How long can you go without talking to your boss?

I used to be in my boss’s office everyday three or for times a day. Since Thursday, I haven’t been in there. Sure, I’m very super busy, but the point is that things I would normally go in there for I’m just making an effort not to. If I go in there while he has been  complete stupid, it’s like I’ve absolved him of all wrong doing and he continues to do things like that.

I know that it’s getting to him because on top of not going into his office, I haven’t spoken a word to him either. If things can get done via email, it’s just better for both of us. I should be doing all the decision making either way with the technology and it is completely ridiculous that I have to go to him with every decision. Why should I have to continue to go into his office as if I’m here to serve him for questions that I could easily answer myself?

 

Additionally, his best friend, Queen Medusa, has been in there most of the day. No reason to wrestle with serpents and crap like that today. I’m trying to get ready for a tech committee meeting and he is being completely impossible. We have problems in all of my offices and everyone is treating me like shit. I don’t have the time for it.

So, I’m going on day 5 of not talking to him and not going into his office. I don’t count talking to him in Tech Committee meeting as talking to him. Talking to him would mean me talking to him in the hallway or in his office. The first thing that may crack may be the talking to him in general, but I’m doing my best to stay out of his office. There is nothing private we talk about either way. Everyone here knows all of everyone’s business either way.

 

I’m sure that all of this is leading up to him being pissed at me and then doing my review (i.e. anyone who works for my boss learns quickly that he only does your review when he is pissed with you and he has issues with ways you are handling things). I guess it’s good that I’m ‘acting up’ now because maybe he’ll do my review.

 

And this time, I have questions about my job and how things are done and why people who are the same level as me are able to do things that I’m not allowed to do. If our Facilities guy (The FG), is allowed to sign off of the bills for the building, why aren’t I allowed to sign off on the tech bills? If our FG and Texas are allowed to supervise and hire their own staff, why aren’t I? All three of us are Coordinators. That would seem to mean that we all have the same job responsibilities, but clearly he trusts me with our network, but not with anything else.

 

So I ask you all to think about this – how long can you go without talking to your boss? When was the last time you tried it?