#CareerAdvice #ManagerIssues #JobStress
Hey everyone! 🌟
I recently landed my first entry-level position in IT helpdesk, and it’s been an amazing learning experience… except for one thing. My manager is really making things difficult for me and it’s starting to affect my mental health. 😟
I’ve been researching strategies to deal with difficult managers, but I would love to hear your thoughts and advice on how I should navigate this situation and my future career path. Here’s some more information about my current situation and goals:
– Dealing with a manager who frequently causes conflicts and treats me disrespectfully
– Graduating with my Masters in six months
– Considering staying in this position or quitting when I feel ready
– Working towards certifications like Security+ and AZ-104
– Dreaming of a sysadmin role in cybersecurity
Any suggestions on how I can handle my current manager while working towards my career goals? I appreciate your input and support! Thank you for reading. 🚀
Let’s help each other out and share our insights!
You can try to salvage the relationship with your boss if you want, but in my experience with toxic managers it will rarely get better. That’s why the saying “people don’t leave jobs, they leave managers” is so popular. I would also honestly ignore the other comment in this thread (“hash it out like men, us men can just work these things out…” okayyyy then).
The most important thing is your mental well-being, but a lot of times it can be even worse mentally to have no job than to work at a bad one. Since you have some work experience now and already have a degree, I would just start applying to other jobs while skilling up, which you seem to already be doing. The entry level market is kind of brutal right now as I’m sure you’re aware, but I would try as hard as possible to not just quit without something else lined up.
Schedule a one on one meeting. Just you two behind close doors. You start the meeting by saying, “I like working here and I would like to get along. Can we talk about what happened.” You’re men I’m assuming. You’ll hash it out. Aploigize if need be. Thats the only solution. Men talk and apoligize and then move on. Trust me on this one. It works. Remember, yes he is your “manager” but he is just a guy thats been there a long time. You’re allowed to talk to each other like normal adults. You’re not in the military.