After having spent all weekend dwelling and being annoyed by something my manager did, today when I got to work I wrote a big whinge email to my team leader about it. My manager didn't come to me and say I made a mistake - they instead went to my team leader and told her to check my work and fix anything.
I spent my weekend fuming - am I supposed to just keep making mistakes and then in the end my manager can say I am incompetent?
Anyway, my TL came over and commiserated. I felt much better. There is nothing we can do about it (politics at work - don't even talk about approaching HR or higher - we've tried and things got worse). But this act of sharing that we both know what is going on instead of pretending it doesn't made me feel better.
Some times there is no solution, but the acknowledgement then becomes the important thing.
Also, looking at the job pages made me feel better. I'm not likely to apply for anything at the moment, but it was good to scroll through and think: yeah, I've got the skills to try out for that one.
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