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One of the people that's in the choir is a lady who was recently made a supervisor here at work. She is a sweet lady, and since she was very recently in the trenches with us phone jockeys, is still pretty sympathetic. I groused to her about the realignment, and the way I'm being taken from the unit of a supervisor I love and put under one who I don't have a very favorable impression of. When I mentioned this sup's name, her face screwed up in about forty different expressions until she finally burst out laughing and said "oh, I just can't think of anything positive to say." Oh, christ. She was reluctant to give me details, of course, but reading between the lines it seems like she's saying that this lady gets angry about ridiculous things, refuses to communicate with her workers if something's upset her, and will single out people to scapegoat and manage unfairly based on this. She mentioned that my former supervisor (the one I had before the current one) works closely with her.
So today I visited with former sup. We caught up and then I dropped the bomb- what do you think about my future sup? Same reaction, without the laughing. She finally said "You are a strong, excellent worker. Keep that in mind. Don't take anything she says personally. Take what you need, but ignore the rest. Her supervisor is so-and-so, and he is an excellent boss and I would strongly encourage you to talk to him if you need to. If anything happens he will take care of it. Also talk to the workers who've been under her for awhile. But you are an excellent worker, just remember that."
Christ in a sidecar. This bodes ill.
So today I visited with former sup. We caught up and then I dropped the bomb- what do you think about my future sup? Same reaction, without the laughing. She finally said "You are a strong, excellent worker. Keep that in mind. Don't take anything she says personally. Take what you need, but ignore the rest. Her supervisor is so-and-so, and he is an excellent boss and I would strongly encourage you to talk to him if you need to. If anything happens he will take care of it. Also talk to the workers who've been under her for awhile. But you are an excellent worker, just remember that."
Christ in a sidecar. This bodes ill.
