DEAR DEIDRE: MY manager at work treats me like dirt. He won’t even look me in the eye.
I’m a woman of 29 and joined a marketing agency at the start of 2019.
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My boss there ignores me in meetings, unless he’s calling my ideas stupid or “moronic”.
At the start, I assumed this behaviour was his way of putting me in my place. But it has been going on for two years now.
He never answers my emails, which makes it impossible to meet my deadlines.
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I’ve tried talking to HR, who suggested I book a one-to-one session to discuss it with him.
But he’s rearranged it four times because he’s “too busy”.
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DEIDRE SAYS: It is hard to say exactly why your manager is acting this way. Start to record every incident with your boss.
Go back to HR and explain that you cannot get a meeting with him.
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You can also show them the records, which will hopefully encourage them to do something about it.
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