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> I know that the most common advice would be, speak to him. I am not considering it. Because it might turn out to be a false alarm I would be assigned a module
by casion 6y ago
> I know that the most common advice would be, speak to him. I am not considering it. Because it might turn out to be a false alarm I would be assigned a module which I am not interested in.
So, the title of this article should instead be "I am ignoring my boss".
It's entirely possible that your boss is sitting in their office thinking about their employee that avoids them constantly and shows no initiative to involve themselves in new projects.
I don't mean to say this in a derogatory way, but I've worked with people that describe their work environment like you did in the OP. They get fired, say they knew it was coming, then blame everything but themselves.
You know what the most common advice is and you actively shun it.
Until you take some initiative, engage with your fellow humans and own up to your insecurities, you will always feel like the world is conspiring against you. It's not. The world largely doesn't care about you, doesn't remember you and is fine discarding motionless parts in the machine.
MAKE yourself useful, or accept that you didn't.
- ktrulr 6y agoI get your point. Its not that I completely ignored it. I did a lot of things proactively. But he doesn't seem to be interested at all. That's when I realized, I would rather focus on my own career.
- casion 6y agoDid you talk to your boss about this? If not, then you somehow avoided the precise thing that you needed to proactively do.
- prepend 6y ago> But he doesn't seem to be interested at all. Great bosses are interested and nurture. Ok bosses are overwhelmed and trying to stay afloat. Bad bosses are negative forces. It’s really nice to have a great boss, but usually I have an ok boss. So I don’t fixate if they aren’t interested, so what can I do. I can be more interesting. Bosses aren’t parents, and they aren’t gods or shepherds. They are people too and it’s important to not build up mental fantasies where they need to be interested or there’s some exclusive choice between focusing on your own career and focusing on your bosses career.