Would love some advice / words of wisdom Starting a new job next week and I am feeling super nervous and icky about it :(….
Honestly, I took a new role (exciting) because my value was not seen in the previous one. However, I loved the organization and my coworkers. It truly makes me sad to have done it but I wanted to avoid toxicity and remain professional. This new role sounds great, something I can really get interested in but one of the managers I interviewed who I would support 25% of the time gives me the worst vibes. Which is scaring me because I would like to stay in an organization where I can really be seen and grow. That’s my personal intimidation. I would love any advice if anyone had been in this spot before.
Thank you! ☺️
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Anonymous
I was supporting someone ~20% of the time who 100% did not want me hired. She didn't have any input into my annual reviews and my main boss was incredibly supportive. I would take any conflicts or concerns to my main boss and let her make the final call about what I did next. Sometimes I liked her decision, sometimes I didn't. But I let her set the boundaries with the jerk and then did what I needed to do. Eventually was promoted out of supporting the jerk, and eventually had the opportunity to get that duty removed from our team entirely. Years later (after the jerk was gone), one of my staff started doing backup for that position again and I was able to negotiate a raise over it.
If everyone else is great, it's still possible to work around the crappy person who is the least part of the your job. Good luck!
Anonymous
Thank you! This gives me hope. I think I will start with setting boundaries right away!