Originally posted by spinsugar:
A day after I voiced a delicate issue (diplomatically) during a team briefing about the team's uneasiness over her emotional style of micro-management, my middle-aged female manager ran thru my office phone records and picked out some recorded conversations. On the pretext that I mishandled a customer (a manager call), she served me 1 verbal warning, 1 written warning and 1 final warning all within the same day.
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Forgiven.. but not forgotten.
Why did you do that? There is no such thing as too "diplomatically". There is also no such thing as "being the hero to voice out for the team".
Since you found employment elsewhere, then good for you.
You can show empathy with your boss, to gain more of her trust. People who are emotional easily trusts other people who show empathy with them and suck up to them. After you gain her trust, you can then be the "Two-headed snake" between her and your collegues. Eventually, I'm sure there will be chances for you to promote depending on your company's culture.
Feeling the heat? Unable to take it? Too bad. This is real corporate culture.
Matra to Follow:
1. Never do anything bad esp to your boss.
2. Always protect and cover for your boss, even at the expense of yourself but make tripplely sure she knows it.
3. Keep careful records of all the errors your boss or anyone did.
4. Always suck up to your boss and her boss, but never in front of your collegues.
5. Never gossip with collegues, but, always listen to gossip.
6. Then let the boss know about the gossip.
If you can't take the heat then too bad. This is the real world. There is no such thing as "good" people, only people who protects their interests.
Read "Thick Face Black Heart" book.