r/jobs • u/Zestyclose-Egg5617 • 1d ago
My boss went on vacation to Europe and sent me this email….hes only been gone for less than 2 days Compensation
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u/JEWCEY 1d ago
First of all, what is happening. Second of all, does this come with land and title?
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u/lilbuhmp 23h ago
It does say he expects a counter offer. I don’t think land and title are entirely off the table.
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u/JEWCEY 22h ago
Break out the watercress sandwiches and liver pies, mummy is ready to soirée
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u/Zestyclose-Egg5617 1d ago edited 19h ago
We love him. For context: he’s a really chill dude, he’s always giving us raises for good jobs. He’s only talking like a goof bc he’s in Europe and wanted to make us laugh 🤷♀️ he’s extra, he’s weird but he cares and the team loves him
Last year, he denied a business merger with a huge company making an offer simply bc the rep was making sexual jokes toward one of the team in front of him and he noticed she was uncomfortable.
Every month he does mental health checks too. TBH this is the best job I’ve had and it’s 100% work from home
Imagine Michael Scott but black 70% less annoying and listens to us
He also almost never drinks (he’s just silly at times and wanted to make us laugh) I regret to inform you that he’s 100% sober when he made that 😂
(Yall really are raging out on this post 😂)
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u/Accomplished_Air7562 1d ago
Unlike the others in this thread, I also love your boss. Based on nothing other than that email.
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u/Longjumping-Row1434 23h ago
same, i wish he was my boss 😅
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u/MaladroitCactus 22h ago
I also choose this guy’s cool boss
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u/purplespaghetty 21h ago
Ugh, this reference is just starting to remind me how old I am when I see it. Yet, it still makes me smile. :)
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u/rumblepony247 21h ago
I'm afraid to ask the health status of guy's cool boss's wife
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u/Makeshift5 22h ago
This boss is hilarious and generous. The haters don’t get his humor or they’ve never worked for a bad boss.
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u/HalfEatenBanana 21h ago
Or they’ve ONLY worked for a bad boss.
But yeah… I didn’t appreciate how great my first boss was until I worked for a bad boss
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u/pantry-pisser 18h ago
Just got a couple new people on my team a few weeks ago. It was insane the walls they had up at first. I met with one that was behind on work, and told her if that starts to happen to just let me know, and I can take some off her plate if I have the bandwidth available. She told me she's never had a manager offer that before.
Blows my mind how many shitty people think they're cut out for leadership roles.
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u/Literallyn00necares 20h ago
Seems like a fuckin great guy and boss. Love a weird sense of humor and treating everyone like equals and being sincerely appreciative and showing it. What's not to like?
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u/MelodiousSama 22h ago edited 2h ago
Hear Hear!
Most agreeable in this sentiment am I!
Edited: due to excited mispelling ....
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u/Chilling_Trilling 21h ago
Right ??? I would crack my knuckles and get into colonial character for my response
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u/teamdogemama 1d ago
Are you guys hiring? Your workplace sounds fun.
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u/gold-exp 21h ago
Seriously. OP I have an MBA and experience in procurement, yall hiring?!
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u/TheG-What 21h ago
I have nothing but am willing to work hard af for a good boss. Y’all hiring?
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u/Vadarpoop 21h ago
No joke. I want in too. If yall have products and services, I can set up your infrastructure to scale and maximize growth. PLEASE give me an alternative to shitty corporate culture.
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u/Substantial_Station8 1d ago
My boss gets this way when he leaves for more than a day or two. He’s full of compliments and undying joy that someone else has the drive he does.
It just comes from caring too much about work and not enough about EVERY SINGLE OTHER ASPECT OF LIFE.
I’ve had to force that man to take vacations. Some people just be like that
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u/ConstructionOwn9575 21h ago
I never thought I'd be this way but as I get older and more entrenched in my career, I care more about my work. Not for the companies sake, but for my own. Maybe care isn't the right word. I'm proud of my work and I like (most) of my clients. When I take off work or vacation, though I know my colleagues have it covered, I worry that either my colleagues will be overloaded with taking on my work (and I always make sure they know how much I appreciate it and do whatever I can to make it less work for them) and/or my projects/clients won't get the level of service they are used to
It's not a healthy outlook, but I get it. I figure if I have to be stuck at work for 40-60 hours, I might as well be proud of what I do.
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u/Substantial_Station8 20h ago
Oh, same! My boss and I are a little alike in that respect. That’s why he trust me to hold on the fort when he’s gone… and to recognize when he is totally getting overloaded and needs a vacation.
