I’m in a job I’ve been doing for a couple of years. I’ve received good reviews etc and my team have given good feedback. My boss commissioned a set of targets for me team and he got the maths wrong, this has led to impossible to meet financial targets. In addition a director from another dept wants us shut down as he wants to lead on what we do.
I went to my boss to say this pressure is getting to me, it’s been a tough couple of years. They don’t want to hear it though and told me that they and I should anticipate being made redundant at some point. I work in a sector where redundancy is less frequent etc. and there is no basis for this comment.
He also accused me of being too intense, but gave no examples and said I try to get information from people at work to use it for power!!! I have never and probably would be too scared to ever do that!
I feel that the only way I’m going to get on is to keep my head down, not have any opinions and agree with everything he says- he seems to be happy when I do that.
I just feel so sad, I love where I work and what I do but am feeling more and more vulnerable. I did try to raise some of this with his boss but it backfired and they seem to back each other up.
It feels like I’m being controlled by fear and I don’t know what to do. I’ve been looking for other jobs but there’s nothing really available at the moment. I need to develop a strategy to get through this. I also have a significant health issue (disabled) so excessive stress isn’t good for me. Any request regarding that fall on deaf ears or I get told to be more resilient.
Any advice from anyone on how to maybe manage this situation better?