To approach bosses boss?

[LonelyAmongUs]

I work in an open plan office where the desks are arranged in rows with three desks on either side of a row. There are no soundboards and no dividers, so you can see what people either side of you are doing.

My boss sits right next to me but doesn't speak to me: he emails everything. He doesn't talk to me at any point. The minute he hits send, he gets up and walks away. He'll send work back covered in tracked changes constantly after sitting with it for days and I feel like I'm back at school. He sighs and hammers away at the keyboard - sometimes he even corrects parts of the work he's authored himself. Apparently he's done this several times to others.

I've asked him several times to just speak to me but it lasts for a day before he's back to his tricks. AIBU to now go to his boss and ask for help?

How long have you worked there? Have you ever had a performance review? You can document what you do well, need to improve but also document your thoughts 're boss. That way it is documented. Boss sounds an arse by the way.

No YANBU. Because you have raised it directly and nothing has changed. I think this is such a lazy and inappropriate way of managing people.

Was in a job/secondment like this til recently. I left (there were other issues though).

Never had a performance review and he's never shown any signs of asking me how things ard going. It's a long day and it makes me feel physically sick when I see an email now. His boss praises my work but he never does - he's also taken credit for my work, even when I've been sitting there.

Its easier to send back a document with tracked changes then to talk through everything. It seems like he's not happy with your work as he's making so many changes. I don't think you have a valid complaint to raise

It must take him ages to critique your work in that way.

Also do you really need to be micro managed to that level?

You're putting up with a working environment that I don't think I could deal with. Do you have plans to move on? Different role or different company maybe?

Really Shoxfordian?

Then he should be dealing with it formally - that I could handle. What is unacceptable is to sit snd say nothing for months, when he sits 2 ft away from me. He has done this to every person he has managed and they've all left because of it.

Yeah he should be talking to you

Is there a formal performance management or annual appraisal system?

Do you work for a really large company and/or did your boss previously work for a really large company?

There are some large toxic firms where this kind of behaviour is normal - because everyone needs a paper trail to protect themselves. I'm not saying I agree it's a good way of operating, but there may be a reason for it.