How to deal with a manager who is confidently wrong

“I've (28F) been working in local government for about a year now, recently got promoted to the accountant role after being the AP/Accounting Tech.”source ↗

“The guy doesn't understand basic accounting concepts, can barely use a computer, and quite frankly has zero problem solving skills.”source ↗

“Everything he messes up becomes my problem, while I am FOUR MONTHS BEHIND on bank recs due to the transition & training of him.”source ↗

“The owner is starting to nitpick every little thing.”source ↗

“She yells at me that I f****** returns up when it's literally just adjusting to the different software and her process of doing things is not as organized and accurate as the firm I came from.”source ↗

“I don’t mind being asked about my tasks but it pisses me off when she gives me review points that aren’t helpful.”source ↗

“Lately, i feel like my body is always on high alert.”source ↗

“I would have been ok with her being nitpicky but I am absolutely not learning anything from her. It feels like dragging. It takes a lot of mental load.”source ↗

“She has been a control freak about everything and I refuse to be talked down on like that.”source ↗

“I want to punch a wall on a daily basis. It’s such an epic fucking shitshow.”source ↗

“How do you deal with a manager that is confidently wrong about basic IT infrastructure and fundamentals?”source ↗

“They did a thing in 2005 so therefore we must do it today. No research. No checking with the team to see what they think. No google.”source ↗

“Its so laughable that I don’t want to sound like the “know it all” but at the same time I can’t possibly in good conscience actually roll out some of these half baked ideas and I don’t want to do their job for them.”source ↗

“I have a similar nightmare scenario probably coming down the pipe where a Managers nephew is gonna have claude build an app that I am going to be told to support.”source ↗

“This person lied on their resume and lied in the interview. The have ZERO sales experience and it shows - it’s HIGHLIGHTED.”source ↗

“Hiring them was a mistake. Keeping them is demoralizing.”source ↗

“I have a job I love but a boss I really, really struggle with. How to know when the cons outweigh the pros?”source ↗

“Sometimes i wake up to texts on weekends and she’s obsessively concerned over the status of something that’s been finished for a week”source ↗

“I came into the office this morning after a few days on vacation and didn’t even get an hour in without crying in the bathroom over how she makes me feel.”source ↗

“Since i’ve started my role, we’ve had 5 people come and 5 people go. It’s all because of my boss.”source ↗

“I honestly don't know how my boss got their job.”source ↗

“She has no degree, no formal training, no real leadership skills, and just follows along with whatever the dept leads are doing.”source ↗

“She's my direct supervisor right now. I don't know how much longer that will last, because I asked not to meet alone with her any longer.”source ↗

“I don't trust them more than I can throw them and the rest of the board have expressed concerns as well.”source ↗

“When I asked Nancy about it, she said she heard there was tension with this partner and she didn't know how to address it, so she did nothing.”source ↗

“I just want to know if I should have some grace for people I thought I knew stepping into a brand new role.”source ↗

“the projects that I was onboarded to complete (and independently attempted for several months with little guidance) have been slowly sidelined without any formal discussion.”source ↗

“There was a period of time halfway throughout the year where I genuinely had no projects to work on and was finding things to do and basically being a cleaner, a paid volunteer, and a representative of the organization.”source ↗

“the lack of feedback from management makes coming up with something difficult since I’ll get started on a project but it will gradually fall off due to other priorities executed by other people.”source ↗

“I swear our staff meetings have basically become my principal’s personal rant sessions.”source ↗

“We will have maybe four actual things on the agenda, but somehow we spend 45 minutes listening to everything she is pissed off about.”source ↗

“She also loves taking something ONE person did and ranting to the entire staff about it.”source ↗

“At this point everybody just sits there waiting for the rant to end so we can go home.”source ↗

“She feels unappreciated, they keep changing her schedule, she put together a large successful concert and didn't even get a thank you from her admin.”source ↗

“My wife doesn't feel like she can go to the union because the union president is in her building, and is not doing anything even when this happens in front of her.”source ↗

“Would it be professional for her to speak with him with her concerns over this principal and lack of support, constant last minute additions and changes to schedules, and other things in regards to this without going through the union?”source ↗

“It’d all be great if my supervisor (edit: not building principal, an ap) weren’t breathing down my neck.”source ↗

“We’ve had 22 school days, and she’s been in my room 8 times. All but ONCE has been a random drop by”source ↗

“all but ONCE, she’s felt the need to make some undermining comment to my classes”source ↗

“Maybe I’m paranoid, but gee. It sure doesn’t feel like it.”source ↗

“It's like she's stuck between a rock and a hard place. She feels about an inch tall, but she doesn't feel like she can go to anyone in regards to this.”source ↗

“I worked at my old one for roughly three months before quitting due to mental strain from my field supervisor, let’s call him Sid- I loved all the workers except for Sid, since he was a micromanager who had no boundaries outside of work: calling my work phone off the clock, then my personal phone, then my fiancee, as she is my emergency contact.”source ↗