What to do
I do not have a college degree. I have a experiences in working in Sales related (which did not pay well). and now I am at a job where it is related to what I was studying (and I hated it so I stopped). In my current job, my supervisor is the only person who is very negative, arrogant, only to me. This is an overall very good job. This job pays well and I like everything about it, including my supervisor's supervisor, but except my supervisor. He goes to the gym while I am stuck at the office doing work (supposed to be my paid lunch hour). He does not give me good evaluation, instructions. His supervisor doesn't say anything about this. I know IT is not what I want to do for the rest of my life, but I am supposed to learn about it at this job, having such a manager, I do not feel motivated--therefore I don't perform best. I am not sure what I want to do as my career. While every job listing is asking for a college degree, I feel like my only choice is to stay at this job. It will be almost 1 year but it is really tough to go to work everyday and getting attitudes for no good reason. There might be some opening in another department. I am not sure if I should suggest the idea of moving to that department instead. I don't know i will do good in the other department (though i do feel more confident) (by the way I do fine, except I am not an IT extremist). I am not sure if I should suggest to his supervisor that I have such an idea. The economy does look good and so does the job market. Please give me some advice.
I would try to transfer to another dept. The your direct manager obviously has an attitude problem and I don't think talking to his manager is going to help matters any. It will turn into a "he said" "she said" type of situation and your manager's manager will probably take his side. I would try to transfer to another dept. If that is not possible, and you have nothing to lose at your current situation, than contact the upper level manager to have a private conference. OK, you won't like most of this but here goes. Your boss is what your boss is. Whether he is picking on you or not, there are certain things you're expected to get done in a day and you need to get those things done to an acceptable level and with an acceptable degree of pleasantness. What your boss does (go to the gym for example) is none of your business. When you are the boss, you can decide if you want to go to the gym. As someone in their first few years of jobs, you don't get a vote on things like that. Your boss might be a jerk, but chances are that he's making a pretty accurate assessment of your work. LISTEN to the criticisms and fix the things that he's complaining about. If you're not getting good reviews in your current department, chances are that you're going to be unable to transfer to another one. In my company, I can see the score of your last 4 reviews when you apply for an internal position with me. You're not allowed to post if you don't get at least a 3 out of 5 and if I'm picking people to hire, I'm a lot more likely to take a 4 or 5 than a 3 or a 2. Your company may not be that formal, but they will talk to your current boss at a minimum. If he's not impressed with you, chances are they'll move on. The bigger question here is that you just don't like what you're doing. You need to fix that. Take yourself to a career counselor. Your college should have one, or the community college or check the yellow pages. They can help you figure out what you really should be doing based on your skills and interests and lay out what you need to do to get there. That might mean college, might not. They can also suggest a number of related careers that you may not have considered. The bottom line, however, is that if you don't have a plan, you'll wander aimlessly from thing to thing until you either stumble on something great or hit retirement. Don't gamble that way. Make a plan. In the meantime, buckle down where you are until you know where else you're going. Do not quit unless you have another job in hand.
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