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Originally Posted by acdcguy

Thanks!
Me too. It really is. All I want to do is use my skillset to make a living. But I am not going to be put through mental torture. I'm strongly considering changing careers if I cannot get anywhere with my talents.

As a fellow designer, I can totally relate. Designers are really not meant to be managed in the traditional sense. We use years of experience to create things in 1 or 2 hours and then expect to only be paid for those few hours.

Our idea often clash with the "business" side of company.

My worst nightmare job experience was working with a long distance manager who started our first meeting with, "I'm not a micro manager or anything, but I need you to keep a log of everything you're doing on a time table."

Some context, I had been working at this place for about a year, my first boss and the one who hired me was great but she left for a much better offer. For 2 months they couldn't find a replacement so they eventually gave the position to one of the upper management's son, who lived a few states away! The situation deteriorated quick and I think I left within the month. Imagine writing in a time table that you spent 2-3 hours just researching and thinking about a design. He could not understand that.

A thing to keep in mind is that managers often have no formal managing experience or training. They are just workers who got promoted up for sometimes arbitrary or nepotism reasons. Managing is a very specific skillset and one that is not valued enough for being done well.

I wish you the best of luck. I commiserate.