When your "Superior" is talentless and unintelligent.

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She's your boss. Prep her for whatever meetings she needs so she's well staffed. Redirect the checkins to make sure your questions get answered. Keep copies of your emails to her in case something bad happens and she tries to blame you.

Everyone has bad bosses from time to time. Dealing with them is something you have to do.

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Anonymous wrote:My advice is that you change your attitude. I realize that this may be "just a rant" but saying that your supervisor "has no brains" is over-the-top.

I wouldn't say that to her face or at the office. This is an anonymous forum and I am venting, looking for inspiration. She is, by fact, not very intelligent, by the way. Question - are you a supervisor?

I am not a supervisor. I have worked for several people that I did not think were particularly good supervisors. Some of them did not have a very good grasp of the subject area we work in. Others had terrible people skills. Others had terrible organizational skills. ALL of them had some valuable qualities. I found a way to work with all of them.

Question- how do you know that she is "by fact" not very intelligent?

Because she clearly does not grasp very simple concepts that I have to explain to her.

NP here. This just as much an indication that you lack communication skills as it is she is not intelligent.

You say don't want her job but you sound very resentful. In most organizations, team members posses unique skills that the PM or lead may not have.

Look, if your biggest problem is that she is not very smart (according to you) then you are actually in very good shape. You should do what you need to do to make her love you and give you good reviews. It could be so much worse - she could be trying to sabotage or ruin your career.

Agree with PP you need to change your outlook on this situation.

Disagree. OP doesn't say that the supervisor doesn't understand the OP's explanations, it's the fact that the supervisor needs explanation in the first place. That's not a communication issue on the part of the OP.

OP, my advice is to either find a new job, find a new boss, or sabotage / politically manu

Disagree. OP doesn't say that the supervisor doesn't understand the OP's explanations, it's the fact that the supervisor needs explanation in the first place. That's not a communication issue on the part of the OP.

OP, my advice is to either find a new job, find a new boss, or sabotage / politically maneuver her out of your way. If she really is stupid then you should be able to play the game and have the upper hand. A bad boss can destroy your career. Eat or be eaten.

Good God this is horrible. Are you a sociopath? WTF.

Nope, just a young, ambitious, and competent millennial who is sick of seeing the dead weight all around me. If the boss is really stupid, then OP should have no problem getting rid of her. Otherwise, the boss is not as stupid as OP portrays her, and OP should learn a lesson.

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Anonymous wrote:The woman I have to report to offers nothing. It's so frustrating. She knows nothing about my area of expertise. And on top of that, she really has no talents and no brains. Her one quality is ambition, which is why she is in this role. By the way, I don't want her job. I just have to report to her because of the structure of our company. It sucks. Anyone else in this situation who can offer some words of wisdom and inspiration to get through our ridiculous "check-in" meetings?

general advice is to get out

specifically, if small company, others will know and you may be able to do well

if large company, your worth and promotions will live and die by your supervisor. If she does well you can POSSIBLY do well, if she does poor, you WILL do poorly. I have found that in large companies the supervisor is 90% of your promotion. If she is doing poorly she cannot fight for increases and better projects, you will be subjected to the whims of the corporate and eventually they will take it out on her and she will blame subordinates

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OP here - hilarious, I am not a millennial! I am 45 and so is my "superior." I have advanced as far as I can in my area at this company. To advance further, I would have to leave. The woman I report to is purely management. I have to report to someone and she was assigned to me. Thank you for any good advice. To the others, well, glad you love your bosses!

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Anonymous wrote:OP here - hilarious, I am not a millennial! I am 45 and so is my "superior." I have advanced as far as I can in my area at this company. To advance further, I would have to leave. The woman I report to is purely management. I have to report to someone and she was assigned to me. Thank you for any good advice. To the others, well, glad you love your bosses!

I suspect they will say good riddance to you.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here - hilarious, I am not a millennial! I am 45 and so is my "superior." I have advanced as far as I can in my area at this company. To advance further, I would have to leave. The woman I report to is purely management. I have to report to someone and she was assigned to me. Thank you for any good advice. To the others, well, glad you love your bosses!

I suspect they will say good riddance to you.

No, actually I am very valued. My issue is that the woman I report to offers nothing in her own right, I can't even bounce ideas off of her because she doesn't understand complicated situations.

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Why is it so hard to understand that this is an anonymous forum and people vent and say things that they stifle in real life?

