I had a meeting yesterday with two of my bosses, one I had an issue with and the other one was there (I thought) for a neutral party. I had an issue with the way my boss spoke to me on Teams chat. So I wanted to have a meeting and just express why I feel the way I do. Instead the meeting turned into my manager rejecting my view and just saying she did nothing wrong and that I’m overly sensitive. My other manager also chimed in his own experiences with me to add to the argument thar I’m too sensitive, etc. Then the manager who I felt did wrong to me started crying and saying I’m insulting her and that she’s going to get HR involved. So I left the meeting feeling like the problem rather than the victim I originally thought I was.
I an totally stunned, shocked, embarrassed, and sad. I just can’t get over being villainised like this. It’s now Saturday and I can’t stop feeling sad and reliving the situation in my head.
Any tips for letting work things go? Normally I’m pretty good at compartmentalising but not this time. I feel really let down by the management system. I’m not even worried about getting fired, good riddance if they do let me go. But I’m just in shock I guess about the way the meeting played out. Quite frankly, I feel bullied.
How to recover after a heated discussion at work with your boss?
