Does your boss call you by a nickname?

[hamster]

Like, say, Em for Emily. 

I find it kind of odd, but at the same time, the only ones who have done that are the best bosses I've had. Perhaps there is a correlation?

[lizlemon19]

Yes. It is a natural nickname for my name.

[Deleted]

I don't go by my given name at work at all, so yes.

[aurora]

Well, yes, but it's the name I use for everything (shortened version of my legal name) and how I introduced myself to him, so it's not offensive. I would be annoyed if my boss decided to call me something informal that nobody else called me.

[Susie]

No, but my first name is short enough that it doesn't really lend itself to a nickname.

There was a while where we had 2 associates with the same (not super common) first name and we all called them both by nicknames.

[atlas]

Most people do not. The two highest positions on my job site call me a nick name often but not all the time. They are each great bosses.

[mbcdefg]

No

Although I don't go by my full legal name anyway (example, if my first name was Emma and my middle name was Louise, but I used EmmaLou as my first name all the time), so I guess technically everyone calls me by a nickname. But nobody shortens that name except for my mom (example, Em).

[rbp]

No, but there's really no nickname for my name. (Other than the cutesy made-up one my H calls me.)

[rootbeerfloat]

No, but my name doesn't really have a nickname. Close friends/family call me a cutesy version of the name, but I would cringe if my boss tried to call me that.

[raangoli]

Nope, I get called by my full name. Only friends or family use a nickname.

[cjeanette]

No. My co-workers sometimes call me CJ. Or Court if they want to piss me off.

[Deleted]

No, but pretty much everyone else in the world calls me by a one-syllable version of my first name.

People don't like saying four-syllable names.

[teengirlsquad]

Yes - its another way you could pronounce my name. He does it so much that his 4 year old daughter thinks its actually my name and will correct him when he actually says my name correctly. Its funny when she does it. I don't really care what people call me...my name has numerous nicknames, I've heard them all and I'm not easily offended and will answer to anything.

[my4girls]

My boss does not, but his wife does when she calls in, I find it endearing.

My one boss calls me kiddo, not all the time, but maybe once a week or so- I like him and I know it's not meant in any way negatively so it doesn't bother me.

[teatimefor2]

Yes, when I worked. He called me by my initials.

[magdala]

Yes, but I introduce myself by my nickname. It is a natural nickname for my name.

[Deleted]

Yep, my current boss uses Steph, instead of Stephanie.

In one of the smaller offices I worked in, everyone used last names. However, it wasn't in a formal "Mr. so-and-so" way, but in a casual sports way (we had two sets of people sharing a first name, so this made it easier)

[niq]

Not my boss, but our product manager just makes up random nicknames for people: J-Rod, Seanimus Prime, etc. He's kind of a bro

[glynn]

No, no one has ever called me anything but my name except for a XB annd his family. If any one else does I cringe. I have a CW I can not stand with a shorter nicjname for my name go that is a no go.

[glencoco]

Yes, we all have nicknames that we came up with together. I am a manager myself, and I have a nickname for my manager as well. It keeps things fun in our small branch, we are in banking.

[delawarejen]

I go by Jen, so that's what everyone calls me (bosses included). Occasionally someone will try to call me by my first and last initial and I shut that down immediately.

[hippygirl]

For about 3 years my boss often referred to me as my coworker's name. Our names are not similar at all.

[gibbinator]

I have had bosses in the past use a natural nickname for me (that I often go by in friendly company anyway). I didn't mind as I was also in first name basis with them in those cases.

[agnes]

My name doesn't have any good nicknames.

[StJess80]

Sometimes she calls me Jess instead of Jessica. I don't think it's odd.

[skib]

Yes. My boss calls me "Bluebird."

(But my boss is my dad. And Bluebird has been my nickname as long as I can remember. He doesn't do it in front of clients, though.)

[blondemoment123]

Well today he called me "collections bitch". I think he meant it in a good way?


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[Deleted]

My xb called me ADD girl and rarely used my actual name. I'm in HR. For that reason and many others, I left. She was the worst boss I've ever had. Sucks because before she came along I loved my job and my coworkers.

[qwerty]

No. There is a shortened version of my name but no one at work uses it.