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So, I am getting a new boss

ladypanther

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ladypanther Grand Master

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For the past 3 plus years my immediate supervisor has been a great guy. He is smart, honest, fair, an amazing positive philosophy, and someone who will go to bat for you. He took lots of beatings which never filtered down to the 5of us he supervised. We also knew he trusted us. We knew what he expected. There were a lot of things that he had to trust and verify, but for example if we were ok with a schedule change...he was always ok with it. If we had to come in on the weekend...he never questioned it. I have learned a tremendous amount from him and would/have work my ass off to make him look good. I have great respect for him.

Well, his interim replacement, who looks like get the job, is his exact opposite. She is a negative person who has made herself look good by making someone else look bad. She has been smart enough to suck up to the right person. She is suspicious, always acting as if you have evil intent and she can catch you at something. She has to have a target. There are only 5 of us....and I am still the newest person. Really worries me. I fear this one. The 2 weeks she has been my interim supervisor has been miserable.

I will try to suck up an make her think she is the greatest ever. Any other survival tips you could offer would be appreciated.

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Give her respect but don't be too much of a kiss ass, because that can piss off people, too. It's a careful balance between making her feel important but not making it obvious you are trying to butter her up. It's important to give her time to adjust properly as well, because she is likely trying to exert influence right now because she thinks she needs to in order to be respected. Also keep in mind there are some women in management who think the only way they can get ahead is by being a total bitch, and many others who seem to feel they are being slighted because of their sex. Just do your best to stay level headed and avoid conflict.

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For the past 3 plus years my immediate supervisor has been a great guy. He is smart, honest, fair, an amazing positive philosophy, and someone who will go to bat for you. He took lots of beatings which never filtered down to the 5of us he supervised. We also knew he trusted us. We knew what he expected. There were a lot of things that he had to trust and verify, but for example if we were ok with a schedule change...he was always ok with it. If we had to come in on the weekend...he never questioned it. I have learned a tremendous amount from him and would/have work my ass off to make him look good. I have great respect for him.

Well, his interim replacement, who looks like get the job, is his exact opposite. She is a negative person who has made herself look good by making someone else look bad. She has been smart enough to suck up to the right person. She is suspicious, always acting as if you have evil intent and she can catch you at something. She has to have a target. There are only 5 of us....and I am still the newest person. Really worries me. I fear this one. The 2 weeks she has been my interim supervisor has been miserable.

I will try to suck up an make her think she is the greatest ever. Any other survival tips you could offer would be appreciated.

Keep in get terms with her & yours, boses up the line. That way when she stabs you in the back, and she probably will, they will know what kind of worker you really are. Of course the down side to that is when they replace her, they will probably give her a big promotion.

At least that's what they did to the manager that tried to end my career at IBM years ago.

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10 days in to her interim position she has been micromanaging like a fiend. She cane over today to see where we kept some reports. ( Previous boss never asked that) I showed her and this and that led me to talk about what a great team I had...helpful and supportive and how I appreciated that. And how huge the learning curve is where we work. She agreed and expanded on the topic. I hate the political BS. that is one thing I really appreciated about my former boss....no games. You could trust talking to him.

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Micro Managers rarely last long believe me. I have been running my own outfit for years and never micro'd unless someone gave me reason to which usually meant you weren't long for this world anyway. I would bide my time until someone else came along better. Just hang in and she will eventually take care of herself.

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