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What do you do when you and your Supervisor do not get along, but you do not want to get fired?


I work for a large Coporation, and just started here months ago.

Anyway, I really feel that my supervisor is deliberately trying to get me fired. Here are my reasons:

1) During training, she advised me to handle a customer call one way, but another supervisor told me that I was doing it wrong, and then she denied that that was what she told me.
2) She constantly tells other supervisors that I do not demonstrate our products correctly, but when the other supervisors watch my presentation, they tell that me my presentation was flawless.
3) She told her supervisor that I was late when I was early by ten minutes, and didn't even say anything to me beforehand. Just immediately got the head Sup involved.

I really feel as if I am getting picked on and it is really starting to stress me out. How do I handle this situation without getting fired?

Try to talk to her in a polite way and ask her what exactly it is that causes her to say such things if another situation arises and you feel you did nothing wrong.... also keep everything written down... make notes of everything that is being said between you and her... a kind of incident report... when what day.. what happened... what were her reasons and try to talk to her and say you want to get along with her and you are doing your best.... if she still has an issue with you go to your highest boss above her and tell him about these incidents.. you also have the other supervisors on your side who when they watch your presentation they know you do it faultlessly so I believe if you tell your story... you will be believed ... don't add anything to it ..don't second guess only explain the facts you have at your disposal when you talk to the boss but until you do so.. talk to her first.. and try to resolve this between the two of you... by asking her if she has another issue with you..and you are not to blame.. why she is doing this...

Keep a log of these problems and the names of anyone else (other supervisors) who were there to see your good work. If it continues, you will have actual data. Then, see the head supervisor. Maybe you can be switched to another section.

If she gets really blatant, see the big sup right away. Tell everything calmly and stress you love the job and want to do it the best way possible but feel you are being sabotaged. You may have to quit, but treat the vicious one as politely as possible so you can leave with a good reputation.

I think it is time to get your human resources department involved. I assume your company is fairly large because you are talking about other supervisors. Perhaps they can talk to your department manager and get you moved to one of those other supervisors. Whatever her problem is, a situation like that creates a hostile work environment for you, and your company needs to resolve that. If you get fired then sue! You have every right to after putting up with this harrassment. You need to summon up some righteous anger.

Leave your ego at the door and sometimes you just have to kiss butt and suck it up.

If it gets really bad ask to speak to someone in Human Resources and don't say what you don't like about your supervisor......tell them you seem to have a problem getting on the right page with the supervisor.

Well just ride it out for a little while and see if it changes, if it doesnt go over her head and explain that she is making it stressfull to work there and bring up the points you mentioned above. But be warned it may end up being your word against hers.

suck it up, and kill her with kindness... Keep your griefs to yourself until you feel like doing something about it. or don't spread your negative comments to people you cant trust.

if it gets worse, document it and bring it up to her supervisors or Human Resources.

Good luck.

Sometimes a supervisor will develop some resentment toward an employee for no reasonable reason. You didn't need to do anything. Knowing this gives you a slight advantage because you an be on your toes always. First, document what she tells you, read it back to her if need be saying you need to make sure you got it right. Be civil always, you don't have to be friendly or complimentary but always always be civil to her and don't let her know her tactics are getting to you--that's what she wants. And do the best you can. Ask the other supervisors if there is some sort of manual about the things you are being trained in. And if possible, get transferred to some other department (or a more equitable at least supervisor) as soon as possible.

okay your situation is stressful. i'm glad that the other supervisors thought that you were presenting yourself well. as far as your so called arriving late is there a time card to show proof that you arrived before your scheduled time? i would speak to the head supervisor about that situation if you haven't already and express your concerns. you deserve to work in a good atmosphere and not be picked on because someone wants to be a raging crazy person. most likely you aren't the only person who has had this problem and i'm sure that other people do see it and i doubt you'll be the last person to experience that. some people in higher up positions should not be there at all. talk to her supervisor. you could try talking to her directly if you feel comfortable doing that and that's probably the best thing to do at first. if you can't then i would just go above her if she keeps acting this way. the only other option is too look for a new job.

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