Being undermined in the workplace -
22-08-2011, 06:35 AM
At my workplace, my supervisor/boss sits next to me (where there are 4 diagonal desks in a diamond shape..) We get on well, always have a good chat in the morning, go for breakfast together, he has been helping me and training me up in my job for the last year or so.. We even play xbox live together..
But I've began to notice over the last few weeks, I don't seem to be getting the respect I deserve by my colleagues in the workplace.
An example is for a project that I am leading, and we encountered an engineering issue, and my boss decides to call a meeting about it with the relevant people, and doesn't even tell me or invite me..
And also, in our bi-weekly meetings about all projects on the production cell, people seem to want to ignore me and not show me any respect most likely due to the fact they are all older, and I am only 21 (yet probably smarter than them all). I've been at this workplace since I was 17, and the respect I get has grown massively since I started, but I'm sick of being thought of as a child.
I try to be assertive, speak with facts, make informed decisions, get along with everyone, join in with conversations and jokes etc.. Any advice?
TL;DR - Not getting the respect I deserve in the workplace possibly because I'm only 21.. advice?
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