Urgent: A woman has been assigned as my supervisor!

iseehot · 2019-07-09T13:05:13+00:00

You have a bigger problem:

...excused me on a lot of things (not wanting to come, not doing the work on time, etc...)

So, you think she will want you to come in to work? On time? And doing actual work?

Quit this job, before you damage your future.

elquenuncahabla · 2019-07-09T13:07:46+00:00

If you're constantly skipping work, that is not a good thing. If your previous supervisor didn't care, then he is not a good supervisor. Most supervisors care if you don't show up for your scheduled shift.

If it bothers you that your supervisor is female, then you should quit. But if you're just upset that a new supervisor may hold you to your obligations as an employee, then you need to tighten up your work ethic. You're not even doing the bare minimum that is expected of you as an employee (i.e showing up for work), you should expect that your supervisor (male or female) will get upset.

MrMagtow · 2019-07-09T14:28:27+00:00

I agree with others, you sound like you've been coasting too long and haven't picked up your game - this is why you find yourself in your current situation.

Time to pick up your game. Just because she's a woman, doesn't mean she doesn't have anything to teach you. Listen and learn. Improve.

user_miki · 2019-07-09T13:45:56+00:00

One thing ,Always, always, know more about your job than your supervisor.Also keep your supervisor out of nuts and bolts of your job.She needs to know as minimum as possible.If a job you can finish in one hour say you need double of time. Always take your time in advance.

And one more, be professional.Don't shit where you eat.

honkytonk8367 · 2019-07-09T13:56:25+00:00

Simple. Act like a beta simp... or act neutral.People act all the time in the work environment it's called professionalism. If they spew bs about feminism just play dumb.
People have the wrong idea about MGTOW. Therefore, you should never mention it irl.The last thing you want to do is get on your superiors bad side.

oohhowjumbo · 2019-07-09T15:16:27+00:00

I have a female boss and she is honestly better than the male boss we had before.

Just be confident and carry yourself highly. Have a powerful presence.

CoinSwapTrader · 2019-07-09T12:59:40+00:00

stay low....and tuff out your intern ship...make her coffee and be extra pleasant until you leave...

throwawaycantacc · 2019-07-09T14:49:39+00:00

^{Disclaimer: This is the opinion of a 29 year old Brit who has had IT jobs in both big and small companies. Mostly been working with the same all-male team for 5 years but have been intermittently seconded to places for months at a time with some of the most vindictive female managers.... This advice is probably only useful if you're in a STEM field. Your mileage may vary.}

It's an internship, therefore there are two simple choices that can both enable you to win long-term but both will require a bit of forethought.

Leave

It doesn't pay you any money and isn't necessary for gaining future employment. If you know people who work in the field you want in on then you can have them find you an unpaid position working for their company instead. If they ask why you're leaving you can say you've been given an opportunity doing what you always want which you feel you can't turn down. Just make sure you have the new position lined up before quitting the old and you can't go wrong.Universities usually don't mind people switching jobs during work experience sandwich years if the new position is objectively better.

Be aware however, that there is a risk in that you could get your new position with yet more simps/women and thus a worse situation than before! Sometimes it's better the devil you know...

Stay

Use the position as experience in handling "dangerous situations". It's not paying you anything so you're not a wage slave and thus aren't beholden to anyone. You can treat the experience as a type of real-life RPG situation where you can experiment with the responses you give to determine how to best react in a paid setting; as future choices you make in a paid job would be way more important (due to potential impact on your ability to earn money to live).

The real key to dealing with your new supervisor is to keep her at arms length (have minimal interaction with her) and be thorough with the tasks at hand while also planning ahead (by coming up with new ways to be more efficient). When you discover natural ways to make yourself more productive, keep them secret from everyone. If she has no idea how you're doing what you're doing but she sees that you're ridiculously productive when compared to others, she will leave you alone. The irony is that if you achieve better results than everyone else, you can be as lazy as your superior results allow you to be. You might at first get a ridiculous amount of unwanted attention from your new supervisor if she wants to learn how you do things but in that scenario you can deliberately act hyper-interested in your own work, ignoring her and everyone else around you.

When you're outperforming others, seek out more important people in the company to learn from (not managers but actual useful people) and help them with their tasks so that you can demonstrate willingness to grow without involving your own supervisor. This will garner her indirect compliments while also shutting out her ability to influence/manipulate you, however, you must do this carefully as you don't want to inadvertently become a burden on more senior workers.

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NotherThrowaway284 · 2019-07-09T15:21:57+00:00

How long do you have left on the internship?
Is it paid or unpaid?

AeternusDoleo · 2019-07-10T02:43:41+00:00

Schedule a sitdown with her to "introduce yourself to your new supervisor" - preferably just a casual meeting in an open area, you never know. A casual meeting like that with a simple premise is both professional and shouldn't draw undue attention. If anything, it'll show a bit of deference in a time the lass is establishing herself in her role as manager, which will be appreciated (Ferengi Rule of Acquisition 33: It never hurts to suck up to the boss).

Then explain your situation as an intern, that you have to juggle the internship with schoolwork/exams. Businesses know that's one of the drawbacks of using interns and they should be lenient on this (if not, get your school involved, the business in question may not be suitable for internships). Given the lass is new, you can simply give her a "heads up on how things have been going so you're informed", which sets the baseline for her expectations of you (which, you being an unpaid intern, should be fairly low).

Can't really go wrong with this. You show initiative and set the bar for yourself in doing so.

avtarius · 2019-07-10T02:04:02+00:00

She's gonna delegate all her work to you, you're an intern so you have no power, and she's gonna juice you as much as she can until she can justifiably replace you with another willing slave.

Getting on her good side won't do you any good unless she considers you attractive enough to keep around.

Title	Urgent: A woman has been assigned as my supervisor!
Author	throwawaycantacc
Upvotes	3
Comments	18
Date	July 9, 2019 12:33 PM UTC (7 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MGTOW
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