Quick preface: “Workplace Issues” is a work of creative nonfiction based on my true story of being bullied. It’s told in a series of open letters.
I saw one of my childhood BFF’s in person for the first time in ten years yesterday! Since I’m writing Manage and Speak I remember a lot of detail about our initial interaction. I told her that you didn’t hire me your manager did and that he warned me that you, “Could be a little scary at first but that most of your employees like you once they get to know you.”
Now I know that this is keeping control through leadership, but I digress. Anyway she immediately said, “You probably just considered that a challenge.”
I laughed and affirmed her statement. I added, “We had a stare down the second or third time that I saw him. When I didn’t back down he laughed. Then he made rules that no one manage me in a traditional fashion and that I report directly to him.”
I thought that it was cool that she would anticipate that! I’m so happy to be back in contact with her! I missed her terribly!
Every Voice Matters, Including Yours 