Comments on: The single best way to make your manager love your work http://cuberules.com/2009/11/10/the-single-best-way-to-make-your-manager-love-your-work/ Career Advice for Cubicle Warriors Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:37:54 +0000 hourly 1 By: Scot Herrick http://cuberules.com/2009/11/10/the-single-best-way-to-make-your-manager-love-your-work/comment-page-1/#comment-5654 Scot Herrick Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:36:00 +0000 http://cuberules.com/?p=3729#comment-5654 "They saw me as competition" and "my bosses didn't know my job" are enlightening statements; it implies that you had no relief from your manager and your team didn't help you that much even though they were supposed to help. Advice? 1. Make sure you are really doing your work and getting results on the job. The "competition" and "don't know my job" statements is almost blaming someone else for your problems. Make sure you are not the problem. 2. You prototype with your manager when your manager asks you for something. It appears your managers never ask you to do anything (a huge flag, in my opinion, that you are not doing well on the job...), so there really is nothing to prototype. 3. After a serious review of what you are or are not accomplishing, either change the way you operate in your current job or determine if it is time to look for another. And make sure you are clear about why you are leaving if you go that route. “They saw me as competition” and “my bosses didn’t know my job” are enlightening statements; it implies that you had no relief from your manager and your team didn’t help you that much even though they were supposed to help.

Advice?

1. Make sure you are really doing your work and getting results on the job. The “competition” and “don’t know my job” statements is almost blaming someone else for your problems. Make sure you are not the problem.

2. You prototype with your manager when your manager asks you for something. It appears your managers never ask you to do anything (a huge flag, in my opinion, that you are not doing well on the job…), so there really is nothing to prototype.

3. After a serious review of what you are or are not accomplishing, either change the way you operate in your current job or determine if it is time to look for another. And make sure you are clear about why you are leaving if you go that route.

]]> By: Fruition_7 http://cuberules.com/2009/11/10/the-single-best-way-to-make-your-manager-love-your-work/comment-page-1/#comment-5652 Fruition_7 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:50:00 +0000 http://cuberules.com/?p=3729#comment-5652 Both my bosses in the last 2 years were hands off. I worked with a team. My teammates trained me and evaluated me, and they saw me a competition. I couldn't prototype my work because my bosses didn't know my job. Please advise Both my bosses in the last 2 years were hands off. I worked with a team. My teammates trained me and evaluated me, and they saw me a competition. I couldn’t prototype my work because my bosses didn’t know my job. Please advise

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