toxic boss with career threats
Quite a common thought/talk these days, how does one manage ones career in a toxic work environment - here is my case which I need to (vent out - if you will!!) and get some vision for myself.
My current role has left me confused and dazed - and made my thought process regarding my career all the more convoluted.
Couple of reasons
a. I have 4 dependents to take care of, parents, wife and kid
my dad recently met with an accident and that calls for me to take leave from work to attend on him - he lives in a different city;
I have taken 15 days off already and now any more leave is being held against me;
b. My current work role is that of a coordinator, pseudo-manager, BPM modeler - basically an executor role - in a body shopped T&M arrangement, in a project where the quantum of work is not as much as it was earlier thought out to be;
So here I travel 2 hrs one way to work and back, and sit on a job where work is limited but only attendance is of importance; makes me all the more frustrated to continue sitting here at work while my dad needs my help and support;
Topping all this is a manager who is absolutely uncouth when it comes to managing this team - comprised of members who have been transferred to this location threatened with job termination letters - or dealing with any of their issues, including my need to take time off to be with my parents
The only thing that runs through my mind is to save my job, for the sake of my dependants and the rest of my thought process is totally blanked out, just 'cos I don't have a supporting boss, a vindictive work envt. with no one to trust...
So what do I do...
What I want to do is probably throw it all out and go attend to a patient who needs attention and care and happens to be my dad.. and keep my job - which my boss does not want to help me with