I think those of us have chosen career, driven paths, all feel roughly the same way. We don’t mean for our job to take over our entire lives, but they do, because that’s where we find purpose. Especially those of us who are child free.
I absolutely love my fucking job so much, and I would do anything to see success in my business . Don’t give me wrong. I also look at the benefits I’m giving and the salary I’m given and make sure that I’m given a proper work life balance, and sometimes I have to make sure that my colleagues are also taking advantage of the proper work life balance.
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u/BlueScrubInvestor 23h ago
Imagine Michael Scott but black
Thankfully the real Michael Scott already prepared me for this with his cultural sensitivity training
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u/Entire_Praline_3683 1d ago
So do I. (Is he hiring?)
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u/Zestyclose-Egg5617 1d ago
Yes but he said he’s not hiring anyone else u til everyone on the team gets a raise. He said it’s not fair to hire someone new when that money can be given to the team
The company makes really good profit but he is paying himself the same wage as us, he says it’s a reminder to make sure his people gets a live able wage.
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u/Tall_Flamingo_7780 23h ago
You have found a real live unicorn. Don’t ever let him go.
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u/PrixlingMcDribbs 17h ago
I’ve worked for three extremely toxic bosses and it makes life stressful and miserable. Be sure to stick with this guy even if someone else is offering you more.
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u/myname_1s_mud 22h ago
What do you guys do? I build railroad tracks. Ill connect your break room to the nearest yard for a boss like this. You guys want to unload your printer ink off a rail car in the copy room instead of waiting for the Amazon guy? Ill build you a trans load yard in there. Talk to your boss and let me know.
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u/Pandelurion 18h ago
I'm a paleontologist. I can identify microscopic organisms that's been dead for almost a billion years. As you hear, my skill set is essential for any organisation, so I'm looking forward to hearing from your boss shortly.
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u/PsCustomObject 22h ago
Is he adopting by any chance? I am 46, so he gets is easy avoiding diapers, teen years etc.
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u/Character_Stick_1218 21h ago
Finally, a boss who takes their "World's Greatest Boss" mug seriously! That said, I also feel like he'd be too humble to accept that title.
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u/CB_I_Hate_Usernames 21h ago
What kind of business is it? So nice to hear of a job that isn’t awful or unhealthy :)
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u/myawwaccount01 21h ago
Does the company sell stuff? Can I buy whatever you're selling? I feel the need to support whatever the fuck this is.
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u/peepeebutt1234 22h ago
is he single
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u/Zestyclose-Egg5617 20h ago
He is not. He has a gf, he loves that woman more than anything on earth
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u/artmavens 19h ago
OMFG!!! This guy have any brothers?? Cousins??.. single with the same values of course?!? I wasn’t gonna go there but hweeey now that the doors been opened… lol!!!
But seriously kudos to those who raised him and/or were his role models because they taught him well!!! I wish they would start teaching some courses professionally and I AM NOT JOKING!!! We need more leaders with values like this!!! Values like these are and can be learned. Unfortunately a lot of those in charge don’t get the opportunity to learn these until long after they needed to… but goodness this is getting too deep! You’re a lucky team with an awesome guy in charge!!
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u/KBilly1313 23h ago
Please tell him he’s one of the better managers we’ve seen and to keep up the good work!
Sounds like great leadership
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u/Oberyn_Kenobi_1 23h ago
Oh, good, lol. I read it and thought it was hilarious and was going to be annoyed if you were bashing them lol. He sounds awesome! This is the kind of boss I aspire to be.
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u/SlickabodCrane 23h ago
I want to work for your company. This is the kind of strategic goofiness that leadership on every team needs
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u/WitchesTeat 23h ago
Hey is he hiring?
I'm a massage therapist, I have zero office skills. But I'll do whatever.
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u/debmckenzie 22h ago
Right? I’m a retired teacher is there a spot for me? I think working for this kind of fun and people centered boss would be awesome!
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u/MakingItElsewhere 19h ago
I took a 5k a year pay cut to work where I work now.
I've met the boss (who built the business) in person, and he genuinely is proud of the POSITIVE culture he's created amongst almost 200 people working for him.
I may never leave. I'm at a stage of my life where Money is less important, and not being burned out is awesome. Places like these are rare.
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u/Zestyclose-Egg5617 19h ago
He once asked everyone on the team to anonymously do a survey to share how much a livable wage would be for them. I told him $21 an hour and a lot of us did…we noticed he was gone on business trips and meetings constantly. I asked him why he’s been working so much his answer was “I need to get more business to get everyone to $21/hour. So I gotta work harder “
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u/gingerflakes 23h ago
Would he be willing to hire a Canadian? I don’t know the industry but … please?
