[suzzie]

does anyone have a boss who is really strict. watches so closely what you do. has other people report to them. if you make mistakes. is not afraid of firing people. and does. who keeps raising the bar. keeps adding to your already impossible to get done job. im afraid of messing up. and getting fired. it seems like she will never be happy. she says to do it one way. one time. and then the next. says im wrong. that she never said that. and to do it another way. she acts like i didnt know what i was doing. this job is like working in a mine field. she has traps everywhere. and i never no what day i will set the big one off. and be fired. i used to. and still do. like the job i do. but she is so hard to please. i just want her to be satisfied. and not be afraid of setting her off. which is easy to do. and she doesnt hide it either. i dont want to be on her bad list.

[amandalouise]

Originally Posted by suzzie

does anyone have a boss who is really strict. watches so closely what you do. has other people report to them. if you make mistakes. is not afraid of firing people. and does. who keeps raising the bar. keeps adding to your already impossible to get done job. im afraid of messing up. and getting fired. it seems like she will never be happy. she says to do it one way. one time. and then the next. says im wrong. that she never said that. and to do it another way. she acts like i didnt know what i was doing. this job is like working in a mine field. she has traps everywhere. and i never no what day i will set the big one off. and be fired. i used to. and still do. like the job i do. but she is so hard to please. i just want her to be satisfied. and not be afraid of setting her off. which is easy to do. and she doesnt hide it either. i dont want to be on her bad list.

sounds like a typical boss around here where I live and work. most bosses do appoint managers, and supervisors and welcome their employees to come to them with work related problems like other employees appearing to not do their jobs so it impacts the rest of the employees that have to work in the same department..

example if the volunteers are slowing down/ not doing their part to keep up then I cant do my part of the job and if Im not up to standards and such with my job then my co worker cant do her job and if my co worker cant do her job up to standards and such then the lawyers cant do their jobs and if the lawyers cant go into court and do their jobs its the clients that pay for it by losing their case, being placed in danger, unable to defend their self....

the sum of all of it is one person not up to standards can affect the whole department and how everyone else can or cant get their jobs done.

so around here the "directors" do appoint employees into manager and supervisor positions and do welcome all employees to come to them with any work related issues even if its concerning another employee.

my job is one where I know the basics and how to do it but sometimes my job requires flexibility where one way doesnt fit for all concerning my job. I need to be able to say ok in this situation this way may be the best way to go and if Im not sure which way is best then I meet with the boss's and tell them heres whats what and heres what I think may be the way to go, but Im not sure if its "the best" way to do it. what do you think? sometimes they agree and other times they say no lets do it this way instead this time.

one of the ways I keep the many different ways we do things here where I work is by writing things down, when the boss tells me something I write it down, date it and which supervisor/manager told me what to do. this way when there is a situation I can say so you would rather I do it this way this time than ....

[carrie_ann]

hi suzzie, sorry you have such a nasty boss. is it not possible to maybe look around for another job while you're still at this one? just a thought.

[IceCreamKid]

Originally Posted by suzzie

does anyone have a boss who is really strict. watches so closely what you do. has other people report to them. if you make mistakes. is not afraid of firing people. and does. who keeps raising the bar. keeps adding to your already impossible to get done job. im afraid of messing up. and getting fired. it seems like she will never be happy. she says to do it one way. one time. and then the next. says im wrong. that she never said that. and to do it another way. she acts like i didnt know what i was doing. this job is like working in a mine field. she has traps everywhere. and i never no what day i will set the big one off. and be fired. i used to. and still do. like the job i do. but she is so hard to please. i just want her to be satisfied. and not be afraid of setting her off. which is easy to do. and she doesnt hide it either. i dont want to be on her bad list.

Hi Suzzie,

You've described most of my working life. I have had more than one boss who contradicted herself. Is it possible to get another job? I'm trying. Sometimes I just nod and redo whatever it is to match what the boss is saying now--I figured out she either can't see well, or she doesn't remember what she has told me, or a bit of both. And she won't admit it!

[gma45]

I think I would be trying to find a different job because it sounds like your boss is making it too difficult to do your job. I could not have someone watching over me just waiting for me to mess up, that in it's self would make me mess up! There are better bosses out there that will appreciate what you do. Maybe it is time to start looking. I know it sucks cause you like your job but having that kind of boss really makes it hard. I wish you the best.

[lancetrot]

Hi suzzie,
Really sorry for you. These days Nice employees do not have nice bosses and nice bosses do not get nice employees too. The best method to deal a person who is very abrupt and indifferent is hand it straight forward. Never be rude or snide. Always plan your time and efforts on paper (planner) so they may see. Most of all when they step over the line, politely show them where that line was. When they learn that they can not push your buttons, they won't.