New Manager – Ask the Workplace Doctors

New Manager Is Not as Helpful As Old

February 14, 2019February 14, 2019 Bill Gorden

A question to Ask the Workplace Doctors about getting help from new manager:

I work at an upper scale restaurant as a host. My responsibilities include things such as, greeting guests, and walking them over to a table that best fits their needs and requests, I also check coats for guests and am in charge of taking to-go orders and ringing them in and giving it to the guests, and many other things. As I do have quite a few tasks to be fulfilled throughout my shift, it can get rather busy and stressful. Especially on a Saturday night whenever we got busy like that, our old general manager would come over and check on us very periodically to make sure I and the other host didn’t need any help. And if we were very busy, he would stay with us during the rush to make sure everything was flowing smoothly.

Feeling Under-Appreciated

April 21, 2014April 21, 2014 Bill Gorden

Question for Ask the Workplace Doctors regarding a new manager: I don’t get along with a new manager who doesn’t give my team respect?

I work for WalMart and have been working here for a year and five months. At my store I am a Sales Associate. However, I haven’t had a problem working here until we received new managers. With these new managers I haven’t quite been getting along with them as far as how they treat me and give me the respect I deserve. So I want to ask: How do I handle working with a management team who does not give those under their positions respect or workplace equality?

My Mom’s New Woman Manager

December 15, 2013December 15, 2013 Bill Gorden

Question to Ask the Workplace Doctors about a new woman manager: How might she adapt to this woman with a different style than she is used to?

My Mother works at large financial company and is having a hard time with communication between her new manager and the entire department. She works in a small department of benefits, where she leads a team of six other people. They handle a lot of paperwork of people retiring and awaiting benefits. They also handle a lot of research for their clients to monitor and make sure that their checks are being handled correctly.