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My Boss Is Driving Me Crazy! (Part 2 of 2)
Bob Weinstein is a journalist who covers technology, project management, the workplace and career development.
You’ve inherited a boss that is making your life miserable. In the first part of this two-part story, we presented the first three strategies as possible solutions. In this second and final part, we present the remaining two. Keep in mind that there is no definitive solution. It’s up to you to choose the one likely to lead to positive results.
4. Transfer to a new department. A less complicated tactic is transferring to another department. Big companies offer the best transfer opportunities. The bigger the company, the easier it is to transfer to a new department. In many large companies, a transfer amounts to a long bureaucratic procedure that can often take months to execute. There’s paperwork, procedures and endless delays. That’s the bad news. The good news is large companies are more likely to give you the opportunity to start over.
If you’ve got a sense of adventure, a transfer can also be a very exciting and prudent career move. Sprawling conglomerates and international companies, for instance, regularly post positions in different parts of the country, even the world.
However, attempting a transfer in a start-up, small or family-run company could be a serious mistake. Generally, the smaller the company, the more dangerous the move. Small companies are often incestuous communities and hotbeds of gossip. Even if …
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