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Am I being..bullied?

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Windtunnel · 20/12/2022 17:45

Posted about this yesterday but got no replies 😔
In my latest 1-1 LM very calmly told me he hates 1-1s with me and walked out saying there's no way he would be recommending I get through probation. I'd pushed back on a mathematically unfair case load having sucked it up for 6 weeks, saying I was struggling and the numbers didn't stack up. He accused me of not having contacted everyone I was meant to which upset me as its a cancer charity and I would never let clients down.

In my previous 1-1 he said I would be good at handing out leaflets (its a senior ish role) and sent an awful email afterward for which I received an apology from his boss (he'd ccd her in) followed by another one telling to look after myself all in caps which came accross as weird.

In the one before he started crying and said he wanted to stop the 1-1 and was only mollified when I flattered him about how great he was at doing his job. I received another apology from his boss.
Actually his boss had to apologise yet another time due to another weird email saying I wouldn't pass my 3 month probation.
Thigs have broken down and the more sympathetic boss is off which I think is why he's done this latest stunt as he knows I'll be worried all Christmas.
I stay late, am well liked by colleagues, I have been humble and trying to learn but have only received neg feedback and have not felt supported at all.
What do I do?

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Fairplaymum · 22/12/2022 00:03

Basically you are trying to show that you are the professional and capable one that they are lucky to have and should sail past privation. You know how to behave and he doesn’t !

Windtunnel · 23/12/2022 16:47

Thanks @Fairplaymum I have sent a brief email to nice boss asking her to ring me when she's back. Agree all she needs to know is what happened and how it made me feel.
I am a lowly case worker returning to work after kids, I need to remember to stay in my lane.
Thanks everyone for replying. We'll see what happens

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Quveas · 23/12/2022 18:28

If one of your reports is acting inappropriately, you do not ignore it and apologise to the third person. That's the worst form of management. He may be in the wrong, but you don't undermine them by apologising on their behalf. They aren't changing his behaviour, they are approving it.

Get another job ASAP. This is a toxic environment that will never nurture you

rwalker · 23/12/2022 20:36

1-1 are for a two way discussion . He may well have perfectly good reasons for failing your probation. But there’s nothing wrong with asking what they are .
if your confident you’ve contacted all the cases your supposed to and he says you haven’t ask him to evidence this
very strange for his manager to message you if she has an issue with the way he’s done your 1-1 she should go to him not undermine him and message you

challenge anything you think is wrong. Should all be documented

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