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Asking for advice please. I work in finance for a consumer loan office. We are a two person branch, myself and my manager. The problem I'm having is this, my manager will not stay off her personal device. She has been told by our District Supervisor to keep her phone off of her desk, and she did, for a couple of days, but now we're back to the same ol same ol. By her doing this, it's putting extra work, not to mention stress on me to get tasks done by the end of the workday. I like my manager, but feel she is putting me in a difficult situation due to her ignoring the DM's rule regarding personal devices. I know my supervisor is going to ask me if her guidance is being followed, I don't want to lie to her, but I don't want to throw my manager under the bus either. Why can't people just follow the rules given to them? What would you do?

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  1. Anonymous

    So sorry this is happening. I can hear your frustration. Can you rethink this and simply focus om the fact that the work is not getting done? Meaning: don't focus on her being on her phone, just see it as her falling down on the job in general terms (as if she were late every day, or any other reason). That way, if you're asked, you might just answer: no, the work is not getting done (w/o saying bc she's on her phone). i have always learned that when goals aren't being met, you focus on how to get the goals met, you don't make it personal in any way, you don't bring any feelings into it. Now, that assumes you're the manager and I know you're not, but maybe you can glean something from that mgmt principle. good luck.

  2. Anonymous

    Do you two have shared work that needs to be completed that is falling on your shoulders because she’s not working?

    I would not fixate on the phone. I would tell her that you are feeling stressed and overwhelmed by the daily tasks and ask if you could work together to come up with a division of labor. If she’s unwilling or uncaring after you’ve discussed your frustration, I’d look for a new job.

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