This was such a good piece. Thanks for sharing. At my previous company, I showed genuine interest to learn new skills by completing courses and working on making a website. However, I was completely ignored. I was even once told why I was completing courses in my free time! I asked if I had done anything wrong at work. They failed to come up with any example. I think I was played with. It was not a nurturing environment at all. How do you try to foster a good relationship with a manager who simply doesn't care about someone in their staff?
You don’t, you move on. It’s not your job to make your manager care. If good people don’t leave bad managers, then this helps them hide inside organisations.
I've never heard of "probation"... is that a UK thing where people are tried out for a few months before the company fully commits to them?
In the US you can just fire people at any time so I suppose we're on 24/7 probation ;).
Yeah exactly usually 3 months where you can be let go without being paid full notice period.
This was such a good piece. Thanks for sharing. At my previous company, I showed genuine interest to learn new skills by completing courses and working on making a website. However, I was completely ignored. I was even once told why I was completing courses in my free time! I asked if I had done anything wrong at work. They failed to come up with any example. I think I was played with. It was not a nurturing environment at all. How do you try to foster a good relationship with a manager who simply doesn't care about someone in their staff?
You don’t, you move on. It’s not your job to make your manager care. If good people don’t leave bad managers, then this helps them hide inside organisations.