Hello all
I have worked for 3 years in a small firm where I have to do all tasks referring to IT (programming, network-admin, system-admin, db-admin, intern helpdesk,...). I didn't receive training for the admin tasks, so all I know I learned by myself (not much help from my it-manager/boss neither).
I have a problem with one of my colleagues, let's call him C. C has been in the firm for a long time (more than 10 years), and he is head of his department (and takes this very seriously). When, as a system administrator, I tell him to do/not do certain things, he doesn't take me seriously, laughs at me, ignores what I'm saying. Because I didn't want to 'nag' to my boss about it, I kept my frustrations for myself for a long time.
I’m not going to explain it in details, but I had another struggle today with this guy. This time I called my boss to help, the dude talks himself out of the struggle (by telling me and my boss a bunch of cr*p) and gets his way again.
I finally, for the first time since I work here, said to my boss that I had a problem with C's attitude, and that what he said wasn't exactly true. My boss says that he knows the guy is difficult, and he sees that I have a problem........ and gives me a sheepish smile (meaning he won’t do nothing).
I’ve had some frustrations about my boss too in the past (who doesn’t), because he doesn’t seem interested in what I’m doing and doesn’t really ‘manage’ me the way I would want to…
But now he completely lets me down. I understand that he doesn’t always has the time to talk about problems, but a simple phrase would have done enough (“I don’t have time right now, but we can schedule some time later to discuss whatever problems you have”).
Now I feel totally unsupported and alone with my problems.
I don’t feel/think there is any solution for this, I think I just needed to rant…
God, days are long when these things happen…
I have worked for 3 years in a small firm where I have to do all tasks referring to IT (programming, network-admin, system-admin, db-admin, intern helpdesk,...). I didn't receive training for the admin tasks, so all I know I learned by myself (not much help from my it-manager/boss neither).
I have a problem with one of my colleagues, let's call him C. C has been in the firm for a long time (more than 10 years), and he is head of his department (and takes this very seriously). When, as a system administrator, I tell him to do/not do certain things, he doesn't take me seriously, laughs at me, ignores what I'm saying. Because I didn't want to 'nag' to my boss about it, I kept my frustrations for myself for a long time.
I’m not going to explain it in details, but I had another struggle today with this guy. This time I called my boss to help, the dude talks himself out of the struggle (by telling me and my boss a bunch of cr*p) and gets his way again.
I finally, for the first time since I work here, said to my boss that I had a problem with C's attitude, and that what he said wasn't exactly true. My boss says that he knows the guy is difficult, and he sees that I have a problem........ and gives me a sheepish smile (meaning he won’t do nothing).
I’ve had some frustrations about my boss too in the past (who doesn’t), because he doesn’t seem interested in what I’m doing and doesn’t really ‘manage’ me the way I would want to…
But now he completely lets me down. I understand that he doesn’t always has the time to talk about problems, but a simple phrase would have done enough (“I don’t have time right now, but we can schedule some time later to discuss whatever problems you have”).
Now I feel totally unsupported and alone with my problems.
I don’t feel/think there is any solution for this, I think I just needed to rant…
God, days are long when these things happen…