What’s on my mind at the moment is my boss. She is not my immediate line manager but she’s the team manager in the clinic where I work. At the moment I’m struggling with her as she’s micromanaging me, demanding things of me that pertain to my new role (3 x days at a senior therapist role) and just being bossy & adding pressure. Not sure if I’m feeling the pressure irrationally or whether she’s actually very difficult to deal with. My immediate fear is that I want to start my 3 days a week from early October and I’m scared about her reaction. I think that she’s not really looking out for me, she’s not my supervisor or line manager but my general team manager & has different priorities as to my hours & role.

Some models
(start with T, unintentional)
C: was offered senior job at 3 days a week (moving from 4 days at lower job) on August 31st. Paperwork hasn’t happened yet. I want to start my 3 days a week from early October despite paperwork not having happened. I’m prepared to pay back the difference or request an unpaid day if the paperwork is further delayed.
T: I want to talk to my team manager about this today but she’s bossy and micromanages me and I worry I’ll end up agreeing to things I don’t want to do or that she’ll get angry at me. But I need to have my schedule sorted sooner rather than later. Can’t wait for HR to do the paperwork, that may take months
F: scared of my team manager. Feel pressured by her.
A: delay the discussion with her
Get further confused with my caseload & schedule as my hours unclear
Doing private assessments with a view of filling up those hours I won’t be working in clinic but feeling anxious as I don’t know when I’ll be able to offer the needed slots regularly
Danger that I may end up losing all this extra private work that has come my way
Work under pressure with this uncertainty
I worry I’ll burn out in my public sector role
R: stuck in indecision

(intentional model, start with R)
C: was offered senior job at 3 days a week (moving from 4 days at lower job) on august 31st. Paperwork hasn’t happened yet. I have decided to start my 3 days a week from early October despite paperwork not having happened. I’m prepared to pay back the difference or requesting an unpaid day if the paperwork is further delayed.
T: I will talk to my team manager today & will be clear about what I am planning to do, and see what she thinks.
F: feel certain
A: talk to boss with a clear plan of what my hours will be
negotiate with her on anything else but not around those hours
come up with a plan (and tell her) about me contacting HR rather than her having to do it
explain to her my reasoning but only in terms of the clinic’s needs (not my personal needs)
be able to make plans for all of the autumn and thus feel calmer
avoid burn out
R: going down to 3 days a week at the clinic from 1st week of October