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I am going to try my best to illustrate what has been going on without giving away too many personal details.
I've been at my job for nearly a year and it's been a hit and miss the entire time. I can hardly go a month by without my boss nitpicking and pointing out the slightest error in something I do or something she doesn't approve of. Usually this results in me receiving a written disciplinary warning and a "talk" with her boss (the head boss), as well.
To put things into perspective, the job I have used to be her job. Soon after I started, I began to get the impression she was having a difficult time letting go and allowing me to grow in the position because I didn't do things right, at least, right in the way she saw fit. There was a previous head boss who was present when I first started and at one point they both implied my personality was a problem, but then backpedaled immediately upon making the statement.
Since then, I've been written up 3 times, had to go on a special "training" to "improve" my performance despite the fact that it was they who would not let me know what was going on wrong for months at a time, and whenever I have check-in meetings with my boss and ask for her feedback on how I can improve or if there's anything she'd like to address with me, she does not tell me anything.
Recently there was an error with paperwork-- nothing major, but there was a mistake in my paperwork schedule where instead of letting me know directly and right away, decided to wait and send me an email. Because of that error, she is now making my coworkers go back and see if they made any mistakes in similar work even though she does not supervise them! If I am not disciplined for this I am going to be surprised and never mind the fact I based my schedule off of her previous schedule when I took over her old job because it was supposed to be correct.
At this point, this job and this boss are becoming more of a nuisance than anything else. I have made huge efforts to change my personality, my communication style and approach, and even the way I work to suit this woman. At the end of most workdays I am exhausted because I have to be someone I am not to make sure I don't constantly get disciplined for things that should have been addressed with me right way, instead of slipping through the cracks for months at a time and then comes down the hammer. I have been respectful, friendly, and mimicked her style in order to please her. Apparently because of that I am now more of a "team player" than I was before (rolls eyes).
I don't know what to do at this point. I will keep looking for another job but I don't want to have someone breathing down my neck most of the time, either.
I've been at my job for nearly a year and it's been a hit and miss the entire time. I can hardly go a month by without my boss nitpicking and pointing out the slightest error in something I do or something she doesn't approve of. Usually this results in me receiving a written disciplinary warning and a "talk" with her boss (the head boss), as well.
To put things into perspective, the job I have used to be her job. Soon after I started, I began to get the impression she was having a difficult time letting go and allowing me to grow in the position because I didn't do things right, at least, right in the way she saw fit. There was a previous head boss who was present when I first started and at one point they both implied my personality was a problem, but then backpedaled immediately upon making the statement.
Since then, I've been written up 3 times, had to go on a special "training" to "improve" my performance despite the fact that it was they who would not let me know what was going on wrong for months at a time, and whenever I have check-in meetings with my boss and ask for her feedback on how I can improve or if there's anything she'd like to address with me, she does not tell me anything.
Recently there was an error with paperwork-- nothing major, but there was a mistake in my paperwork schedule where instead of letting me know directly and right away, decided to wait and send me an email. Because of that error, she is now making my coworkers go back and see if they made any mistakes in similar work even though she does not supervise them! If I am not disciplined for this I am going to be surprised and never mind the fact I based my schedule off of her previous schedule when I took over her old job because it was supposed to be correct.
At this point, this job and this boss are becoming more of a nuisance than anything else. I have made huge efforts to change my personality, my communication style and approach, and even the way I work to suit this woman. At the end of most workdays I am exhausted because I have to be someone I am not to make sure I don't constantly get disciplined for things that should have been addressed with me right way, instead of slipping through the cracks for months at a time and then comes down the hammer. I have been respectful, friendly, and mimicked her style in order to please her. Apparently because of that I am now more of a "team player" than I was before (rolls eyes).
I don't know what to do at this point. I will keep looking for another job but I don't want to have someone breathing down my neck most of the time, either.