It’s always obvious when my manager has an attitude, and I dread speaking with them when I notice off the bat they have one. I know it isn’t always directed at me, but it spills over & make me want to quit cause I don’t have time for that in the workplace (can we all just be nice to each other, no one wants to be here). To top it off, they aren’t that great of a manager either. Me & my other coworkers always feel like our manager tosses us under the bus or grills us with questions (with attitude) about our work whenever we are in a larger group meeting, so it never feels like we are a team.
I’ve been wondering why do I even have a manager if I’m essentially on a floating island? I’m left out of the loop on most projects until they’re about to end & I’ll get a ping last minute from the project owner. Or my manager will say xyz might want you to do this and then give me no information because they “don’t know” even though they were in the initial project meeting.
Aren’t managers supposed to try to help make your life easier by removing obstacles so you can do your job? Shouldn’t managers be in the loop, at least a little bit, of important projects going on so they can let their team know, or make sure the right members are included on project meetings without attitude? The attitude gets me the most but I don’t think that is something I can address whenever reviews come up.