WorkerBee2006
12-13-2006, 03:06 PM
So here is my dilemma. I work for a large insurance company and I work on a small team of 10 people. I happen to have the most seniority on the team. I have my annual performance review coming up in January and my supervisor is leading me to believe that he is going to promote me to official "senior" status, thus I would basically be his right hand man (well..woman in this case).
This all sounds great, however, I have a terrible supervisor. Complete LOSER. He's immature, lazy, pushes work on anyone he can, doesn't really care about the people he supervises, is chauvinistic and unprofessional (he is 29 and had an affair with our 19 year old summer student, which he clearly initiated). Last week he was stressed about our reviews (the only real work he does all year) and yelled in frustration "If I don't get a raise in January at my review, I'm blaming it all on you guys!!!!" He doesn't care one bit about the team itself except how his own career/reputation is affected by our performance. He doesn't bat an eye when we're all up to our ears in work with deadlines to meet. He only cares when his boss makes a fuss and gets on his case. He does nothing and gets paid a hell of a lot more than the people actually doing the real work and then has the audacity to complain that he's "underpaid" and "has no money" (did I mention he lives with mom and dad and mom cooks ALL his food and does ALL his laundry and he has NO responsibility at home? Yeah, that's almost as annoying as everything else).
His unprofessionalism is quite astounding. (BTW, I have personally and formally complained with no improvement). The point is that he is a shady character and can't be trusted. Thus, if I become his right hand person, I'll basically be his bitch - even more than I am now. I don't know if $20 more on my paycheck and a new cheesy worthless title is really worth all the stress and crap I'll have to deal with. I don't plan on making insurance my life's work and I see myself leaving the company in approx one year's time for greener pastures. There is another member of my team who would be PERFECT for the senior position and I think he could deal with it better than I could. I'd like to see him get it.
Am I crazy for not wanting this?! How do I tell my supervisor I don't want it?!?!
This all sounds great, however, I have a terrible supervisor. Complete LOSER. He's immature, lazy, pushes work on anyone he can, doesn't really care about the people he supervises, is chauvinistic and unprofessional (he is 29 and had an affair with our 19 year old summer student, which he clearly initiated). Last week he was stressed about our reviews (the only real work he does all year) and yelled in frustration "If I don't get a raise in January at my review, I'm blaming it all on you guys!!!!" He doesn't care one bit about the team itself except how his own career/reputation is affected by our performance. He doesn't bat an eye when we're all up to our ears in work with deadlines to meet. He only cares when his boss makes a fuss and gets on his case. He does nothing and gets paid a hell of a lot more than the people actually doing the real work and then has the audacity to complain that he's "underpaid" and "has no money" (did I mention he lives with mom and dad and mom cooks ALL his food and does ALL his laundry and he has NO responsibility at home? Yeah, that's almost as annoying as everything else).
His unprofessionalism is quite astounding. (BTW, I have personally and formally complained with no improvement). The point is that he is a shady character and can't be trusted. Thus, if I become his right hand person, I'll basically be his bitch - even more than I am now. I don't know if $20 more on my paycheck and a new cheesy worthless title is really worth all the stress and crap I'll have to deal with. I don't plan on making insurance my life's work and I see myself leaving the company in approx one year's time for greener pastures. There is another member of my team who would be PERFECT for the senior position and I think he could deal with it better than I could. I'd like to see him get it.
Am I crazy for not wanting this?! How do I tell my supervisor I don't want it?!?!