Dear all,
I'm facing a typical situation at my workplace that has been bothering me very often and not allowing me to get any job satisfaction or fulfilment.
I joined my current organisation in April 2012 in office administration as a senior executive. This is a big Indian MNC and a company of good repute. But, now having worked here for a year I have taken note that the working atmosphere here is full of office politics, and is a poor story of ego clashes, poor management, lack of transparency, ambiguity in policies and procedures, and other similar ills.
My most important area of concern is the selfish behaviour of my immediate boss. He does all the work, important and the not-so-important jobs also, and makes me sit idle most of the times. He wants to keep complete control over all the facility, tasks, et al. There is no information sharing from his side but he wants daily updates from us, so information only flows in one direction, from us to the boss. He always motivates me to not care much about others, to offer negligible support to all others, and to offer delayed support where needed. This is his style of avoiding too much work pressure and delaying few things to such extent that instead of taking support from Admin the employee thinks it better to first seek self-help and solve the issue at hand. He is diplomatic, knows well how to manage situations, by hook or by crook. He also doesn't care much about junior subordinates (specially, the lower grade outsourced staff) and feels that they should be taken to task even on trifle mistakes, though his behaviour with me is fine.
He is a pro at office politics and wants me also to indulge in the same practices.
I was earlier managing complete small office independently and have around 8 years of experience in office administration, but here I have got demoted (in terms of job profile, though, salary is fine) and become an idle person who is totally dependent on boss and cannot take even a small action independently. I have to spend 10 hours in office many a times just sitting idle most of the time with no work to look forward to. I get scolding if I take any initiative and try to help or support any other person. My boss's ideology is to act smart, play politics, do manoeuvring, pretend well to be supportive but support the least to anybody, provide delayed support, if any, yet escape through diplomatic answers. He always motivates me to tell lie indirectly, be diplomatic, act as per situation, and never ever give fast, direct & prompt support to anyone, except a few selected top management people.
I'm now fed up with this work culture and want a change, though I still want to continue working with this company as it's a reputed company and also office is close to my residence.
I have spoken to my boss few times but his approach itself suggests that he cares only about his own professional growth and is not interested to see me take up any responsibilities. That's why he always keeps me in the dark reg most admin tasks and takes care of the same himself only.
I also thought of talking to my boss's boss, the Admin Head here, but there's a risk that this can boomerang as super boss can share my conversation with my boss and then the boss will see to it that I am taken to task. I even thought of talking to HR but am not sure how HR will take this up, because even single damage to my boss's ego can make him very offensive towards me.
I actually want to continue with this company and ideal situation can be if my branch location, project, or current boss is changed. How this can happen is yet to be imagined. With my current boss I doubt if things can change because he is not going to change himself for me.
Seek guidance of all HR and admin experts, or people who have faced similar situation so that I can prepare my strategy for further action and act accordingly.
I have made this write-up long so as to give clear understanding of my situation and hope to get reasonable solutions. Pl feel free to ask me if you need any further clarifications reg my situation.
Thanks in advance.
I'm facing a typical situation at my workplace that has been bothering me very often and not allowing me to get any job satisfaction or fulfilment.
I joined my current organisation in April 2012 in office administration as a senior executive. This is a big Indian MNC and a company of good repute. But, now having worked here for a year I have taken note that the working atmosphere here is full of office politics, and is a poor story of ego clashes, poor management, lack of transparency, ambiguity in policies and procedures, and other similar ills.
My most important area of concern is the selfish behaviour of my immediate boss. He does all the work, important and the not-so-important jobs also, and makes me sit idle most of the times. He wants to keep complete control over all the facility, tasks, et al. There is no information sharing from his side but he wants daily updates from us, so information only flows in one direction, from us to the boss. He always motivates me to not care much about others, to offer negligible support to all others, and to offer delayed support where needed. This is his style of avoiding too much work pressure and delaying few things to such extent that instead of taking support from Admin the employee thinks it better to first seek self-help and solve the issue at hand. He is diplomatic, knows well how to manage situations, by hook or by crook. He also doesn't care much about junior subordinates (specially, the lower grade outsourced staff) and feels that they should be taken to task even on trifle mistakes, though his behaviour with me is fine.
He is a pro at office politics and wants me also to indulge in the same practices.
I was earlier managing complete small office independently and have around 8 years of experience in office administration, but here I have got demoted (in terms of job profile, though, salary is fine) and become an idle person who is totally dependent on boss and cannot take even a small action independently. I have to spend 10 hours in office many a times just sitting idle most of the time with no work to look forward to. I get scolding if I take any initiative and try to help or support any other person. My boss's ideology is to act smart, play politics, do manoeuvring, pretend well to be supportive but support the least to anybody, provide delayed support, if any, yet escape through diplomatic answers. He always motivates me to tell lie indirectly, be diplomatic, act as per situation, and never ever give fast, direct & prompt support to anyone, except a few selected top management people.
I'm now fed up with this work culture and want a change, though I still want to continue working with this company as it's a reputed company and also office is close to my residence.
I have spoken to my boss few times but his approach itself suggests that he cares only about his own professional growth and is not interested to see me take up any responsibilities. That's why he always keeps me in the dark reg most admin tasks and takes care of the same himself only.
I also thought of talking to my boss's boss, the Admin Head here, but there's a risk that this can boomerang as super boss can share my conversation with my boss and then the boss will see to it that I am taken to task. I even thought of talking to HR but am not sure how HR will take this up, because even single damage to my boss's ego can make him very offensive towards me.
I actually want to continue with this company and ideal situation can be if my branch location, project, or current boss is changed. How this can happen is yet to be imagined. With my current boss I doubt if things can change because he is not going to change himself for me.
Seek guidance of all HR and admin experts, or people who have faced similar situation so that I can prepare my strategy for further action and act accordingly.
I have made this write-up long so as to give clear understanding of my situation and hope to get reasonable solutions. Pl feel free to ask me if you need any further clarifications reg my situation.
Thanks in advance.