Stop Serving the Compliment Sandwich

In my last job I had a 'manager' who would give me the 'shit sandwich' - which was precisely what this describes.

In the weekly zoom meeting I would wait for the shit. I didn't hear any praise, my ears were geared up solely for the shit to hit. There never really was any - I was doing my job just fine - but because of this delivery method if he did say something good I just didn't hear it.

A subsequent 'manager' would pick out issues immediately (they were rare), we'd talk, agree and then move on.

/me raises a glass of Sangria to you.