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i'd play along, but i wouldn't provide more information than is absolutely necessary to someone who, by definition of their role and mine, does not have my best

• twoquestions 11y ago
  I would also be stressed about giving my superiors tons of reasons (real or imagined) to take me out behind the wood shed and put a (metaphorical) bullet in my head. Having to resell yourself and your work on the regular has go to be stressful.
• manyxcxi 11y ago
  A one on one shouldn't require playing along or a good poker face. Granted, you're the best judge of the type of manager that you're dealing with, but if they're any decent kind of person you should be able to ask them for help or guidance and bring up issues you're encountering. Now, it's true that they may get a sour impression if every meeting is you complaining about this, that, or the other- but this really should be your chance to alert the right person to issues that could be affecting more than just yourself, but the entire team. Your boss may genuinely have no idea of the problems you're facing until you tell them. If you never tell them, you'll have no idea if they could've helped or not, and you may just wind up burned out and leaving the company. Conversely, they may be able to go out and alleviate whatever the issue was and show how much you mean to them or the company.