lumpkin
Ideal_Rock
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My husband''s boss is a bit of a micro-manager, but she changes her mind about what she wants and how she wants it accomplished. The group has meetings at least once a week, and it''s very common for her to tell her staff that what she told them before was not what she wanted at all, and that it''s their fault they didn''t get it right. She''s very abrupt and at times quite rude to her staff. Now, this is a fairly new job for my husband and he wants to stay on the boss''s good side, but she is not giving him solid direction, and not having been there for very long, he''s in unfamiliar territory and he''s trying to navigate the situation. On the QT he has been told by coworkers that people more or less do things the way they know will work regardless of what she says, because she is so indecisive. He can''t really do that because for 3 years he''s on "probation" more or less. I told him to do it the way she tells him and ALSO do it the way his coworkers direct him (they work on projects together and everyone has their own piece of the pie to accomplish, so his coworkers depend on him to provide them with information they can readily use). So really, he can''t get on ANYone''s bad side because if he upsets his coworkers they will definitely not share the blame. It''s a bit touchy. He seems to be well liked, but he''s new, so office politics is very unpredictable at this point, and there''s a lot of it.
I wonder if you might share some advice.
I wonder if you might share some advice.