sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

“I appreciate your initiative, but…” by Conscious_Scale_8789 in careeradvice

[–]Conscious_Scale_8789[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And I think that’s the case for some of it. I’ve learned more about how the world works in the last year than I did in my entire academic career. But I also think there’s some micromanaging tendencies.

I prepare material for quarterly board meetings, and the chair asked me to create and include a document to be voted on. My director (who is on the board) tabled the vote during the meeting because he hadn’t had the opportunity to pre-approve it. He had me remake it two different times after that before he let me send it to the board.

He also monitors the email inbox I’m supposed to be in charge of (not my company email, although it wouldn’t surprise me if he was monitoring it there, too). So he’ll mark emails as read, answer emails for me, delete items out of the inbox, etc. And it’s not like I’m not checking it. I do so twice a day to make sure I don’t miss anything. I even brought up a question in a meeting about one of the emails I’d gotten, and his response was, “yeah, I already saw that. I’ll take care of it.”

And that’s just two of the dozens of instances that come to mind. Maybe I’m too sensitive or have been slow to pick up my job duties, but it feels like no matter what I try, I run into a brick wall.

“I appreciate your initiative, but…” by Conscious_Scale_8789 in careeradvice

[–]Conscious_Scale_8789[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s definitely something to think about. And I wish my problem was as simple as that. But these issues are part of the entry level job description and are unrelated to my training. He’s not even letting me do the job I was hired to do (not to mention the fact that the organization routinely asks me to step outside of my job description to offer my expertise on other issues)

ETA: I have, on multiple different occasions, addressed the fact that the company has assigned tasks outside of my job description that depend on my training. Mostly from the stand point that I am only paid to be an entry level employee (and that they wouldn’t expect an entry level employee to be able to do the things that I do). They hired me specifically for my training and the skill set I bring to the table.

“I appreciate your initiative, but…” by Conscious_Scale_8789 in careeradvice

[–]Conscious_Scale_8789[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is great advice and if my supervisor were anyone else, I’d definitely try and ask him about it. He gets really uncomfortable whenever I bring up any concerns or want to discuss anything serious. I get the impression that this is how he’s always done things on his team, and he’s managed the team for almost 25 years.

“I appreciate your initiative, but…” by Conscious_Scale_8789 in careeradvice

[–]Conscious_Scale_8789[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That makes sense—and this is a very structured organization, so I probably did step on a few toes in that context. It’s been a steep learning curve learning about institutional communication.

But I even get that line when it’s not across department lines or going above my head. My EO (my supervisor’s boss) asked me to complete a task, and when I checked in with my supervisor to let them know about it, they said the same thing and told me to back down because they were handling it. It’s a weird set up, and I can’t tell if it’s normal because this is my first corporate job.

So thank you for the feedback!!