The Insecure Boss
My boss targeted me from day 1 because he was fearful that I’d take his job. One year later he let me go because “I wasn’t a good fit.” Reality is that I was way too good of a fit, and he couldn’t fathom that in his years there he couldn’t gain trust the way I did. My question is, how do such terrible bosses keep their jobs? Why aren’t we starting a movements to remove terrible managers from their positions?
You need more than self to convince you are better than boss.
Here's my take on it. You can't outwit your boss. You can't sideline your boss. Even trying to do so is tantamount to professional suicide. One way to get ahead is to make your boss look good in front of his boss. And I'm not talking of brown nosing or something like that. I'm talking of helping your boss commit to more and better work and then helping him/her achieve that goal. Only with your boss's rise can you rise. You can try to play the political game and try to backstab him/her but you'll probably fail. Try to think about how you can help your boss succeed and you'll succeed with them.
Well said.
Mmm I have seen completely opposite. Our team lead made our boss go. But that is because our boss’s boss trust our tech lead more.
I have an Indian female manager like that. I guess it's time to brush up my resume.
Indian female bosses are usually all like that
Working under female is horrible . I had really bad experience 2 times.
You are the kind of people any manager would be sacred of - I hear only your side of the story and it’s clear you are useless
Eh, easy to say but I've been in that situation. My boss at my last company was "competing" with me for the position before he got a promotion. In reality, he had 10+ yoe on my and had held the title elsewhere so it wasn't much of a comparison, but I think he always held a grudge since he thought he almost lost the competition. He made my life hell, threw me under the bus continually, and I left the company a year later. It happens...
Gender doesn’t matter here. Whenever your boss competes with you then it’s a lost battle unless their boss is practical and it’s rare.
Boss targeted you from day 1 huh? Why did they hire you in the first place then? Something sounds amiss. Could be you.
Well I can think of two possible reasons but they are more: 1. You were not as good as a fit as you think 2. They know how to talk to the people above them to give the illusion they are good at their job
If your response is to vent on Blind and not do any introspective then I think all lot of these types of post fall into 1. If you can’t play the politics of your immediate manager then you’re a long way from being able to manage cross team and cross department politics where you have conflicting priorities.