Esoteric7
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I have a female manager. She's the complete opposite of me: extroverted, talks constantly, the kind of person who needs social stimulation like oxygen. In contrast, I'm quiet, socially avoidant, socially awkward.
She views me as creepy, weird, and stunted. I can feel it.
When she wasn't my manager, she was fine with me, even slightly friendly. I don't know what happened, but she eventually became avoidant and distant.
Then some restructuring happened, and she became my direct manager. I can only imagine the thoughts in her head and the look on her face when she saw my name land in her group.
Before this, I had a male manager. This guy was clearly on the spectrum himself: socially awkward, but he viewed me neutrally. He didn't judge or give me that scrunched up foid-look. He just accepted that's how I am. It was perfect. When I found out I was losing him and gaining her, I was genuinely upset. I knew what was coming.
I keep all communication with her strictly formal. Straight to the point. No small talk. No banter. She tries to engage sometimes: little jokes, attempts at casual conversation, but I don't participate. Why would I? I know keep down she thinks I'm a creepy weirdo.
One day she messaged me on Teams about something work-related. Standard stuff. But then she followed up with a GIF of someone rolling their eyes, and she wrote: "I feel like this is how you feel whenever I message you ha ha."
I reacted with a laugh emoji.
She then doubled-down and asked directly, "So this is how you really feel? (wink emoji) ".
I left her on read.
I felt like this was a trap. If I respond with anything that confirms this, she has ammunition. She can go to her manager or HR and say: "See? He clearly has an issue with me. He's hostile. He should be moved to another group."
I WOULD LOVE to be moved to another group. I would give anything to go back to having a manager who doesn't see me as a creepy weirdo. But I'm not going to let her engineer that exit by sabotaging my reputation as painting me as the difficult, creepy, antisocial employee who needs to be removed.
She views me as creepy, weird, and stunted. I can feel it.
When she wasn't my manager, she was fine with me, even slightly friendly. I don't know what happened, but she eventually became avoidant and distant.
Then some restructuring happened, and she became my direct manager. I can only imagine the thoughts in her head and the look on her face when she saw my name land in her group.
Before this, I had a male manager. This guy was clearly on the spectrum himself: socially awkward, but he viewed me neutrally. He didn't judge or give me that scrunched up foid-look. He just accepted that's how I am. It was perfect. When I found out I was losing him and gaining her, I was genuinely upset. I knew what was coming.
I keep all communication with her strictly formal. Straight to the point. No small talk. No banter. She tries to engage sometimes: little jokes, attempts at casual conversation, but I don't participate. Why would I? I know keep down she thinks I'm a creepy weirdo.
One day she messaged me on Teams about something work-related. Standard stuff. But then she followed up with a GIF of someone rolling their eyes, and she wrote: "I feel like this is how you feel whenever I message you ha ha."
I reacted with a laugh emoji.
She then doubled-down and asked directly, "So this is how you really feel? (wink emoji) ".
I left her on read.
I felt like this was a trap. If I respond with anything that confirms this, she has ammunition. She can go to her manager or HR and say: "See? He clearly has an issue with me. He's hostile. He should be moved to another group."
I WOULD LOVE to be moved to another group. I would give anything to go back to having a manager who doesn't see me as a creepy weirdo. But I'm not going to let her engineer that exit by sabotaging my reputation as painting me as the difficult, creepy, antisocial employee who needs to be removed.
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