A female boss has been slammed for not buying her team members Easter eggs in time for the holidays – but she has defended her position and thinks they just need to ‘grow up’
A boss has come under fire from members of her team for not buying them Easter eggs – and she is baffled.
The anonymous woman explained that she has only just been promoted to a position where she manages six people. And, in accordance with her new responsibility, she has been given a slight pay rise.
However, she didn’t realise that her new title seemingly also means that she is expected to give her employees gifts. Taking to Mumsnet, she explained: “I have recently had a promotion at work and now line manage six others. The increase in pay only works out to be about £8 a day compared to a big increase in workload/responsibility.
“I have also only been in this role for two weeks so haven’t even received my first payslip yet. However, I have had several comments from my team this week about Easter eggs… pointing out that other managers had bought their staff one and when was I going to do the same. Some of these comments came across really sarky and it has made me feel quite bad for not buying any! It hadn’t even crossed my mind tbh and money is tight at the best of times.”
She concluded her post by asking users whether they thought the staff needed to “grow up” or whether she should “go to the shops now to try to pick something up”, and they were quick to share their opinions. One person said: “I have never been given an Easter egg by a line manager or any other colleague. I’d think they were slightly mad. You’re not in the wrong.”
Another wrote: “They need to grow up. I manage a team and took some Easter cakes in the office this week but no one would have commented or cared if I didn’t. I have never been bought an Easter egg by a manager (that I can recall). Congratulations on your promotion.”
A third commented: “They are being weird and childish.” But others argued that the gifts would have been a nice surprise. “I bought my team chocolate, £1 each in Tesco. Everyone likes to feel appreciated,” one said.
“If the company culture is that managers buy their team an egg then you are being a little bit unreasonable,” said someone else. “The goodwill you will get for spending £6-10 on some eggs might well be worth it. (I appreciate that isn’t nothing to you…..but still think it worth it.)”
A version of this story was first published on April 18 2022.
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