Is it me or is it my boss?

Is it me or is it my boss?

So, I was invited to take this role, not sure whether I had any other option than saying yes. The role is not far from my previous experience, I am just working on a different product. The team I was invited to was all created the same way, people pulled together from within the business and outside. Mainly the outside people are the most junior too... So here it is, a new team gets created, we are all storming.

I have a very good experience in this role as my previous one was basically the same but I worked on a different product (I am a product developer in an FMCG company, I am a chemist by training) and I thought that the reason I was pulled in was to help out the team with setting up processes, wows etc. So my boss he moved for this role. His role hasn't changed only the people he managed. I think there was a bit of a miscommunication as he didn't have any say in who he will have in his team... Oh well...

The team he left behind was quite good, they got theirs job done but the level of documentation, and general process was a bit poor... Also he moved from one entity to another.

Now he is trying to leave his mark... And oh my God... I am struggling so much. His view of how things should be done is very very very different to mine, he is doing most of it himself without actual consulting anyone, so then when we come to meeting we are told what we should be doing with this or that.

I try to share my opinion and give examples what potentially could work a bit better because I do feel like I already have all these t-shirts.

Just as an example. He has a team of 10. In the system they all report to him but I work with some of the lower grades. Pretty much all the time... In the past we solved it this way that I was theirs primary line manager and the few system/HR stuff would be handed over to my previous boss. Worked really well.

Now, I don't manage them, I just give them jobs (I am not considered as a primary line manager I just work with them). Hence I made it very clear, I won't work on theirs performance and I won't help with theirs development. And we are in a situation where I actually have someone who is underperforming but I just keep updating my primary manager (not the team manager) about all these issues. Ah, and I am not the only person who gives them jobs to do...

It is very complicated even when I am writhing it down.

Well... So, when I started in the team and my boss joined I explained how I want things to be set up and why, also I said that this worked really well in my previous team.

This is actually first time in a long time when my boss didn't take into consideration my opinion, I understand that it takes time... We need to build trust etc. however... I was a manager too ... Letting the team self organise was one of the most important decisions I made. They felt empowered. They decided on theirs responsibilities, they performed so well... Of course there was a big part where I gave them projects but they had a lot of freedom and theirs opinion was very important to me...

So here I am, quite frustrated, as the new boss doesn't seem to listen, he tries to do things in a very strange way which doesn't work...

What to do? Is it me? I spoke to few people who know me and they agree he is not being very reasonable and looks like he is not too experienced... But how to actually solve it? I am not ready to change a job...