I am currently being line-managed by a long-term colleague who has recently been promoted into a managerial position. Just for context, I've been in this workplace, working alongside her but in different teams for approx. 11 years. I am very experienced, and have been told by previous managers that I serve the Team well, deliver in operational terms and have had no performance issues whatsoever. I enjoy my part-time job and all has been going fine. I've recently moved across to a new Team and she has been my manager for about 10 months.
Initially things were ok, I got on with the job, she would send me tasks which I'd pick up and run with. But........literally in the last two months things have suddenly seemed to take a nose-dive. She has started to pick at everything I do, I can't seem to do right for doing wrong. I get a ticking off or a reprimand on a weekly basis. There's no positive dialogue or delivery, just critical micro-management. Examples;
If I'm away from my desk for more than five mins I get a message asking where I am.
I turned up on time to an introductory meeting with a provider and she was running late so I went in and started casual dialogue. She was over 15 mins late, she arrived with a colleague and the meeting went well. I then got a follow-up email asking me not to go into meetings alone, to go in together and wait for her in future. I thought I was doing the polite and professional thing but obviously not.
She's constantly checking my calendar, sends emails after mine (if I've sent an email to the Team with advice/process support) either clarifying minute details or adding more info.
I honestly feel slightly heckled by her! I wondered if it's because she's been newly promoted and she's flexing her muscles. But she knows I turn up, do the work and will conscientiously do it to the best of my ability.
I'm beginning to worry, I feel like I'm stepping on eggshells! The other person she supervises is also a long-term colleague of hers - years ago we all worked in the same Team together and I would bet money on it that he's not getting the same treatment. He wouldn't stand for it anyway!
What do I do? I'm beginning to think I might have to say something to her (politely of course!) but I really don't understand the reason for the constant nit-picking and the severity of her "management tone" which is totally disproportionate. She makes me feel like a naughty and incompetent schoolgirl. It's really unpleasant.
What do I do?