....when I'm the manager!
She's a very good member of staff, extremely good at her job, liked by colleagues etc. However I struggle with her because she is constantly trying to tell me subtly how to do my job.
For eg. She will ring me and ask me if I've done something or other. I'll say yes, I've got that covered and she'll say "I'll cross that off my list then". (why is it on your list?).
She will ring me and tell me that something I regularly order needs to be ordered again, then she will go into detail about how many I need to order (like I've no brain).... Erm yes thank you for your input but I've got it covered .
I recently asked her a question about how much a supplier was charging as she deals with the invoices (as I'd been approached by a competitor and was looking into possibly changing to save the firm money). Instead of just giving me the answer I require, she starts asking me why I'm asking because if I'm thinking of changing supplier these are all the reasons I shouldn't ....yes ok, I'll take that on board thanks very much.
I just find it irritating. I feel like she's trying to be the manager rather than the other way around. Like she's always checking up on what I'm doing and the way I'm doing it.
I like her, she's a nice woman and I think she means well. She's just very bossy and controlling. Just wondered if anyone has any good one-liners I could use to get the message across without upsetting the apple cart that I'm the boss so fuck off with your helpful (not) comments!
Please or to access all these features
Please
or
to access all these features
Chat with other users about all things related to working life on our Work forum.
Work
need some smart responses - employee trying to manage me
43 replies
Tanfastic · 31/03/2016 22:28
OP posts:
Don’t want to miss threads like this?
Weekly
Sign up to our weekly round up and get all the best threads sent straight to your inbox!
Log in to update your newsletter preferences.
You've subscribed!
Please create an account
To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.