So I’ve been at this company for 18 years now. I’m a high performing senior member of my team. My boss just took another job and my new boss is a hard ass when it comes to knowing where we are at all times. I’m almost 40 years old and I’m not about to walk over to his cubicle, slide my dot to the left to signal I’m going to the bathroom. maaaaybe I could see that for taking lunch. But we have a set 30 minute lunch everyday so it’s not really a thing in my opinion. Since I refuse to sign out when I go to the bathroom, my boss has told me she would write me up for “insubordination” or in better terms, “failing to follow instructions”. I’m contemplating quitting, but I make way more than most in my engineering design field and my benefits are good, not to mention I get 5 weeks of vacation per year.
I’m tempted to go to HR if this can’t be resolved. What would you do?