasked with, seems too targeted towards me.
This happened in Spain. Is it crossing the mobbing line?
management harassment
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I started in the current company as a software engineer. I was tasked with a side project 4 years ago, and it never gave any direct money back, though the CEO was ok with that, as it's a good marketing for the main product.
Fast forward, since last year, a lot of things changed:
- I've been actively and publicly punished by the CEO and the team lead for everything that was less than perfect and any delay. The team lead, which happens to also code, has the highest project delays and puts the highest resistance to any new project. He never gets a public punishment.
- I've had 2 bad reviews by the CEO, saying I should meet all the deadlines, as I only have a few tasks, compared to the amount of projects anybody else in the company has. Overall, we all work the same hours and I've always been involved in all the projects in the company, because of my cross knowledge. To put you in situation, the team lead only works in a fifth of a project, out of 6 big projects. I handle 2 medium projects myself.
- I have been told I must only use the job chat and email for company related stuff. I just use them for company related stuff, while everyone else in the company puts a lot of [OFFTOPIC] emails in the outbox.
- I have had to deal with a project outside of my knowledge and position related to human resources for about 2 months. We have a HR specialist which had no project or urgency at that time. Because of this, I've been criticised by the CEO for not reaching my goals.
- I have been asked my professional opinion many times about projects in and outside of my scope by the CEO, only to finally do the opposite of my opinion. Every time.
- I've had to fix computers and install antiviruses. There's already an IT in charge of that.
The last thing. I was tasked to clean 2 tables up, which were full of office stuff. I had to recycle the stuff, wipe the tables, and reorder them. It had to have a printer and its paper close to it, yet have the tables as cleared as possible. I added a stapler, a hole punch and a pair of scissors next to the printer, because I noticed people used the three quite a lot.
2 weeks after that, he came to my desk and told me how could I leave those 2 tables as dirty and filled with stuff. Somebody (this time, my team lead and another engineer) left their bags on the tables. There was a printed paper somebody forgot, and yes, the stapler, the hole punch and the scissors. He questioned who would need some scissors there, and told me to remove everything from the tables, leaving only the printer. My team lead heard that and mocked me, asking between laughs if he should go and talk to him.
In my contract, it states that I can be asked to do anything in the company in moments of need. I accept that. But the mistreatment and the amount and kind of activities I am now tasked with, seems too targeted towards me.
This happened in Spain. Is it crossing the mobbing line?
management harassment
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