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Work Problem..... advise needed

  • 04-03-2008 5:11pm
    #1
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭


    Hi all, ok, i've been working in my job for the last 10 years. love it and have always given it my all. i've always got on with everyone and there was never a problem. i would be in management with the MD and 2 others... bare in mind I have always been the only female. Now, within the past 6 months we have brought in another into the management equation. Since then, I have been excluded from meetings, and i feel this guy thinks I'm his go-for? Its really beginning to Pxxs me off. What am I to do? , at this stage its beginning to affect my work... the MD has remarked that my mind isn't on the job... and quite frankly he would be right.... I really feel like this new guy swanned in an made a preconceived idea in his head that I was a pretty girl that just sits there, answers the phone etc etc,,,, he had NO idea how much hard work, sweat and tears I've put into this company and now, I think or feel i'm been ignored.

    Can anyone give me advise?


Comments

  • #2
    Miss Fluff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,673 ✭✭✭Miss Fluff


    You need to talk directly to your MD as soon as possible. If it's affecting your work you need to give the boss an explanation as to why.


  • #3
    tbh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,914 ✭✭✭✭tbh


    I'm not sure I really understand the situation here. Your MD is saying your mind is not on the job, but that suggests that you are not in the type of position where this new guy could walk all over you, you see what I mean? If he's treating you as his go-for, what's stopping you from setting him straight? Who's excluding you from meetings? Is this guy going to meetings in your place, or holding meetings without telling you? In situations like this you have to be VERY careful not to make it personal. You can't go to your boss and say something vague like "this guy is freezing me out" - that's presenting him with a problem. Instead, you want to present him with options, and specifics. "Can we three have a meeting so we can make sure we are all using our strengths in the right area, blah blah blah".

    Of course the obvious solution is to talk to the new guy himself, but I can't really advise you what to say because I don't know what the guy is doing that threatens you.


  • #4
    promethius
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,103 ✭✭✭promethius


    don;t let it fester have a sit down best of luck


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