What happens when you go months without a manager?
Working for months without a boss leads to a growing sense of apathy and leaves you handling extra work without any increase in pay. While it has brief perks, the lack of support makes intense work periods significantly harder when there is no leadership or light at the end of the tunnel.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Playing video games during slow times at work
- 2Accepting the situation while feeling growing apathy
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I still don’t have a boss. It’s been 4 months now. There’s no light at the end of the tunnel and I feel my apathy grow.”source ↗
“Not having a boss has its perks. It’s just when it gets nose to the grindstone time it gets HARD.”source ↗
“They'll continue to ask you to do their work for the same pay.”source ↗
Where this came up
People with this problem also raised
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- 2How to delegate tasks without micromanaging
- 8Why do coworkers always bypass their supervisors to come straight to me?