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Manager being cold

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ShimmyYaYaYay · 02/08/2022 08:15

Would you approach manager for a chat if you thought they were being cold towards you?

For context, never had any issues previous to last week. I'm a project coordinator that was getting guidance from a PM on a small project. The project didn't go to plan. But was resolved in time. I raised concerns several times but as all was left to the PM not a lot was done.

In short and hopefully not too identifying, my manager was on leave at the time so i sought guidance from an experienced colleague. That colleague informed another senior manager lets call him Frank. Frank guided me at the time and all was resolved.

On my managers first day back Frank gave her an update. I expected my manager to approach me for a chat but received nothing. I called her and she told me she was going in for a meeting and would call back. The day passed and no call so i messaged the three of them with a brief update but got cold kind of 'we have a plan' sorted. I still am doing the running around so need to know what this 'plan' is.

Would i seem confrontational to approach my manager and senior colleague on a group call and express that the treatment is making me feel away?

Also, all workers/directors in that division have been so supportive of me and openly discussed how happy they are that i pulled it out the bag. I was sitting near one of the directors a few days after and overheard a call come in from my manager, assuming to discuss the plan. The director cheerfully said hi and that i was and he was happy with the work i done, I couldn't hear the exact words my manager said but assuming it was something along the lines of its okay after my fuck up. The director said 'oh no no no it was PM and the company he outsourced to do the some techy work'. The convo drifted out and the arranged to meet.

What should i do? It's a small team and i feel segregated, if i done something wrong then i would like to be told rather than working in a cold atmosphere.

OP posts:
ShimmyYaYaYay · 02/08/2022 14:44

Bump

Anyone?

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Welshrarebitontoast · 09/08/2022 18:00

I don’t think you should send a group email/call.

Sounds to me that shehas come back from leave after the shit hit the fan and she has hit the ground running. Perhaps at the moment she hasn’t had the time to have a conversation with you and actually needs to get things done.

As she’s your manager I assume you will have one to ones or catch up meetings and to me that would be the place to discuss it. I think by that time you should also take the emotion out of it and not have a conversation about how you feel badly treated but that you would have liked an up date so that you knew what you could have been doing to help.

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