please help?

Question

What should I do?
I recently revieced a negative performance review, my work situation sucks, where as I was supposed to have one boss I have two. One never deals with me the other interacts with me on a daily basis. I am in older office everyone is 30-50s and I am in my 20s. The one women is my supervisor hates me and I hate her, she contastly micromanges me makes no effort to communicate with me and cuts me out of all the perks of the job like expensive dinners with clients. Other people in the office I have befriended because the hate this women. The women is 2nd in command to my other boss and also does the lions share of his work for the unit. I know I am not long for the job started sending out resume looking graduate school. I want to leave on my own terms not theres, is a call to HR while to document what has happened? I know I am being railroaded, however the job is a trainee postion with countless other competiors that would scoop me up. The also spend a 100k plus on traini

Answer 1

First and foremost the age of the manager is not the problem. You and she are probably alot alike and she may feel threatened by you, or you may be broadcasting your resentment to her and she can read you like a book.

Straighten up your attitude and try to work for her as a professional. People like her will never leave you no matter where you work, so you need to figure out how to make work better.

If I got a bad review, I would ask (for an honest opinion, not some company BS), what you can do to improve your work to her satisfaction. If the answer is for you to leave (you need to be very candid) then let her say so.

You are 20 something and should not be worried about client dinners at pricey restaurants.

Your attitude would be enough for me to send you to the house, but it is a good thing I am not your boss. (I jumped all over a geologist once for wearing a tie with a Marvin the Martian on it. [His wife picked out his clothes for him - he was 20 something and she was even younger] for a meeting with a huge client at the state regulators office).

Your boss is your manager. Remember that a manager has to meet her production goals as well as babysitting every whiny baby in the fold. People get bent out of shape for the craziest reasons (I had a fellow nearly go postal because a coworker would move his stapler and tape dispenser on a daily basis to provoke him. I had to referee by telling the guy to get over it or throw the things away and then tell the other guy to quick picking on him (they were in their 20's too)).

So, give your manager a break by becoming a non-whining, non-backbiting, non-complaining, productive worker that has her best interests in heart.

When you try to make the boss look good, you will look good.

Otherwise, dust off your resume and find other employment.