have u had insecured boss or superiors?

Philippines
August 2, 2007 12:20pm CST
have you had insecure superiors or boss? how did you handle it in a proper way or nice way? Did it affect your job? Im new at my job as a secretary, i notice my lady boss that she keeps note of my clothes and accessories and after several weeks she have similar ones. Also I buy and sell cellphones and i tend to use it before selling it. So she always see me with different cellphones and i heard her talking to my other boss bad things about my lifestyle. Im thin and right now she start drinking slimming pills to be slim. Its really annoying and disturbing in a way because im scared i might lose my job someday when things get worse. She already seldom talks to me like before. My boyfriend drives a car nicer than her car. Its not my fault if things are this way and i don't mean any harm to anybody.
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@Savvynlady (3684)
• United States
9 Aug 07
The best thing to do at present is to document anything out of the ordinary because it may be mighty helpful later on. And like someone told me, the PEN is sure enough mightier than the sword. Also, I have an attitude like this at work, Don't bother me and I won't bother you. For the most part, it works out for me. I work with one supervisor that blows up at the slightest thing. I don't like that because it won't change a dang thing and it just made you look silly to begin with. Now with the lady boss, keep her on a long leash because it is obvious that she is trying to be like you. Keep your other business out of there, and do your job period. Not to be funky, but that will keep down confusion.
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• Philippines
10 Aug 07
I have an attitude like that too "don't bother me and I won't bother you". Yea i might as well do my job here no more sidelines for now hehe Thanks for the time responding!
• United States
3 Aug 07
You might want to speak up and let her boss know or confront her in a nice way. I f you let other people knoew in writing and all and keep copys of what is going on and all then if something does happen because of her jealously then you have a discrimanation case. I mean if also maybe you can try to talk to her more to make it look like you are the friendly one and not someone jealous. I f their is not a boss over her then let others co workers know you can trust that way you still have a case and all or go up to her and let her know that you feel uncomfortable and not yo might get fired because of it and so that she can not use that against you. I really feel like it is safer to stand up for yourself especially if you need a job and tell the person yo are not trying to get her in trouble you just want to make suire there is bno job losing going to happen
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• Philippines
4 Aug 07
I will tryu to talk to her one of these days i have to be ready too for the consequences or outcome of it. Thanks for the time responding.
@suman76 (648)
• India
3 Aug 07
Earlier I was very happy with my boss now the boss changed and the he wants that I should always butter him . he take favour of other girl infront of me and want me to do inferior work. I am handling because it is cruicial period.
@raychill (6525)
• United States
3 Aug 07
Personally I wouldn't call this insecure at all. I would say that she likes your style and she immitates it on her own. As far as the talking bad about your lifestyle thing...that's a personal matter and I think that maybe you should talk to your boss about that. Your boss should not be saying things like that about you. You can bring it up by saying you'd like to talk about how well you're doing in your job performance and then it can go from there. I have had insecure bosses and it wasn't anything like this. I have one currently and she insecure about being a boss because she's younger than the people she's boss of. So she's rude and mean because that's the only way she thinks she can be a boss. This doesn't work and then she gets upset but can't figure out how to be a boss.
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@faith210 (11224)
• Philippines
2 Aug 07
Hi bluishrose! She definitely envies you. She is as you say insecure. It's kinda difficult really dealing with this kind of people especially if she's your boss. If you can, try to befriend her first instead of putting up all your defenses and ignoring her. Ignoring her might provoke her into doing something more cruel. ...try to give her praises such as, "Hi, ma'am you look beautiful in your dress. Your bag looks expensive...and so on." Maybe she needs some assurance on your part because you threaten her confidence...coz she sees you smarter, slimmer and prettier than her. In every company or offices there would always be someone like her, so try to deal with this one for the meantime in such a way that you would not be in the loosing end. If she really is adamant in her ways, maybe you can talk to someone in your office who can help you get a transfer on another department. Well, this is just my view and I hope I did help you somehow. Good luck and God bless.
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• Philippines
3 Aug 07
Ihave tried being nice and act as if nothing is going wrong between us. I'll try too to give her lots of praises hehehe maybe it will help. Thanks for the time! God bless!
@carol_m (709)
• Philippines
3 Aug 07
Insecurity is really a bad word =) Let your boss realize you're not as what she thinks. If you could, just ignore her and continue to be just yourself. Show to them that what you're doing doesn't affect your work performance. If you love jor job and you would lose it just because of mere insecurity on her part, I guess that's their loss, not yours. Be brave, girl! React with an arched eyebrow on that insecurity thing. lol!
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• Philippines
3 Aug 07
Thanks for that sis!