Honestly my supervisor is a pretty impressive guy but it’s just too stressful for me to work for him. I occasionally vomit when I see a ping notification from him and I’ve lost 30 lbs in the last 6 months. About to have a call where I ask to roll off his projects, life is too short for this shit. Wish me luck bitches and gentlemen
This is not healthy. Something needs to change, but have you tried to talk with him?
What is going wrong? If he is impressive to you, I imagine he has qualities. Maybe a talk could help with some things.
It depends where he is from Europe, but I imagine the stress might come from the lack of positive reinforcement and that puts you off?
One thing I noticed with Americans (from my limited experience with them) is that they love performative social interactions. They always seem over the top to me. In the EU, management is much more focused on pure KPIs and don't really bother with the whole small talk thing. At least I don't, and I heavily discourage anyone to engage with me on that territory in rather brutal but non confrontational ways.
Even if that's not your issue, it's definitely not about your manager. It's about the way you're handling the situation.
I know it sounds retarded, but try to walk ChatGPT through your thinking process and correct or expand as you go. It's pretty good at identifying patterns, and it does not judge. On the contrary, it always try to help while sucking your dick a little to take the edge off.
Best of luck.
