Manipulative manager keeps criticising me even though I earn $9K a month and am one of the youngest in senior role

A young woman below the age of 30 wrote to ask others if her manager at her workplace was being manipulative because he would often criticise her and her personal life.

In an anonymous post to confessions page SGWhispers, the woman wrote that she was earning a salary of $9,000 a month, “holding the position of senior management but below 30 years old. I am probably one of the youngest lady in a senior role”. She added that she was not married, but with a long-term partner.

While the woman wrote that she was “pretty contented with what life has given me, but he (the manager) kept criticising me until I feel like I am lacking something and lagging behind”. Describing herself as a “fun-loving person who likes to make jokes as well as lighten the atmosphere of the room”, she added that her manager thought she was “childish and immature”.

In contrast, she described him as “a serious man who establishes his authority and people fear him. He is close to 40, and divorced once”. Because of his criticism of her, the woman wrote that she even tried to be more serious and grumpy, often scolding others, but it made her miserable.

She asked netizens: “Should I quit my job without any backup plan? Is it true that my work life and personal life is horrible? I am doubting myself now that he keeps nagging the same thing to me everyday.