dealing with an incompetent supervisor
i’m a fresh grad, working for 6 months in this relatively small SME.
i like my company and the job scope but i just cannot deal with my supervisor (M). any work that HOD give, M will straight away assign to me. because it’s a SME, the team is very small, just M and me for this role (cuz not that much scope for this role)
i am swamped with a lot of work because M just pushes EVERYTHING to me. M barely does anything, and i know because in company meetings every team need to report our updates on the projects. the projects my team are running are all what i am doing alone.
normally when ur supervisor go overseas, they need to get other ppl to cover. however M went on a 2 week holiday and guess wat, there’s nothing to handover to me.
also i cannot even take more than 3 days leave. cos on top of projects there are BAU stuff that need to run for biz decisions. i have told M what if i want to go holiday, who will cover? the BAU stuff is slightly complicated but i have gone through with M what to do many times. M just laugh and switch topic, expecting me to settle??? i know M doesn’t know how to do the processes still so i cannot just go on leave and MIA lols..
also recently i got a small promotion although im only 6 months in coz i did well on a project i was leading. M didn’t even congratulate me, infact M just complained straight to my face, why they didn’t promote M? because M feels that he/she is “leading the team very well”?!?
i’m doing well becoz of my own capabilities, but M somehow think he/she guided me that’s why i can do so well???? infact M doesn’t give any proper advice cos M doesn’t know what is going on half the time. i have to often consult people from other teams who have more experience in the projects.
i am frustrated because M does not appreciate the work that i do, infact i can sense he/she feels threatened coz ppl often find me to discuss projects instead of going to him/her.
i would like to ask if this is common in SME or among singapore working culture?