Manager Issue

-taff

I recently changed jobs [ 6 months], I have a new job in a supervisory role.
This is fine at the moment, when I am responsible for my own shift. However, my shift overlaps with another shift so for two days, I am being managed by another manager, whereas I don't have a manager during the rest of my shifts.

When I work my own shift as it were, I have no problems, work gets done, things get done, there are the usual problems of too much work, not enough people as there are on the shifts where this particular manager is in.

I have asked for advice, or for guidance on how this person would like me to run the shift when he's in, to be met by a totally noncommital unhelpful attitude.
Basically, he just barks at me when things are going wrong [ this is a regular occurence with the machinery and one that I rectfify as far as I'm able by moving engineers around to combat the problems as they arise], barks when things are not sorted within 2 minutes [ no exageration], moves people around without telling me then asks why the job he moved them from isn't done.

It's getting to the stage where I am getting angry and just wanting to either punch him in the face or walk out.

I am female, I am aspie [ because believe me, it does make a difference, i don't crack at being told I'm doing wrong if I am doing wrong], I have asked him what he thinks I'm doing wrong, so I can fix it, or to tell me how I can improve if I'm not delivering what he expects me to, but I am getting nothing back in terms of actual guidance on what I'm doing wrong, or how he thinks I should be performing.

Sorry for the long post, I'm just at the end of my tether with this. I have done supervisory roles before, it's not new to me. I would welcome any advice, even if it's 'it's probably you' advice.

marliepanda

Your autism aside, what is he actually doing that is considered beyond his management scope? Many managers are abrupt and may be seen as 'barking'

I would simply take a passive aggressive but honest approach with him.

Job X isn't done because you moved James and mark to another job. James and Mark were working on Job x. If I'd have known, I'd have put Chris on it.

Many supervisors face this everyday. People want two hours work done in 1 hours time. Many managers have no on floor experience (in my personal experience in retail and teaching... ) so often need it explaining why things can't be done in the time they expect.

Getting angry though, and wanting to be violent (I assume you're joking) is an overreaction to his overreaction. As long as you do what you can do, youve got back up if he ever decides to bring a higher management into it to complain.