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What to do about my general manager
I?m a project manager for a high end residential construction and design company. I am lucky, I have a good job, I know that.
We?ll this morning one of my site supervisors called me to tell me that our general manager was on a job site referring to me as his assistant. I am very much so not his assistant. We work together all the time, but I wouldn?t call myself his assistant.
This made me fairly upset, and brought up some feelings of odd situations between general manager and I.
Two weeks ago I was with a client, and they asked that I have our GM call them when he got a chance. I did. The next week, GM walks into my office and told me that the same client had called and left him a voice message, and asked me to call the client back for him. I just politely said that it might be best if he call the person back, seeing as they asked me to have HIM call them and they left HIM a voice message.
He?s also been asking me a lot lately to scan documents for him?..phone calls and scanning are all things he?s perfectly capable to do. And to top it off I?ve been soo soo busy at work, I feel like he?s taking up my valuable time to have me scan things and make phone calls. Both of which are not really what I do, and then he gets upset with me when my actual work isn?t done.
Do you think I should mention to my boss boss what?s been happening, and ask him how to approach the situation? Or should I just drop it?
Re: What to do about my general manager
I say if you have a good and trusting relationship with your boss boss then I would definitely talk to him about the situation! That is not ok. Are there admin assistants in the office you could possibly defer him to?
we don't have admin. assistants. we're a small company and take care of all small items ourselves.
I should also add, that I just had a review and got a raise from the boss boss, and he said that he is very happy with my work....nothing negitive at all.
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Does it interfere with your other work? If it does, the next time he asks you to do something, you could say, "Okay, but this and that have to be done before your request".
Since you just got a raise and a positive review I don't think you'd be fired if you did this. Or you could ask your boss boss how to handle it. Does he know this is happening?
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I think I would do a tiered approach.
For one, I wouldn't mention the whole assistant thing. I would let actions speak louder than words. The next time he asks you to do something he can do himself, say, "I'm sorry, I'd love to help you out, but I have a ton of work to do and a deadline." After a few times with this, he should get the hint.
If he doesn't, and/or of the reference to you as an assistant continues, I'd talk to him and ask him why he's referring to you as his assistant, since you were unaware that was your job title. That may nip it in the bud.
I'd only go to your boss's boss if it becomes a persistent issue that you can't handle yourself. At this point, the only reason I could see talking to the boss's boss is if you have regular meetings with him and he asks if you have any issues to discuss. You can bring up that the GM is under the impression you are his assistant, and detail steps you are taking to disabuse him of this notion.
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If it's infringing on time you need to complete things that are more squarely in your job description, tell him that you're happy to help him, but it means that you'll have to push XYZ project's deadline back a day. Let him make the decision so he has nobody but himself to blame when things run late.
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thank you everyone. I did offer to show him how to do the scanning. I just said let me show you how to do this, because its good to know. and he just said, but I don't want to learn how to do that, laughed and walked away. like its a big joke to him.
i'm feeling really frustrated with him..I'm to the point that I want to look for another job. this is just a small portion of what he does to make me feel completely unappreciated and like what I do isn't important.
but you are right, he is my boss and I'm not going to be ignorant or anything to him.
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I couldn't see leaving a job over this.
And I think you meant "insubordinate", not "ignorant".
I get that you are feeling unappreciated but your boss gets to decide your roles and responsibilities.
If it really is infringing on your ability to get the rest of your work done then I would schedule a 1:1 with him to discuss your priorities. Let him know that you have your plate full as the project manager, and perhaps a full- or part-time office assistant is needed to complete the administrative tasks. But I just cannot see this conversation ending in your favor. Especially as I get the sense that he lacks professional respect for you.