Hello all, I used to be questioning in case you may provide me some phrases of recommendation/reassurance on navigating a troublesome supervisor change.
I’m a shy, technical particular person contributor. About 5 years in the past, I used to be headhunted out of a really dysfunctional org to my present firm. My boss at this firm was completely the very best supervisor I’ve ever had – praises in public, raises points privately, advocates for me and encourages me to get out of my consolation zone and develop in my profession. I wished to stick with this boss and develop professionally with them. The work is usually laborious and liable to fires as a result of upstream organizational choices, however I used to be content material with it as a result of I knew I used to be properly supported.
Nevertheless late final 12 months, our workforce reshuffled our capabilities to consolidate sure topic areas. I ended up moved out from below my outdated boss, to a brand new boss with triple the direct stories. I used to be advised this might be helpful as new boss has technical assets that may assist resolve some course of points I’ve been experiencing in my operate. My new boss is extraordinarily arms off and in the midst of an all-consuming venture, and advised me to think about them extra as a fellow coworker than a supervisor. They’re in a special time zone from me, however block off a good portion of their overlap hours with me to spend time with their household, and no-show 80% of conferences, together with my first 1:1 with them.
These are all issues to me, however I do know I’ve to maintain an open thoughts as they’re additionally adjusting to having me as a report. Nevertheless… my transition was horrible and I’ve been fairly depressing ever since. My outdated boss wished to transition extra progressively, however apparently our grandboss pushed for it to be executed instantly. Consequently, regardless of reassurances that they’d keep the identical, my obligations have elevated considerably and my stress has elevated catastrophically. An instance – I’ve 20+ stakeholders in my operate, and take care of them usually, however my outdated boss was in command of setting total technique and consulting with the very excessive degree stakeholders, which is customary for my place. Through the one transition assembly we had, I got here away with the expectation my new boss would additionally deal with this. Then instantly, they no-showed on an vital name and left me alone with two vice presidents. We have been in the midst of a reporting cycle the place I used to be already 130% over capability as a result of ongoing technical issues. I noticed I had no help on this space going ahead. I left our workplace vacation social gathering early and pulled two consecutive all-nighters to complete each my work and the work that will have historically gone to my boss.
Since then, I’ve continued to be outwardly skilled and pleasant, however have been working on a mix of adrenaline and despair for 2 months. I mainly act as if I’ve no boss in any respect. I may theoretically leverage this to get promoted, however I’m simply burnt out. I’ve had arms off managers and have been dropped into the hearth loads of instances, however this feels a lot worse to me because of the circumstances. Plus, I nonetheless see my outdated boss on workforce calls, speaking effusively about how properly their workforce is doing, and it’s like salt within the wound. My plan for now’s to experience this out for six months, then reevaluate and try to float the potential of a lateral switch to my outdated boss’s operate. However within the meantime, does anybody have any recommendation for learn how to climate this storm?