Now riddle me this batman. How do you deal with a situation in which you can't get what you want or need, but know something must be done. While the cirumstances aren't dire, they sure are irritating. I've never had stress at work before, and I know I deal with pressure well. I've just never had someone find so many flaws with my work before untill I got a new boss. I'm not sure how I'm going to do with it, if at all. It may just be that this is a signal to find a new job. I can't say I'm deeply offended or anything - it's just irritating to work with this guy, he's got all the warmth and charm of your average chainsaw. He just doesn't understand how to build people up, he's what I would consider overly critical. It's just very very difficult to discern where his job stops and his ego begins, because both of them have the same icelike exterior. It's just an incredibly irritating situation to deal with on a daily basis.

I know when I go to work I'm supposed to be an example for my team, but I'm continually publicly berated by the guy. Normally any time theres anything serious to be addressed, every boss I've ever had would have sent me an email or talked to me at the end of the day or during regular performance evaluations, of if seriously needed, take me aside in private and discuss it there. This guy just has no appreciation for that kind of approach. Everything he does is wide open in front of everyone - thats not just me either - he'll sit there and rag on Josh about him being to emotional about his work and I'm just like "man, if you're gonna give the boy the professionalism talk, do it in private!!! disciplinary action needs to be handled one on one - it's not a public circus!"

But thats just me I guess. I'm not sure whether I should find a new job, send in a complaint, or just grin and bear it. Bah.