Handling Bad Managers

Don’t listen to all the middle managers on here telling you you should jump through hoops. This interaction now will set the precedence for the rest of your working relationship. I’d bring it up for a discussion with them.

Strong this. If your manager is already aware, then it's too late to fix. You would have to alter the behavior of both the employee and the manager. And most likely everyone up the chain as well because examples are set from the top. Just bail.

Curious but did you not think to bring it up before quitting if it was such a big factor in your leaving? You'd have decent clout with your manager's manager in making sure he doesn't micromanage or give passive aggressive comments.

was looking at your other post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18634871Looks like you knew this was coming (unless the friend in the other post was you)I know this could be hard given how your management treats employee, but the best thing you can do is make sure you bring this up in next one on one. See how the response is from the manager. If he takes it personally, dont even bo

You could just speak up to their manager?

This might be a great advice for corporate players but is kind of ignoring the fact that (as a high performer or just decent person) you deserve some respect. From my experience „speaking up“ does not help in those situations. Better (also) start looking for a new position now. A plan B will get you in a much better position.

I'm an engineer and the technical co-founder of a small startup which helps companies, managers, and employees have more effective conversations with one another around performance and professional development.This sounds like a really complicated issue, and I don't think it's fair to respond briefly over HN. I'd be happy to exchange some thoughts with you in private over email (my email is in my profile). Feel free to reach out anytime.And, for anyone else reading thro

I think the best you can do in is to talk directly with your boss and express your concerns.You seem to already have delivered value to them, so you are in a good position to tell them what you would like to happen or how you feel about it.If they are a good manager, you’ll get a good response and things will improve. If they are not, you wouldn’t want to work for them for much longer I guess…

Help the person. Try to see if he/she is willing to listen to you. If you help him do his job better it could get noticed. Even if its not, you can put it in your cv and use it at interviews for similar positions. Doing this might get you fired (i mean if i was under attack this way and would have the authority to do it, i would), but as long as you are 'trying to help' you always have cover so it's worth a shot.

Sounds like an organizational issue in your work place. Usually these are the best dealt by changing the employer. They rarely get fixed from within the organization itself.