Dear Hockeydino: Nit Picky Boss
Dear HockeyDino
My employer seems to be nit-picking me.Now, I want to do a good job and do not mind constructive criticism. I am always wanting to improve. But it seems that the mole hills of small details are becoming mountains and it's like she is searching for the errors I make.
This morning before I had my coat off I was asked to print some day schedules (2 out of 5) that were missing . Yes, the fact that the sheets were missing is my fault and it needed to be corrected, but in the big picture, it's a small detail, easily corrected. No one is perfect after all [except you are pretty darn close].
I have noticed that she has begun a list of my errors. So today I began my own list that I will bring out when needed. I thought I would start to document all errors I notice, including my own, along with how that error was corrected. We are after all a team. I do correct the mistakes others make, and don't usually bring it to any one's attention, I just fix it.
What are your thoughts on such a practice, keeping a list of all errors. I suppose I ought to balance it with the good things people do.
Signed,
Nit Picked
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Dear Nit Picked,
Going toe to toe with your boss isn't a good idea, if it's your sole boss. If your boss has a higher boss, then you have a shot. Nothing worse than an employee going over a manager's head to the next level for that manager. Anyways I'll assume it' just one person you have to deal with. You are pretty much screwed no matter what you do. If you ignore it, your boss will always find faults. If you confront them with their mistakes, you've begun a war. A non-productive war that you will not win.
Keep trying to be a positive worker, change your approach so they feel appreciated as a boss, and they may lay off on the nit picking.
Or take some compromising photos, duct tape their phone, put a tack on their seat, put plastic wrap on the toilet seat. Your days are numbered, have some fun.
Sincerely,
HockeyDino
What do you guys think?
My employer seems to be nit-picking me.Now, I want to do a good job and do not mind constructive criticism. I am always wanting to improve. But it seems that the mole hills of small details are becoming mountains and it's like she is searching for the errors I make.
This morning before I had my coat off I was asked to print some day schedules (2 out of 5) that were missing . Yes, the fact that the sheets were missing is my fault and it needed to be corrected, but in the big picture, it's a small detail, easily corrected. No one is perfect after all [except you are pretty darn close].
I have noticed that she has begun a list of my errors. So today I began my own list that I will bring out when needed. I thought I would start to document all errors I notice, including my own, along with how that error was corrected. We are after all a team. I do correct the mistakes others make, and don't usually bring it to any one's attention, I just fix it.
What are your thoughts on such a practice, keeping a list of all errors. I suppose I ought to balance it with the good things people do.
Signed,
Nit Picked
___________________________________
Dear Nit Picked,
Going toe to toe with your boss isn't a good idea, if it's your sole boss. If your boss has a higher boss, then you have a shot. Nothing worse than an employee going over a manager's head to the next level for that manager. Anyways I'll assume it' just one person you have to deal with. You are pretty much screwed no matter what you do. If you ignore it, your boss will always find faults. If you confront them with their mistakes, you've begun a war. A non-productive war that you will not win.
Keep trying to be a positive worker, change your approach so they feel appreciated as a boss, and they may lay off on the nit picking.
Or take some compromising photos, duct tape their phone, put a tack on their seat, put plastic wrap on the toilet seat. Your days are numbered, have some fun.
Sincerely,
HockeyDino
What do you guys think?
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