I work for a very small clinic and have been there for 2 years. My department underwent a lot of stressful changes that resulted in only me and 2 others down from 5-7 people at any time. We were without a direct manager for 5 months and the 2 in-office individuals were overwhelmed and undertrained.
We finally got a new manager hired and they immediately fired one of the 2 in-person people. Which made sense because they basically stopped working and now we are left cleaning up their mess as well. However they did so without even getting all the required information about their work and are now lost and confused on top of all the other chaos.
My job has virtually remained the same with only small increases in work load as my job requirements vary from those in office. I am getting my work done, helping out more, and actively bringing in money.
I had told the HR and owners for months they have needed to hire at LEAST 2 more people when it was 3 of us, and now we are down to 2 and the new manager.
I met the new manager online a couple days ago and they were all, “Just because I’m the manager doesn’t mean I think I’m above anyone else, and we’re all a team.” But the next morning they call me and demand that I start coming into the office two days a week to help with in-person tasks. Didn’t ask me. Demanded it. I politely explained that I have been remote this entire time, was hired on as remote, and have no intention of changing that. Then they followed it up with “Well as your manager, I’m requiring you to come in.” I told them that doesn’t work for me and they got curt with me and hung up.
Today we had a meeting online with the owner and this person was extremely dismissive of me but in that eating grin kind of way and was hinting to the owner about me “not being a team player.”
I’m the only person who has stayed with the department in spite of all the stress and transitions and this person came at me very disrespectful and inconsiderate of me. I understand they just want to throw their weight around but I’m now worried about our ability to work amicably going forward.
Does anyone here have a manager that treats them poorly? Do you just get used to it and ignore it?