Hello all.
I don't want to beat a dead horse already, but I've noticed a serious trend in my supervisor that is disturbing to me...
Today, he told me of a job that I need to start on and described it as a skewed building that needed to match a property line so it was a triangular-shaped building. Well, after opening the file, I realized that it wasn't the building at all. It was a building shear masonry shearwalls and funky architectural canopies. I told him a few moments later that that building was not the one that he described. His Chinese is much stronger than his English, obviously, because he went on to say, "Oh, I understand. That building is too difficult for you. ." I let it go, but it didn't go without its damage. I am at a lose as to how I can convince him that I'm capable of doing even the mildest of complex projects. He has written me off as incompetent and it's doing damage to my ego because I worked at a company a few years back where I was doing work that was 10 times more complex. I've told myself that I would commit to this place for 3 years (verbally to the owner as well). I am finding myself less and less enthused to do design work becuase I can't get through a job without trying to explain the reasons why I designed it a certain way. This Chinese man (honestly, it's not a racial issue - more so a language issue that I'm upset about) is a dictator that wants it his way because this company has had all their designs go through 1 PE for 30 years and it's "Not gonna change, Ryan."
I feel like quitting about every other day. Is this normal? Should I sacrifice my integrity with this company (due to the verbal 3 year commit)? I'm only 1 1/2 years into this job, and I'm looking at job openings everyday but fearful of taking the plunge.
Any comments would be welcome.
Thanks,
Ryan
I don't want to beat a dead horse already, but I've noticed a serious trend in my supervisor that is disturbing to me...
Today, he told me of a job that I need to start on and described it as a skewed building that needed to match a property line so it was a triangular-shaped building. Well, after opening the file, I realized that it wasn't the building at all. It was a building shear masonry shearwalls and funky architectural canopies. I told him a few moments later that that building was not the one that he described. His Chinese is much stronger than his English, obviously, because he went on to say, "Oh, I understand. That building is too difficult for you. ." I let it go, but it didn't go without its damage. I am at a lose as to how I can convince him that I'm capable of doing even the mildest of complex projects. He has written me off as incompetent and it's doing damage to my ego because I worked at a company a few years back where I was doing work that was 10 times more complex. I've told myself that I would commit to this place for 3 years (verbally to the owner as well). I am finding myself less and less enthused to do design work becuase I can't get through a job without trying to explain the reasons why I designed it a certain way. This Chinese man (honestly, it's not a racial issue - more so a language issue that I'm upset about) is a dictator that wants it his way because this company has had all their designs go through 1 PE for 30 years and it's "Not gonna change, Ryan."
I feel like quitting about every other day. Is this normal? Should I sacrifice my integrity with this company (due to the verbal 3 year commit)? I'm only 1 1/2 years into this job, and I'm looking at job openings everyday but fearful of taking the plunge.
Any comments would be welcome.
Thanks,
Ryan