by D.X. » Thu Mar 22, 2018 2:33 pm
Hi Ralf,
Sorry to hear of the situation. Probably the line manager is not jealous but fearful that they may lose a head count at a critical juncture in thier career or goals acheivement. Unfortunately if not saavy or well experienced some line managers cant see the win win in developing a report to another team - such moves can be planned.
Taking a back step, your approach may not have been the right approach. Having an internal interview without your boss informed and supportive, be it official or unofficial, with or without HR involvement , is just not good practice, thats not how you do an internal move.
The correct practice is to get your line manager on board first! Have thier support and then and onky then proceed to consider other internal roles with open communications with your boss. To be blind sided is well not a good thing, take it from a line managers point of view.
In a situation like yours its best you sit down with your boss and have a reboot conversation. Trust will be an issue you need to address. Dont apologize but you can cop it to mis-comunication or unaware of the process etc. and remedy from there. Read what Dave said.
You can go to HR as Dave suggests and as for an internal transfer however in my indirect experiences i have not see this result in favorable outcomes - you may get it but you will have an uphill battle to re-establish your political credibility and standing. You could be viewed as tainted goods. Thats the risk. And development will be a long grueling process should you have career advancement ambitions. You could get placed into the role you wantbat the risk you have someone working against you.
Yes your boss is unfortunately entering the micromanage phase do to fear of objectives not being acheived and may some form of punishment. Sit down with them and try to suss it out otherwise you'll find your self stuck really fast. And if the HR thing doesnt work out then well you're super stuck.
To Daves point, today its not about company loyalty, and somewhat about more loyalty to boss and team until its not anymore. I guess what im saying is that today its about being entrepreneral in your career. Get what you need experiene and development wise, when the cheese has changed to a sour taste or there is no more as you call it, then move on. All this the backdrop of doing a good job and ensuring you are giving value to the organizations you work for. So an external move may be in you interest if you no longe pr find a win win with your employment situation.
You have another choice - do your job, shut up collect the paycheck and go home. Thats a short term remedy as acstop gap for you save up the energy to plot you next step ....in the event you need some energy recovery time.
Good luck and hope you can work it out, take your learnings and keep going.
Best,
Dx