Need to vent about supervisor

by Elsewhere 6 Replies latest jw friends

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  Elsewhere

  My supervisor is starting to drive me nuts!

  We have a CMR system to track all of the different programing tasks that need to be accomplished. As we work on each CMR item we are supposed to put notes and messages to people in the thread so everyone knows what has happened with each CMR.

  A few weeks ago my supervisor told me to try to cut down on the number of notes posted in each CMR thread so we will look better for having fewer issues than everyone else (fewer messages = fewer issues = we are better than everyone else). He told me to communicate with the BA's via email instead of posting messages back and forth in the CMR.

  Ok, no problem....

  Just now he fussed at me for NOT putting messages in the CMR. He said that there was no way for us to track what is going on in my email. No kidding! That is why he told me to do it in the first place!

  This drives me nuts!
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  coolhandluke

  Yeah. Corprate structure never ceases to amaze nor piss me the f*ck off. I have 3 supervisors above me who I see doing nothing all day long. The days they aren't here, no one misses them because THEY DON"T DO ANYTHING. My company is being sold from it's parent engineering company to another and they are all scared because they know their days are numbered. I can't wait.
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  Scully

  It's too bad he gave you those instructions verbally instead of in writing.

  If he had put it in writing you'd have grounds for taking it up with HR. You can't work in a damned if I do and damned if I don't environment.

  Basically, it sounds as though he probably asked you verbally to go against company policy in not recording your CMR tasks. It probably was for a short period of time - maybe he was competing against other managers or something - and there was a deadline attached to the request that he neglected to tell you about. Maybe he got caught out by someone else who didn't want to go along with falsifying the workload documentation.

  If that request ever comes up again, just tell him that you need to clarify company policy on it first, and will check with HR to ensure that you aren't doing anything inappropriate.

  That usually shuts them up and makes them go away.
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  stevenyc

  As Scully said.

  Mrs stevenyc had a similar problem at her place of employment. I suggested that she takes all communications in email. Even if a verbal direction is given, confirm that decision via an email response to your supervisor. Print out you emails, and bring them home.

  steve
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  littlerockguy

  coolhandluke:

  That is a different story when you are "working supervisor" or "team leader"; then you have to do work supervising and do what your staff does. Usually in my department I am the first one there and the last one to leave and there are so many things I do and are responsible for that my coworkers do not even think about. I still have to do about as much production, also get interrupted by people in other departments, other offices, etc. all the time; approve vacations and time off, schedule interviews, hire people, disipline employees, set an example, etc. If I ever have to be home sick or for whatever reason it is not surprising to get a phone call at home. I do accumulate paid time off but being in a managers type position you can't just schedule any time off if it is a bad time to take off. What really irritates me is that my staff thinks for what all I do I get paid soooo much more which can't be further from the truth. Since some of my staff have been here longer than me they are paid MORE than I am paid though they dont know it and me being in the position Im in I can't tell them that!!
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  coolhandluke

  You might be right, I may not take things into consideration that they do. However, there are 2 managers whose job is redundant. The more incompetent of these had her job saved by her boss because he has a thing for her. He took some of the people from a different group and put them under her so it would appear that she has more responsibility than she does. Really and truly I can't imagine all of the things it takes to make things work as a manager... all of the ass kissing and diplomacy to other groups just to keep things flowing. With that said, there are a whole lot of backdoor shanaigans and tom foolery going on in this place.

  CHL
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  littlerockguy

  It isn't easy trying to please everybody. Somewhere somebody is going to be pissed at your for some decision you made. And it really puts you in an awkward situation if you were promoted to your position and your former coworkers become your employees. In a clinic where I work I deal with them, my boss and the clinic director and all of the doctors (which we all know are the gods who have to be kept happy).

  I have seen what you are talking about though but usually managers and supervisors who after a long period of time who don't do anything but just look busy will usually somewhere down the road get weeded out; usually but not always.