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Anonymous wrote:OP here - hilarious, I am not a millennial! I am 45 and so is my "superior." I have advanced as far as I can in my area at this company. To advance further, I would have to leave. The woman I report to is purely management. I have to report to someone and she was assigned to me. Thank you for any good advice. To the others, well, glad you love your bosses!

I suspect they will say good riddance to you.

No, actually I am very valued. My issue is that the woman I report to offers nothing in her own right, I can't even bounce ideas off of her because she doesn't understand complicated situations.

Riiiiiiight.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here - hilarious, I am not a millennial! I am 45 and so is my "superior." I have advanced as far as I can in my area at this company. To advance further, I would have to leave. The woman I report to is purely management. I have to report to someone and she was assigned to me. Thank you for any good advice. To the others, well, glad you love your bosses!

I suspect they will say good riddance to you.

No, actually I am very valued. My issue is that the woman I report to offers nothing in her own right, I can't even bounce ideas off of her because she doesn't understand complicated situations.

Riiiiiiight.

What is with the seriously weird attitude on this board that all supervisors are great and that anyone who complains must be incompetent...?

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Anonymous wrote:OP here - hilarious, I am not a millennial! I am 45 and so is my "superior." I have advanced as far as I can in my area at this company. To advance further, I would have to leave. The woman I report to is purely management. I have to report to someone and she was assigned to me. Thank you for any good advice. To the others, well, glad you love your bosses!

I suspect they will say good riddance to you.

No, actually I am very valued. My issue is that the woman I report to offers nothing in her own right, I can't even bounce ideas off of her because she doesn't understand complicated situations.

Riiiiiiight.

Yes, right.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here - hilarious, I am not a millennial! I am 45 and so is my "superior." I have advanced as far as I can in my area at this company. To advance further, I would have to leave. The woman I report to is purely management. I have to report to someone and she was assigned to me. Thank you for any good advice. To the others, well, glad you love your bosses!

I suspect they will say good riddance to you.

No, actually I am very valued. My issue is that the woman I report to offers nothing in her own right, I can't even bounce ideas off of her because she doesn't understand complicated situations.

Riiiiiiight.

What is with the seriously weird attitude on this board that all supervisors are great and that anyone who complains must be incompetent...?

+1 I think there must be a lot of supervisors who are shaking in their boots right now.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here - hilarious, I am not a millennial! I am 45 and so is my "superior." I have advanced as far as I can in my area at this company. To advance further, I would have to leave. The woman I report to is purely management. I have to report to someone and she was assigned to me. Thank you for any good advice. To the others, well, glad you love your bosses!

I suspect they will say good riddance to you.

No, actually I am very valued. My issue is that the woman I report to offers nothing in her own right, I can't even bounce ideas off of her because she doesn't understand complicated situations.

I feel you OP. Sometimes management is put in place because bureaucracy (rather than the needs of the project) requires management structures, and it just becomes an added layer of burden on the flow of communications.

Just chalk that time up to the cost of doing business, try not to let it frustrate you TOO much, see if there's anything positive (at all) that she can do for you, and otherwise just try to let it go.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here - hilarious, I am not a millennial! I am 45 and so is my "superior." I have advanced as far as I can in my area at this company. To advance further, I would have to leave. The woman I report to is purely management. I have to report to someone and she was assigned to me. Thank you for any good advice. To the others, well, glad you love your bosses!

I suspect they will say good riddance to you.

No, actually I am very valued. My issue is that the woman I report to offers nothing in her own right, I can't even bounce ideas off of her because she doesn't understand complicated situations.

I feel you OP. Sometimes management is put in place because bureaucracy (rather than the needs of the project) requires management structures, and it just becomes an added layer of burden on the flow of communications.

Just chalk that time up to the cost of doing business, try not to let it frustrate you TOO much, see if there's anything positive (at all) that she can do for you, and otherwise just try to let it go.

Thank you, this is good advice.

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I have had to deal with this. Find a new job. She will just take you down.

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OP here - hilarious, I am not a millennial! I am 45 and so is my "superior." I have advanced as far as I can in my area at this company. To advance further, I would have to leave. The woman I report to is purely management. I have to report to someone and she was assigned to me. Thank you for any good advice. To the others, well, glad you love your bosses!


I suspect they will say good riddance to you.


No, actually I am very valued. My issue is that the woman I report to offers nothing in her own right, I can't even bounce ideas off of her because she doesn't understand complicated situations.


Riiiiiiight.


What is with the seriously weird attitude on this board that all supervisors are great and that anyone who complains must be incompetent...?


+1 I think there must be a lot of supervisors who are shaking in their boots right now.

It's more about that woman. If you had said that man, the responses would be different.