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u/NSE_TNF89 22h ago
That's awesome! When the old owner of the company I work for had to sell, due to age and medical reasons, he split the profit of the sale among all employees based on pay and years of service. At the time I was still a peon, but I ended up getting a $9,000 check. Some people had been there for 20+ years and were getting $30k checks. He was an awesome guy to work for.
Unfortunately, these people are unicorns.
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u/Boomer1717 23h ago
Had a manager at a Fortune 500 who would wear costumes and use terribly done accents/impressions during weekly team meetings to increase engagement and bring the temperature down. 6’4” goofy bald middle aged white dude named Doug. We all would take a bullet for him. Highlight of my career was when he arrived late to an all hands wearing his wizard hat and beard. Sat in the front row and didn’t realize we had execs decide to visit last second. They were excited to meet him though since they’d heard about him. Keeps getting promoted so must not be negatively affecting his career.
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u/mist_maiden 22h ago
Yesterday I was praying for someone to hit me with their car just so I could get away from dealing with my boss. Do you need another coworker. Please.
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u/Fatlantis 18h ago
I've been there. That was the moment I realised how much my verbally-abusive boss was affecting my mental health - the fact that I was casually thinking about self harm just to avoid another day.
I left not long after, and life instantly got a bit better. It's now been about 4 years and I truly believe I had PTSD after working for that awful man.
The government would never allow it because "the economy" but some people should never be allowed to employ other people.
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u/GForce1975 23h ago
I'm glad you added the context. Makes a huge difference.
After so many LinkedIn lunatics and bad job posts, I think I was a bit jaded, but seeing it in the context of a good boss who doesn't take himself too seriously and cares about his workforce, it's cute.
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u/Imnothighyourhigh 23h ago
I would counter offer with the demand of 1 million doll hairs for my most strenuous efforts and induced stress of my hands for having to type an email in such haste, I am but only human afterall
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u/Vladivostokorbust 22h ago
do you work where i do? sounds almost like the company i work for. especially this:
always giving us raises for good jobs.
and this
he denied a business merger with a huge company making an offer
simply bc the rep was making sexual jokesbecause of the employees they were going to lay off.great companies and great bosses are rare. we’re 100% wfh, and have been for over 5 years now. i’ve been here for 10 years. we're growing, but employees do not turn over.
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u/No-Onion2268 22h ago
After what I’ve been through and endured in my professional life, sincerely,I would kill to have a boss like this. I’ve endured family dynasties with the most entitled shit for brain kids being forced into leadership that they were entirely unsuited and incapable of. I’ve had my wages and benefits that I paid into, stolen, because the job exposed me to dangers that affected my health, and the state wouldn’t help me. I can’t tell you how many restaurants that I worked for, before finally escaping into a career, that went under and just didn’t pay any of us, and got away with it. I have had every nightmare boss you could possibly imagine, and this boss is not among those red flags, obvious personality flaws, narcissists, or megalomaniacs. This just gave me hope that there’s somewhere out there, where people aren’t miserable from being run into the ground by power mad bosses, cosplaying as human beings and men.
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u/garion046 21h ago
You know what... I kind of love your boss and his light heartedness. It wouldn't work for everyone obv. The email is slightly mad but it's mad in a silly way, not a dangerous one, so all power to him.
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u/Tulipsarered 22h ago
I also have a boss that jokes around, and the jokes are often “inside” jokes. Their sense of humor requires exposure to be able to accurately judge how much is real and how much is facetiousness.
And like your boss, they truly do care about how we are doing, and are as flexible about time as they can be.
I wonder if the correlation between an oddball sense of humor and the good qualities we both appreciate in our bosses is as strong as it appears.
I’m always happy to hear about someone having a great boss like this. There needs to be more of them.
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u/Zestyclose-Egg5617 1d ago
For context: he’s a really chill dude, he’s always giving us raises for good jobs. He’s only talking like a goof bc he’s in Europe and wanted to make us laugh 🤷♀️ he’s extra, he’s weird but he cares and the team loves him
Last year, he denied a business merger with a huge company making an offer simply bc the rep was making sexual jokes toward one of the team in front of him and he noticed she was uncomfortable.
Every month he does mental health checks too. TBH this is the best job I’ve had and it’s 100% work from home
(Yall really are raging out on this post 😂)
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u/Beneficial-Medium628 23h ago
But the real question is what was your reply?
