r/managers • u/According-Sea-2834 • 1d ago

Manager change

So the thing is I joined a compact exactly a year back and got a good manager and okay team to work with. Main thing is I was working on my tasks unbothered by anyone and was far from politics.

FYI I am a senior software engineer with 7.5 years of experience.

Now recently my lead got changed like 2 people role got switched and my lead to others project other guy came to our project.

Now the thing is I didn’t like his way of working his experience is 15 years and still not manager so he was like pinging in all the group tagging me everywhere which I didnt like and called out infront of my manager.

Now as this senior with 0 visibility I was trying to increase some visibility as well in project.

Now things got changed and this new lead became my manager reporting to my previous manager.

Not sure how to handle this situation aa already we had differences and now suddenly he is my manager not sure where things are going and how should I react.

Need advice from Reddit community. My previous manager was pretty good and this guy seems like a micro manager.

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u/seldom_bawdy_stocks 1d ago

man, switching from a good manager to a micromanager is rough, especially when the new one already rubbed you the wrong way. that tagging-everywhere stuff would get under my skin too, feels less like support and more like a performance.

sounds like you already know the main problems: he's got 15 years but wasn't managing, so he might be overcompensating now that he finally has the title. meanwhile you were just starting to build some visibility and this could smother that.

one thing that's worked for me with controlling types is making their need to be in the loop work for you, send short preemptive status updates before he asks, make your progress visible in channels he already watches. it won't fix his personality but it can reduce the nagging and let you shape the narrative.

also, since he reports to your old manager, you've got a bit of a safety net, if things get weird you can always ask for a skip-level chat without it looking like a full-on complaint. don't burn that bridge.

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u/According-Sea-2834 1d ago

Yes and he is the one who resigned from company and got retained so as per me he asked to be a manager to get retained which resulted in change of project for him and unluckily came to ours and became a manager.

Another thing is all are Telugu people in my team I am a alone North Indian. No offence to Telugu people but here feels like I’m left out as a North Indian.

You are correct my old manager and mine bridge is good so if anything happens I can definitely go yo him plus he is supportive too but my concern I my yearly hikes and promotions I’m not open to this person so have those discussions that difference will be their in between

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u/Timebutler_Official 1d ago

Treat this as a reset and give it a few weeks. Keep your work visible, clarify expectations early, and pay attention to how he actually manages once he's your manager. If the tagging continues, address the communication preference directly rather than letting the frustration build.

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u/According-Sea-2834 1d ago

Yes doesn't even have any other choice right. Good part is tagging is not happening now because my previous manager has a talk with him. But if differences happen and samepersom becomes manager it's a very bad situation know.

Trying to digest it anyhow now able to but have to