It’s gone 1am and I’m in bed and can’t sleep. My boss is a micromanager and completely results driven — he doesn’t actually treat us like people, just labourers. I have 7 years’ experience in my role but he said to my face he doesn’t trust me to run our social media channels…which is literally my job. He wants everything to go to him for approval. None of us are allowed to do anything without his approval. We have all told him how we don’t feel empowered or trusted and he had told us all he doesn’t trust the team. We are all flight risks. He knows this and I’ve even hinted that there’s one common denominator but he refuses to change his ways.
Last week he told me I was doing the bare minimum in my job and at this rate, I wouldn’t pass my probation. Why should I do more than my job role? He sent me a rude email after and I replied back addressing every point this weekend. I’ve never been accused of that at all in any other role. I’m doing the bare minimum because he’s basically tied my hands and I can’t do anything without telling him. I even got yelled at in a team meeting for helping a colleague in our other office get some stuff done before his strict deadline (supporting his department is part of my role). I told this colleague and he apologised to me and spoke to my boss on my behalf. This same colleague actually said ‘when I met your boss I hated him’. I laughed it off then but I get it now.
I’m so stressed that I’ve had my first IBS flare up in around 3-4 years. I doubt I’ll get much sleep tonight.
Any advice on how to overcome Sunday night dread would be great.