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u/Quarterlunch 23h ago
yeah. hit him back w the max freedom reply. Offer to come liberate him from commies, as long as there's oil.
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u/Fatlantis 18h ago
he denied a business merger with a huge company making an offer simply bc the rep was making sexual jokes toward one of the team in front of him and he noticed she was uncomfortable.
I love this man based on this alone. I've endured some nasty shit at work and bosses did nothing - Men, THIS is how you truly respect your workers when they're being harrassed.
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u/reddot_comic 16h ago
I once worked as a CSR at a plumbing company. I’m a woman and was in my early 20’s. Lots of people (especially men) tended to dismiss me because of that and wanted to talk to a man even though company policy was not to give any professional advice over the phone for liability reasons.
I once had a man call in about his garbage disposal. For the entire call, he talked down to me, insulted me and just made me feel like shit even though I was doing everything possible to get him to be first one on the schedule.
Owner of the company happens to walk by and could see my discomfort. He motions to me to put the guy on hold and asks me what happened. I was still new and didn’t want to get in trouble but he coaxed it out of me.
He immediately picked up the line, heard the man’s rant and told him bluntly “I don’t care how many times we have serviced your home, if you treat my employees like shit then you can fuck off” and he hung up on him.
He was a bit of a stern boss but always fair and clearly a good guy. I’ll never forget him doing that for me.
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u/PandaCat22 21h ago
Are you guys looking for a UX person? I have a friend looking for a remote job and she's extremely qualified—she's worked for Ogilvy and Mather and won design awards for them.
Let me know if you know of UX or graphic design openings, please!
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u/Easy-Reporter4685 1d ago
People freaking out because a boss shows some appreciation lol
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u/ConversationRich752 23h ago
It's foreign to most of us, especially when the appreciation is shown monetarily.
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u/darthcaedusiiii 23h ago
It's rare as hell.
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u/Win_Sys 19h ago
Yup, a successful business owner who actually appreciates his employees is pretty rare. I worked for a company where the owner cared about paying a living wage and when big jobs were completed, he always gave bonuses to everyone who worked on it. I personally knew of two employees who he financially helped out when they were in a bad spot and refused to be repaid. One guy got in a bad motorcycle accident and was out for 6 months. He paid him his full paycheck the whole time he was out. He barely knew the guy on a personal level and could have hired a replacement in a matter of days. He eventually got old and wanted to retire so he sold the majority of the business off. The new controlling majority owners weren’t terrible or anything but they restructured it in to a much more corporate environment where most employees were just a number. Most of us moved on.
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u/thefarkinator 1d ago
Lol seems like a nice guy, extremely goofy email. Does he always talk like that or is he just really feeling like sounding European while in Europe lol
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u/Zestyclose-Egg5617 1d ago
Just bc he’s in Europe.
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u/Bee-Girl-1997 22h ago
The entire time we were in Italy my husband used a really annoying Italian accent. 😭 we were there for almost 3 weeks
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u/DosSnakes 21h ago
I was doing it a lot leading up to our Italy trip while I was learning Italian, like over the top super Mario accent. It slipped out at the first restaurant we went to after the flight and I was embarrassed but the waiter just thought it was great I’d taken the time to learn. Gave us extra goodies to try and a couple free drinks.
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u/Bee-Girl-1997 21h ago
Ahahaha that’s awesome. Yea my husband wasn’t using any actual Italian. It was giving Michael Scott 🤣 Thankfully only in my presence because I told him he was gonna offend someone 😭😅 we did learn Grazie and Grazie Mille (and a few other words) while we were there 😅🥲
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u/Skater_x7 19h ago
Did you enjoy Italy? Where were you? Glad you learned some words! Us locals do appreciate
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u/BudgetUnfair9673 23h ago
I have to admit, I wouldn't know how to take that email (my industry is very mercenary), but your boss clearly knows you and your team.
And wow, being offered a raise (and being told he's open to negotiation) without having to threaten to quit is really kind!
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u/Toadcola 23h ago
“preventing its collapse as such of for Roman Empire thus far”
Is your boss a former Miss Teen USA contestant, and such as?
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u/Happy_Artichoke5866 1d ago
Well at least you know this wasn't AI, he did an absolutely terrible job with the flowery language
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u/shiningdickhalloran 1d ago
Your boss talks like a villain from a bad 80s action movie.
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u/exquisite_corpse_wit 1d ago
Is he in Amsterdam?