Re: need suggestions on handling a boss

["William Sherman" <bsherman77 -at- embarqmail -dot- com>]

Been there, done that. Your options aren't what you want to hear.

1. If you are a permanent employee and you have a lot of years with the 
company, look into transferring to another group or department.  Check with 
HR.

2. DOCUMENT EVERYTHING.  Do not communication VERBALLY if possible, only in 
writing so you have a paper trail.  You are a tech writer, so document 
everything said, done, and occurring. If HR sees you have a ton of CYA, they 
will be more incline to help you move elsewhere than let you get booted 
because they can see potential lawsuit coming not to help you.  Of course, 
do not expect miracles because HR is there to help the company, not you. 
They will help you mainly if it prevents bad things for the company.

3. The Boss either is an idiot or wants rid of you. I'm betting on the 
latter.

4. If you are not a permanent employee, or if you only have a short time in 
there, Monster, Dice, and a few other online job boards are your friend. 
Start tonight with the resume.

5. Unless you are in a sensitive position with security issues, keep a copy 
of everything you do, say, email, and write offsite. You may find yourself 
out the door unexpectedly and copies at work do you no good.

6. Have NOTHING on your computer that isn't work related. Know what BCWipe 
is and use it to delete any personal or non-work related material 
immediately.

7. Clear your cache and history NOW. Do not check any sites that are other 
than work related for any reason.

8. Consider it a lost cause and look elsewhere.

I had one like that about 12 years ago who acted like he was my buddy, 
except everything I turned into him bled red like a 5 gallon paint bucket. 
He'd tell me what he wanted, I put it in, then he would say it was wrong. In 
the end, all I did was manage to get a couple of extra months and far too 
much stress for my own physical good. There was no pleasing him except by 
letting him make me look bad.


If you are a contractor, then leave. Call your shop, tell them you have a 
manager that is trying to sabotage your efforts, and you are leaving. If 
this manager has been like this and it isn't a mental or medical thing that 
has just occurred, the odds are they are aware and will help you find 
something else if you tell them rather than just getting up and leaving 
without saying why.

Keep your spirits up. Most of us have been kicked out of more jobs than you 
can imagine. It isn't the end of the world, just the way some managers 
defend their territory.




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Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 8:48 PM
Subject: need suggestions on handling a boss