Hi,
I am an IT contractor (Banking) with about 3 yrs of contracting experience. I have just started a new contract at a reputed bank and have found myself in tulip.
The line manager that I report into is a crazy person. I am hired to work as a Systems Analyst, however my manager is unreasonably giving me work that has nothing to do with my skills - printing documents (100s of papers in a day not used for any valuable purposes), booking meeting rooms, calling team members to find out if they are at home/office, carrying his laptop to the meeting rooms and back. I did this unwillingly for a few days, but now this has become a standard practice.
He will stand behind me, see what I am working on and then suddenly ask me to work on something new (which was not previously spoken about). He frequently changes his mind, which causes a lot of re-work; no extra time allowance given for the re-work. Doesn't provide clear instructions as to what needs to be delivered, causing a lot of confusion; think he is himself unclear about the deliverables. The other thing is unlike seasoned experts, he is unable to layout a plan for the day; this guy gives me 20 different things to do in a day, and says everything is urgent and required now. Since I have joined, I have never had my lunch at normal times, its always 3 or 4pm. I have requested him to give me a 15min break to grab a bite, but the guy just doesn't listen. If I am eating at my desk, he stares at me and says - "can we finish xyz first? look at me, I don't go out for lunch". He asks me to call people for status updates and abruptly grabs the phone in his hand while I am in the middle of a conversation. He is always late in approving my timesheets, missed payments a few times now. When I come back from the toilet, his frequent remark is "it took you too long, i was looking for you. I usually don't get up from my seat until a job is done." He uses the company phone to make a lot of personal calls during the day which extend to about 10-20mins every time and in the middle of his phone call, he checks on me asking "are we done, this should be done in the next 10mins"; feels really rude.
Have enough money to see myself for 2-3 months. Should I take this crap or quit immediately? Have spoken to him (and to the HR/agency separately) a few times about his behavior in a polite manner but no results. Instead, the guy got back to me saying, you have a bad attitude towards work.
Thanks
I am an IT contractor (Banking) with about 3 yrs of contracting experience. I have just started a new contract at a reputed bank and have found myself in tulip.
The line manager that I report into is a crazy person. I am hired to work as a Systems Analyst, however my manager is unreasonably giving me work that has nothing to do with my skills - printing documents (100s of papers in a day not used for any valuable purposes), booking meeting rooms, calling team members to find out if they are at home/office, carrying his laptop to the meeting rooms and back. I did this unwillingly for a few days, but now this has become a standard practice.
He will stand behind me, see what I am working on and then suddenly ask me to work on something new (which was not previously spoken about). He frequently changes his mind, which causes a lot of re-work; no extra time allowance given for the re-work. Doesn't provide clear instructions as to what needs to be delivered, causing a lot of confusion; think he is himself unclear about the deliverables. The other thing is unlike seasoned experts, he is unable to layout a plan for the day; this guy gives me 20 different things to do in a day, and says everything is urgent and required now. Since I have joined, I have never had my lunch at normal times, its always 3 or 4pm. I have requested him to give me a 15min break to grab a bite, but the guy just doesn't listen. If I am eating at my desk, he stares at me and says - "can we finish xyz first? look at me, I don't go out for lunch". He asks me to call people for status updates and abruptly grabs the phone in his hand while I am in the middle of a conversation. He is always late in approving my timesheets, missed payments a few times now. When I come back from the toilet, his frequent remark is "it took you too long, i was looking for you. I usually don't get up from my seat until a job is done." He uses the company phone to make a lot of personal calls during the day which extend to about 10-20mins every time and in the middle of his phone call, he checks on me asking "are we done, this should be done in the next 10mins"; feels really rude.
Have enough money to see myself for 2-3 months. Should I take this crap or quit immediately? Have spoken to him (and to the HR/agency separately) a few times about his behavior in a polite manner but no results. Instead, the guy got back to me saying, you have a bad attitude towards work.
Thanks
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