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I'm being managed out - help me stay positive

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littlestropofhorrors · 16/05/2026 13:37

Keeping this deliberately vague. I'm receiving consistently good feedback from clients and stakeholders, and loving my role. It's a short term contract, and theoretically other roles are available - but I'm being managed out. Many things have happened to indicate this. I don't want to get into whether I'm being managed out, and what I might want to do about that - I know that i am, and I know it's pointless trying to fight it. What I would really like advice/other experiences on is how to cope with the heartbreak. I love the team, love the work. I have a role to go to, very fortunately. But it won't be the same. I'm deeply sad and becoming increasingly depressed. Any ideas on how to handle this without losing myself?

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littlestropofhorrors · 18/05/2026 11:57

Good points, PinkPony. Lots to think about.

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rookiemere · 18/05/2026 19:05

The feeling I got when they decided not to extend me was that my manager’s treatment of me was somehow them justifying making the right decision in their head.

He was actually pretty hurtful on a couple of occasions, my direct report actually asked if I had done something to upset him as their reflections on me at the last team meeting I attended were so brief and not hugely positive, but I know I did a reasonable job on delivering the brief I was given. I was so bemused by it all, that I ended up just wondering in disbelief how he would try to discredit me next.

Weirdly on the last day - he hadn’t confirmed if I should meet him before I left, he seemed genuinely pleased to see me and was glad he had the opportunity to say goodbye. I had to smile and play along as I needed a reference, but the whole thing was horrible and upsetting at a difficult period in my life - elderly DPs suddenly very unwell and demanding a lot of my time and energy.

Thankfully I had arranged to go out on my last night with my previous manager and a friend of hers and that helped to restore my equilibrium. Looking back it was an odd organisation with a pretty toxic CEO. You’re lucky you have a new job to go to, focus on the future and just be teflon woman for the last few days.

littlestropofhorrors · 18/05/2026 19:10

Teflon woman - I love that. And I'm really sorry that you had that experience, rookiemere.

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