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Thrown under the bus by direct manager. How to save my job?
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I've received nothing but praise for months since I started working as a developer at this company. I've introduced a few changes (scrum, Slack, peer review) that upper management loves. My direct manager does not like some of them. It seems like he doesn't like change (he started this job while I was still in primary school and he is old enough to be my father) and I suspect he fears I may be after his job.
His goal seems to get rid of me. He gave me an official warning for something I didn't do and retracted my scheduled raise. He gives me tasks that take months with a team to do alone and complains when I don't finish them quickly. He's telling upper management I'm doing badly. He's setting me up to be fired. He has the authority to do so, only my contract doesn't allow him to do so without cause.
I know about CYA. I'm logging my hours, writing down as much as possible, making a planning etc. I succesfully negiotiated an internal transfer to a different team, but that doesn't happen until I finish this project that is way over my head. I need to protect myself until I'm ready to transfer.
I've carefully polled with coworkers what they think of my manager. Other developers don't trust him and don't want to work for him, even other employees managed by him (except one, who gets all the projects). I can't really get the other managers to comment.
How would you advice I handle this? Go to upper management (all employees are on first name basis with the CEO)? Go to HR? If so, what do I say without sounding paranoid? Gather evidence and hope he doesn't fire me before I can switch team?
I have noticed that upper management seems to be setting up some extra checks on our team. And they approved of my transfer. Maybe they're on to something.
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I've received nothing but praise for months since I started working as a developer at this company. I've introduced a few changes (scrum, Slack, peer review) that upper management loves. My direct manager does not like some of them. It seems like he doesn't like change (he started this job while I was still in primary school and he is old enough to be my father) and I suspect he fears I may be after his job.
His goal seems to get rid of me. He gave me an official warning for something I didn't do and retracted my scheduled raise. He gives me tasks that take months with a team to do alone and complains when I don't finish them quickly. He's telling upper management I'm doing badly. He's setting me up to be fired. He has the authority to do so, only my contract doesn't allow him to do so without cause.
I know about CYA. I'm logging my hours, writing down as much as possible, making a planning etc. I succesfully negiotiated an internal transfer to a different team, but that doesn't happen until I finish this project that is way over my head. I need to protect myself until I'm ready to transfer.
I've carefully polled with coworkers what they think of my manager. Other developers don't trust him and don't want to work for him, even other employees managed by him (except one, who gets all the projects). I can't really get the other managers to comment.
How would you advice I handle this? Go to upper management (all employees are on first name basis with the CEO)? Go to HR? If so, what do I say without sounding paranoid? Gather evidence and hope he doesn't fire me before I can switch team?
I have noticed that upper management seems to be setting up some extra checks on our team. And they approved of my transfer. Maybe they're on to something.
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Seems like you're doing all you can, though escalating will probably be unavoidable.
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I've received nothing but praise for months since I started working as a developer at this company. I've introduced a few changes (scrum, Slack, peer review) that upper management loves. My direct manager does not like some of them. It seems like he doesn't like change (he started this job while I was still in primary school and he is old enough to be my father) and I suspect he fears I may be after his job.
His goal seems to get rid of me. He gave me an official warning for something I didn't do and retracted my scheduled raise. He gives me tasks that take months with a team to do alone and complains when I don't finish them quickly. He's telling upper management I'm doing badly. He's setting me up to be fired. He has the authority to do so, only my contract doesn't allow him to do so without cause.
I know about CYA. I'm logging my hours, writing down as much as possible, making a planning etc. I succesfully negiotiated an internal transfer to a different team, but that doesn't happen until I finish this project that is way over my head. I need to protect myself until I'm ready to transfer.
I've carefully polled with coworkers what they think of my manager. Other developers don't trust him and don't want to work for him, even other employees managed by him (except one, who gets all the projects). I can't really get the other managers to comment.
How would you advice I handle this? Go to upper management (all employees are on first name basis with the CEO)? Go to HR? If so, what do I say without sounding paranoid? Gather evidence and hope he doesn't fire me before I can switch team?
I have noticed that upper management seems to be setting up some extra checks on our team. And they approved of my transfer. Maybe they're on to something.
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I've received nothing but praise for months since I started working as a developer at this company. I've introduced a few changes (scrum, Slack, peer review) that upper management loves. My direct manager does not like some of them. It seems like he doesn't like change (he started this job while I was still in primary school and he is old enough to be my father) and I suspect he fears I may be after his job.
His goal seems to get rid of me. He gave me an official warning for something I didn't do and retracted my scheduled raise. He gives me tasks that take months with a team to do alone and complains when I don't finish them quickly. He's telling upper management I'm doing badly. He's setting me up to be fired. He has the authority to do so, only my contract doesn't allow him to do so without cause.
I know about CYA. I'm logging my hours, writing down as much as possible, making a planning etc. I succesfully negiotiated an internal transfer to a different team, but that doesn't happen until I finish this project that is way over my head. I need to protect myself until I'm ready to transfer.
I've carefully polled with coworkers what they think of my manager. Other developers don't trust him and don't want to work for him, even other employees managed by him (except one, who gets all the projects). I can't really get the other managers to comment.
How would you advice I handle this? Go to upper management (all employees are on first name basis with the CEO)? Go to HR? If so, what do I say without sounding paranoid? Gather evidence and hope he doesn't fire me before I can switch team?
I have noticed that upper management seems to be setting up some extra checks on our team. And they approved of my transfer. Maybe they're on to something.
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Seems like you're doing all you can, though escalating will probably be unavoidable.
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Seems like you're doing all you can, though escalating will probably be unavoidable.
– Seth
56 secs ago
Seems like you're doing all you can, though escalating will probably be unavoidable.
– Seth
56 secs ago
Seems like you're doing all you can, though escalating will probably be unavoidable.
– Seth
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Seems like you're doing all you can, though escalating will probably be unavoidable.
– Seth
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