I've had time now to think and process my meeting with my boss's boss that I interpreted so negatively. And I've determined that this woman has a poor managerial style. She gave me a laundry list of constructive criticisms, without giving the whole picture and without mentioning anything about what I am doing well, and where I am excelling so far. She only gave criticism. That would not be my style, if I were managing other people in my job. I would start with all the positives, then I would lead up to discussing where improvements can be made.

I felt really punctured and soured after this meeting with her. And I had just been on an incredible high, after receiving a full time job offer.

In addition, with this woman, there seemed to be no room for a learning curve or mistakes.

I responded by telling her, I am new, I am learning, and I am bound to make mistakes as I am learning. I am human.

But her expectations I think are too high and unrealistic for where I really am in the acclimation process - I am only 3 months into the job. It likely takes 6 months to acclimate.

AND, in my interview with this same woman, I had told her, if you hire me, you won't be disappointed in the quality of my work after the 6- month contract ends.

I'm not even being given any room to acclimate, and this is a huge adjustment for me, coming from 2 very tiny (20 people large) and scrappy agencies, to moving into a very large, corporation that has many different depts and people with whom I must work.

Thankfully, she is moving onto an entirely separate dept within the company and will no longer be overseeing my team. Good riddance! I don't like her. She really rubbed me the wrong way the other day.

A male is taking her place., and I am hoping he is far more fair and realistic. I am going to lay the groundwork in my upcoming meeting with him. And, I am going to make it a positive one.