Have you ever had difficulty with a supervisor? How did you resolve the conflict?

Answer 1

Yes, unfortunately the companies are more likely to support the person in the supervisory position of the company. I found a new job. After speaking with the H/R department and giving them the documentation that I had, they agreed that they had problems with this person before, but then informed me that they could not do anything about it and either learn to work in this environment, or look elsewhere.

Life is too short, and I deserve to be treated better.

Hope this helps you.

Good Luck.

Answer 2

The first thing is to get to know your supervisor, his/her likes and dislikes. Do more of the things that are liked by the supervisor as long as they are ethical, sticking to your job and hard work should win you the approval of your supervisor. In case your supervisor is abusing you verbally or physically, then report the matter to HR in writing or preferably to the complaint committee.
Observe if the supervisor is being difficult with other colleagues also, if so try and include the names of these colleagues (if they agree) in the complaint

Make sure that you put in your days work honestly.

Answer 3

Ive worked for bosses who were fantastic and others
who should have fallen off the face of the planet.
I even turned one in for theft. Most business' have
a human resource department that deals with work
related issues. If you don't have such a department
then I suggest first try talking with your supervisor and see if you can work things out. If that doesn't help then go to the next in line over
hie/her head. If that isn't an option then find another job. No one pays enough for any employee to
take that kind of abuse.

Answer 4

This isue, is like 'Saas Bahu' opera serial, never ending.

But there is other side of the coin too!

In some cases, supervisor soft. Adamant subordinate.

Never does proper work.
Does money lending/finance/real estate business at work place.
Habitually absenting without prior intimation/permission.
Has influential back-up. Cannot be disciplined.
In some cases, for his safety he will be a member of some trade union!
Supervisor is answerable to the administration/management for his inefficiency.

'The calf & Lion will lie down together,
But, the calf won't get much sleep.'
- Woody Allen.

Answer 5

I worked for this guy from '89 - 92 who was a the biggest a**hole you could ever meet. Then, suddenly, he starts to treat me really nice. The reason behind that was he knew I was going to get laid off shortly, and I did. So he says and I'm out of a job for close to a year.

But...

4 years later, I got clean and sober and the company called me back.for an interview. I was shocked to find out that they actually thought I was a great employee and was well liked (I was either drunk of stoned 99% of the time, which blew my mind). And I also found out that the Boss in question turned out to have a major cocaine problem while I was in recovery. He lost his licence, his wife left him, he had to move back home, lost his job, all the fun stuff. I told the hiring manager that I'd like to find the sidewalk he's sleeping on to go take a p*ss on him.

Bottom line: Living well is the best revenge.

Answer 6

Hi!!!!
Well this is life, its not perfect. or a walk in the ball park.
Such incidents happen in life and we need to take them in our stide.

How to handle such conflicts is tough, but depends upon the type of firm you work for. There are usually 2 kinds of firms:

1. Where boss is god.
2. Where boss is open and u can talk (to a limit)

If your firm is of the first type. well it would be better for you to keep your mouth close, and simply find a new project/job to get away.

If your firm is of the second type, then may be you should talk to your boss about the problem you are having, never directly tell him that he is at fault. If you do that U R OUT.
You need to put your side, understand his and take things from there........... Even if you do this it might happen that the issue is not resolved. and he might get back to you.......

One more thing, how the senior management takes it, would depend upon your and his relations with them.

So its you who has to make a choice. My experience in Software industry has shown, that Boss is always right. and YOU CANNOT CHANGE THE SYSTEM, EITHER BE WITH IT OR MOVE OUT OF IT.

I have tried to change the systems, even after being a rockstar, but seniors dont like change, even if its for good, because they are old fasioned and out of date.

My opinion to you is, change project or better change the job if the supervisior is untolerable. before putting in the papers, have this talk, if things work out GOOD, if not then you have something to fall back on.

Its your decision:-)
May the force be with you

Answer 7

I think that everyone has had issues with a supervisor.

I took her out to dinner to talk about the situation and then actually ended up sleeping with her. The problem ended up being sexual tension. But that really only works with supervisors of the opposite sex.

After that happened being at work got better again and then it bad again. So I guess it was only a short term solution.

Answer 8

I had conflicts with my supervisor, I clearly told him that I can not be taken granted and I also told him If you want some thing from me in return you got to fulfill my reasonable demands. Otherwise, you will have only my middle finger.
What else I can do for him.
At the end, he showed changes on his side, accordingly I adjusted myself. Later on we become very close, go together to pub and spend time in talking about many things happened in our life and some times Politics. Some times we even talked laughingly about the conflict we had before,

Answer 9

Get with other employees who have had the same difficulty, then go to human resources and go to executive staff to complain. If you are persistent enough you can get the problematic supervisor fired. They will take you seriously if a whole group of employees complain on the record.

Answer 10

Yes over stupid stuff! If its personal ask them if they could kindly not go there if its about the job its nothing you could do because the type of supervisor or manager I had its her/his way or the highway. May I suggest checking out this book about how to deal with management. If you feel the need to go above their head think twice first. GL