Fruitbat
Master Don Juan
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Garnering opinions. Long read, apologies in advance
Work restructure. New boss. His track record and reputation in the business is:
- Credit stealing/dark arts to benefit him personally.
- I have professional disagreements about how to move forward.
- Very much me-first
this guy is now my boss, but also will be doing work too so the assumption is that this power will be almost certainly abused to benefit him by taking my best work.
the big boss loves him. His previous team had a staff retention issue and it’s common knowledge it’s because of the above. However the boss has promoted him. The people leaving were good people too.
this has demoralised me as I don’t think complaining about the appointment will help.
Gameplan from here:
- Try to make this guy an ally in the short term. Do what I can to make him look good, but challenge any action which is materially disadvantaging me, in writing but in a constructive way.
- Work on employability. I’m overweight; use this a springboard and motivation to drop weight and thereby make myself more employable.
- With my last meeting with my boss, very gently raise concerns about how potential will be decided. It’s possible he might be aware of the issues and will keep a tight watch and not allow the freedom which would endanger me.
- I have some exams to do to move onwards. Deprioritise work, and prioritise that which helps me become more employable. This has the added benefit of a little productivity drop on appointment and also benefits me.
I have to wait to bonus day to do anything otherwise I lose a lot of money.
sadly I might have to take a pay cut to leave. However, my main feeling is that in the long run an unethical manager isn’t worth the hastle.
my local team know all these issues and may report back on the QT. Especially if I leave I don’t need to say anything, they will know why.
other colleague have said wait and see, now he’s your direct boss he may be using the dark arts in your favour as now he is tasked with making you successful. This I feel is BS as his last team, he made sure he had 5X the business of anyone in his team by abusing his position.
other issue is he ticks a few DEI boxes so you can’t touch him and the business like his visibility .
as far as I see it, money isn’t everything and it’s better to take a pay cut (and still be well paid) rather than get entangled with a boss like this.
on a personal level we get on well, it’s just he is ruthlessly self serving in every respect.
Work restructure. New boss. His track record and reputation in the business is:
- Credit stealing/dark arts to benefit him personally.
- I have professional disagreements about how to move forward.
- Very much me-first
this guy is now my boss, but also will be doing work too so the assumption is that this power will be almost certainly abused to benefit him by taking my best work.
the big boss loves him. His previous team had a staff retention issue and it’s common knowledge it’s because of the above. However the boss has promoted him. The people leaving were good people too.
this has demoralised me as I don’t think complaining about the appointment will help.
Gameplan from here:
- Try to make this guy an ally in the short term. Do what I can to make him look good, but challenge any action which is materially disadvantaging me, in writing but in a constructive way.
- Work on employability. I’m overweight; use this a springboard and motivation to drop weight and thereby make myself more employable.
- With my last meeting with my boss, very gently raise concerns about how potential will be decided. It’s possible he might be aware of the issues and will keep a tight watch and not allow the freedom which would endanger me.
- I have some exams to do to move onwards. Deprioritise work, and prioritise that which helps me become more employable. This has the added benefit of a little productivity drop on appointment and also benefits me.
I have to wait to bonus day to do anything otherwise I lose a lot of money.
sadly I might have to take a pay cut to leave. However, my main feeling is that in the long run an unethical manager isn’t worth the hastle.
my local team know all these issues and may report back on the QT. Especially if I leave I don’t need to say anything, they will know why.
other colleague have said wait and see, now he’s your direct boss he may be using the dark arts in your favour as now he is tasked with making you successful. This I feel is BS as his last team, he made sure he had 5X the business of anyone in his team by abusing his position.
other issue is he ticks a few DEI boxes so you can’t touch him and the business like his visibility .
as far as I see it, money isn’t everything and it’s better to take a pay cut (and still be well paid) rather than get entangled with a boss like this.
on a personal level we get on well, it’s just he is ruthlessly self serving in every respect.
