You're so niceThat it's too creepy

Since I had an immediate superior asking me to use the familiar form with him, and I realized later that this friendly attitude was a disarming strategy when things were going wrong, I have always been polite and respectful with superiors. There is always a part of hypocrisy when politeness is too exaggerated, and I am not sure you can trust more this supervisor than your previous one.

I always have this policy that too much of anything is really dangerous.

It is possible she is faking being nice but it's not always good to assume things about people. You can tell a good person for real not by their act of being nice but by their actions and deeds. If her deeds are good you will know she is for real. And time will tell also. You wouldn't want to put trust into a person to hastily.

I think there is no definite way yet to know exactly with the circumstances you gave Albert but feeling creepy is a gut feel so you have to be extra cautious and trust your instincts. I think time is the right element in certain situations, give time for things to reveal it's true self, wish you the best on your job and good luck

Well to go from nasty to overly nice must be unsettling. .I'd just observe and tread lightly. Maybe she is over compensating because she knows your former boss was nasty..or maybe not. Time will tell. The best indicator imo is how she reacts in times of stress and will she back you up. It may take awhile to find out..good luck to you

She might just be doing this becasue she's new and wants people to be able to easily approach her. I think she's just trying to find acceptance in the new setting but I would keep my eyes out for reasons not to trust incase it's all an act.

This is the way with some people. I to really feel creepy when I see fake smiles on the faces of air hostesses but then when you think it's only their job it makes you normal! Perhaps your new supervisor also got some training at her school Btw, there have been many times when people commented on my being too nice and some were worried about my poker face!lol But hey, I am perfectly normal and I just do that out of nature no conspiracy there, mind you!

Some people who seem extremely friendly and polite have a different personality when you get to know them better. I have experienced that a couple of times. Some years ago I was looking for a new job and I went to a job interview. I talked to the manager and she seemed very friendly and polite, but I had a strong feeling that I didn't like her and that she didn't show me her true personality. I don't know why I got that feeling, but later I discovered that my first impression was correct, her extremely friendly attitude was fake and her real personality was very different. On the other hand there can be other reasons why people are really nice. Your new supervisor could be extremely nice because she is shy and insecure. Sometimes people smile a lot because they want to hide their insecurity. Or she could be very happy and friendly because she is in love

Huh! I remember myself with your new supervisor coz I am a bit like her that always smiles and polite (but not too much) at work especially when I am new, I think even in school that's why some people misinterpret me. Some actually don't like me coz they says that they are not able to see what's behind those smile! Well I can't do anything about that and what they think as long as I know to myself that I'm not doing anything wrong and that its just me. In your case, maybe you just observe her and be kind to her as well, maybe she's just like that and just want to appear approachable to people specially that she's new. And besides we can't really judge them right away, so just be careful in dealing not only to her but to all, we can really never know who are true and fake, only time can tell it.

Trust your instinct. Even Shakespeare knows that there are people who are like that. They're all smiles and yet you always have this feeling that they're hiding something.

I wouldn't be so quick to judge. No reason to look down on it. Time will tell. If you're a trustworthy person who does your job right then there's no reason to distance yourself from a supervisor. One possible reality that came to my mind was that people tell others a little piece of themselves by how they feel about certain types of other people. I agree that I don't think I would take praise to seriously from someone who says everything is 'fantastic!'... but what reason would you have to distrust or fear a happy person? Is it because the only way you'd present yourself in such a happy way is because you'd be faking it and using your friendliness to deceive people? I don't know... but really, if you follow the rules, do your job well, what would anyone have to fear in a kind boss?

anything no matter how good we must be careful. because sometimes excessive politeness is irritating. Rather, find out about all this in detail and makes no sense to feel frightfulness. I wish you success! and calm. nice day!