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  • So if it wasn't bad enough of having that weird situation with the Libra guy... I'm in a new team and my new boss is a Libra. Does the universe hate me?

    I hate it already. We do not see eye to eye.

    Just tonight I asked him what roles does he see the new team members in because the team started with 3 people including me and now he just brought in a 4th person without clarifying what she will be doing etc. He says "Person A in position A, Person B in position B, and new person in position C, and you will providing support to the whole team."

    So I'm very disappointed in his answer because in previous role I was managing my own program. I looked at him straight and said, "I don't envision myself in an administrative support role." He says well you don't have experience in these other programs. I said well the person you got doing this programs was not doing them before either. She was part-time and just helping but now you have her doing this program.

    He says "well I see you as the future Amanda (her name is not Amanda but for privacy reasons we'll call her Amanda... Amanda is this person who coordinates bunch of shit and is always knee deep in all the programs and helping out everywhere). Do you think Amanda is an administrative support?"

    I said well I don't know what Amanda does day to day and I've never worked with her that close but from what you're describing it sounds like admin support and I really don't see myself in that. I need something to take ownership of and take pride in. He says well I've just put you on a new project with a potential client. How much bigger do you want it to be? You're involved in possibly securing a new client for the company.

    I said yes I'm grateful and excited to be on this project with you but after this project I don't want to be in a support role to the team. He says well let's see how this goes ... I said yeah then we can have this conversation again.

    Also he dismissed having me at the potential client meeting.I should have been in that meeting since I'll be the one executing... He just seems like he likes to control information.

    I don't think we understand each other at all. I wish I had the rest of his chart but... any tips? lol

    I feel silly asking dxp for professional advice but my friends are like "you just got a raise and you should be grateful!" I'm like well I need my career to be going in the right direction, not backwards ...

    Plus I need tips on reporting to a Libra boss because I'm worried we're not understanding each other.