Before I start I hope I don't sound ungrateful or silly.
However, I am at cross paths with my career and life.
I am qualified for my role i.e I have all my…
This is my new temporary boss. She may be a nice person but she can't be on time for anything that involves her team or direct reports. She manages to above.
Yes, I don't like her. I hope she moves on and that I get a better permanent boss.…
I've been with a company that I really like for five years. I am a mid level employee and have had 3 managers in the past 5 years. Each has their unique way of managing and i have have adapted accordingly. My problem is with my current manager. He is very particular as to how …
Yah, it's an "employer's" market, but seeing so many listings for roles that are offering literally half or 25% of what the pay should be is making me sick. You want 5-10 years experience for x? The pendulum always swings back. Employers may want to consider that. Don't hire until you can…
My current job: I'm the marketing lead for a division within a large, global media company. In addition to pay being great, benefits are as well, including 401k matching. Also, while I have a hybrid schedule and do need to go into the office a few times a week, it's flexible enough…
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Anonymous
My impression reading this sounds like your colleague with less years of experience is questioning how you handle your cases. If that’s the case, maybe sit down with this person and your supervisor together. Talk about a boundary and balancing respect. Both require, I’m sure certain practices that are shared. But treating each case the same isn’t reflective of your line of work. One size does not fit all. I think this could happen in many work environments across different industries. When I’m challenged by a person with little to no experience than myself I ask the question, walk me through those steps from beginning to end of how you might handle this. Usually I’m met with silence. I find people like to critique without having a solution or like to be critical because they think they know it all. Just my 2 cents.
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Can you provide a little bit more clarity? Why is the other social worker questioning your acuity? Is she peer reviewing your case load? Given the confidentiality involved, I'm just trying to understand under what circumstances would she be questioning your work? Does your team peer review all of your cases? Context helps. If you are mutually providing the back on each other's work, then that makes sense even though it may be uncomfortable for you because you're not used to people asking different types of questions. If it is not mutual feedback, then there may be an opportunity for you to have a one-to-one with your colleague to try to better understand the root cause of her questions. It could be that she isn't as articulate as she could be, and she may still be learning as opposed to questioning your judgment.