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To tell new boss when he does something wrong

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Autumnwinterspringsummer · 04/10/2022 18:55

New boss came in 2 months ago. He apparently has transferable experience but its not appearing to be very helpful in this role.

As the most senior person reporting into him, I've had to help him and guide him which I dont have time to do. For every task he has to do, he asks me how to do it.

We're having some repeated issues in the team that we're trying to resolve. There was a mistake last week and I was discussing it with boss and saying how poor the mistake is. It then transpired it was him that made the mistake 😬

Today, we have issues as we are coming towards the end of a project. He sent me a teams message to say that x (in our team) should have queried something sooner. X is newish to the team (6 months) and completely new to the industry. She is two levels below boss.

His comment has annoyed me because the delays on the project began when I was on annual leave over a month ago. He was not monitoring the project or checking in with x while I was away. There was a huge amount to catch up on when I returned from annual leave and we were way behind. Boss then made another bad mistake on the project at the point that set us back.

I was really mad (and still am) and sent a couple of messages saying the above and a bit more.

Boss was offline so hasnt seen it. I have logged off.

So aibu to bring boss up on his major part in the delay? Or should I log back on and delete my messages?

Boss is leaving by the way. He has found another job.

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CastleCrasher · 04/10/2022 19:09

If he's leaving I don't think I'd bother to be honest. I'm happy to manage upwards but if he's halfway out the door then are you likely to achieve anything other than hassle by raising it?🤔

waterwitch · 04/10/2022 19:11

No, I think you should raise it, so that when boss leaves and sh*t hits fan, you can point out you did everything you could

Cwharf · 04/10/2022 19:13

CastleCrasher · 04/10/2022 19:09

If he's leaving I don't think I'd bother to be honest. I'm happy to manage upwards but if he's halfway out the door then are you likely to achieve anything other than hassle by raising it?🤔

Id agree. Sounds like the only benefit is having felt like you were heard - and the risk associated with a boss making your life hard for however long is left out of spite, isnt worth a great deal. I would however get some of it documented, and potentiallu sharw with your bosses boss, just to get some coverage in the event that their parting gift is to blame you for things not working out.

Autumnwinterspringsummer · 04/10/2022 19:27

I'd be concerned that he'l share his opinion with his boss which is laying blame on x and not realising the errors he made in the process.

I'll speak to bosses boss tomorrow and give them the full picture.

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