So, remember when I said one of my supervisors is keen on "re-training me" so I would work faster? Once I passed my six-month review earlier this week, up to yesterday morning, I thought I was just being paranoid. But later in the morning he sidles up to me and says, "Remember what I said last week about re-training you? We'll do that later today." Well, fuck me.
And he proceeded to go back and tell me everything I have been doing wrong. Well, not really. But yes, really. Look, I'll be honest: I'm really most embarrassed about two mistakes that happened while he was looking over my shoulder. One was me waiting for a form when I should have been looking for a folder (sorry to be so vague; like I think I've said before, I don't want to give too much detail because then people might know what I'm talking about). I saw this folder in the filing cabinet but ignored it because I was looking for a form, which just happens to be inside the folder. He opened up the cabinet, looked into the folder, and took out the form. Fuck me. The other fuck-up was kind of the opposite: I grabbed a form when I didn't need to. It was of a certain kind that we don't look up, even though I was told, according to this sheet, to get it. I mean, my supervisor told me this, but I forgot.
See, I don't do well when someone is looking over my shoulder, especially one who is critiquing my work. So I made two errors -- admittedly mistakes on my part -- with him watching me. That probably doesn't look good in his eyes. Add to it that I don't think he's that great of a manager. The other people around him mention, for example, that he likes to do things his way. And he is kind of grabby when I ask him questions. Now, to be fair, I do ask him a lot of questions, so he may think that some "re-education" is in order. Plus he did give me one tip that would make things faster for me. Finally, maybe he hates doing this as much as I hate him doing this to me. Maybe he was told to re-train me because he has orders from my actual boss.
Or, it could be all of these things. That he is trying to help me, but is being a dick about it because he has very poor interpersonal skills. And that while I don't like being told what to do, I do need the help.
At any rate, we're going through this shit again, only in a different area. I'll try to keep an open mind about it, but I'll reserve the right to roll my eyes, and/or start telling him he's a nag. We'll see.
And he proceeded to go back and tell me everything I have been doing wrong. Well, not really. But yes, really. Look, I'll be honest: I'm really most embarrassed about two mistakes that happened while he was looking over my shoulder. One was me waiting for a form when I should have been looking for a folder (sorry to be so vague; like I think I've said before, I don't want to give too much detail because then people might know what I'm talking about). I saw this folder in the filing cabinet but ignored it because I was looking for a form, which just happens to be inside the folder. He opened up the cabinet, looked into the folder, and took out the form. Fuck me. The other fuck-up was kind of the opposite: I grabbed a form when I didn't need to. It was of a certain kind that we don't look up, even though I was told, according to this sheet, to get it. I mean, my supervisor told me this, but I forgot.
See, I don't do well when someone is looking over my shoulder, especially one who is critiquing my work. So I made two errors -- admittedly mistakes on my part -- with him watching me. That probably doesn't look good in his eyes. Add to it that I don't think he's that great of a manager. The other people around him mention, for example, that he likes to do things his way. And he is kind of grabby when I ask him questions. Now, to be fair, I do ask him a lot of questions, so he may think that some "re-education" is in order. Plus he did give me one tip that would make things faster for me. Finally, maybe he hates doing this as much as I hate him doing this to me. Maybe he was told to re-train me because he has orders from my actual boss.
Or, it could be all of these things. That he is trying to help me, but is being a dick about it because he has very poor interpersonal skills. And that while I don't like being told what to do, I do need the help.
At any rate, we're going through this shit again, only in a different area. I'll try to keep an open mind about it, but I'll reserve the right to roll my eyes, and/or start telling him he's a nag. We'll see.
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