looking for some advice on how best to handle this situation…
the hierachy is regional manager, MY manager & then me.
The regional manager will always ask my manager to tell me to complete tasks, projects etc. My manager has terrible management skills & is so overwhelmed and stressed in her own job, so she forgets to tell me about it.
I’m assuming what is happening is that the regional manager is asking my manager “why has (me) not completed that task we asked her to do?” and then my manager is claiming that she DID tell me to complete it and I haven’t. I’m assuming she gets nervous that she will be in trouble for not relaying information.
Theres been a couple of occasions now where I’ve been tagged into emails asking why haven’t I done something I was asked to do, or in my yearly review I’m marked as “not meeting expectations” for projects and goals I was never actually assigned. I defend myself and say this is the first I’m hearing of it, but my manager and the regional manager are extremely close, so she believes my manager when she says that she did assign me the tasks.
My manager claims I’m using “you never told me to do that” as a defense for my poor work performance. I’ve asked if she can start putting tasks and assignments in writing but I’ve been told this isn’t an effective use of time.
Unsure what to do here?