Work, UGH!!

I am in a corporate world and 5 days a week, at least 9 hours a day I deal with more than 300 people just in our Department alone. I am a Boss since I am a Supervisor and I handle people and then at the same time I have a Boss who is my immediate Manager. Aside from them I also have to deal with our demanding clients especially when the Boss is away. What I hate about my job is that I am just a Supervisor but I am doing Manager tasks. The most unfair part of it is that there are like 15 Supervisors in our Department but I don't know why the pressure is all on me. Maybe it is an advantage to me since as early as now (2 years in the company) I'm already being groomed to be the next in line Assistant Manager. But we have three Assistant Managers in our Department and then one Head Manager. I really don't like dealing with one of the three Assistant Managers. He does not know anything. He would usually ask me to do some reports for him or forward some data he needs for a report or monthly review with the client. He would then use these without even personalizing it even just the font or lay out and would present it to the Board as if it was him who did all the hardwork. One time, He presented a Deck to me. He asked for my opinion and then asked if the data were correct. I actually noticed that nothing is correct. Where the hell did he get all those numbers and figures? Everything is totally erroneous. I just said though that I think the table is nice and the presentation is great. I did not mention though that all of the figures are not correct. If I told him he would surely ask me to do the report and extend extra hours without the overtime pay again and then he would get all the credits. He ended up presenting the data to the CEOs. The weird thing though is that even the Executives that the data is erroneous. Hahahaha! What a shame!

Hi gwoman...long time no see! When I worked for the railroad I really liked my boss until the last couple of months that I was there. She appeared to understand and appreicate the skills and talents I brought to the organization...the knowledge that went into the contributions I made...that is until the Administrative Asst. was let go and her position cut. I was assigned the lion's share of her responsibilities, which was fine because I was a team player and our parent company was making things difficult for us. But, suddenly my former boss started to look at me "as if" I were the Admin. Asst. and her tone of voice and attitude towards me changed accordingly. Eventually my attitude towards her changed as well. This woman could barely turn her computer on, knew nothing about our computer network, which I maintained, or the accounting and billing processes I ran across an online network of railroads and customers across the country. I started to talk to her in language she could not understand...technical to a fault...yet I was always polite. Instead of going out of my way to explain the computer generated reports to her as you would to a 3 year old, I simply left them on her desk, forcing her to come to me for clarification and explanations...and she did not like that at all. Like you, I found myself looking at her calendar on outlook, relishing the days when she would be out of the office. When our parent company continued to reject our budget for the upcoming fiscal year, insisting that we trim it further, I secretly hoped that my position would be cut. It was and I was so happy to be let go that it was all I could do not to laugh out loud when I received the news. I did feel bad for the one girl who remained in the office. She was my backup if I was sick or on vacation but she knew little about the network and she has called me a few times asking for help troubleshooting one problem or another. She told me that she's now expected to do the work of 3 people without incurring overtime, since that budget line is very small, so her stress level is very high. Unlike you, I didn't love what I did. It was a job...an interesting one but nothing close to what I used to do in Maryland, which I did love. Try not to focus on your boss too much and, instead, concentrate on doing what you love to do. It's sad that this man has disappointed you in this way but people aren't always what they seem and, if you want to stay there, you're going to have to deal with him. Hang in there.

I think there are always going to be people in your life (and job) that you .. can't stand. Who have horrible personalities. I think it's something that we just learn to deal with, don't you? We cross our fingers that they'll get a different job or that they'll get fired or quit - but in the mean time just do the best we can. If you love your job, I think you should stick it out despite the jerks around you who work with you. By the way, congratulations - 18 years is an ENORMOUS amount of time to be working at the same job.