Among other things, my piss-poor workplace is upset that I’m showing frustration and sadness over being overworked, underpaid, and ignored.
I was told that I shouldn’t be upset that 70% of our team has quit and they’ve failed to replace them. If I feel unsupported it’s a bad idea to tell my boss that, because their favorite part of leading people is encouraging them — I make them feel like I need pep talks, and that’s not cool or fun. If I need support it’s on me to figure out how to find that on my own.
In fact, it’s embarrassing someone in my role isn’t able to be more independent. I’m supposed to work completely isolated, but also be very transparent and constantly share updates and seek approval from my boss. I should expect my boss to tell me what to do, but I shouldn’t ASK them what they want me to do.
Again, among many other “issues.” I should never show I’m having a hard time, lest it upset the few new employees they have managed to hire.
I can tell they just want to fire me at this point, but have to pretend to put me on a PIP first. I have been standing my ground on a lot of things lately, and that’s clearly not working for them. My last performance review was a few months ago and they couldn’t even offer any constructive feedback because they were so happy with my performance.
Tomorrow, I’m supposed to respond to their “feedback” from this latest meeting. If it weren’t for this sub I’d have quit, but I’m not going to be leaving voluntarily. I want to sit down and counter every point from the first meeting, but maybe I’ll just be quiet.
Any advice? I’m obviously looking for other job opportunities.