My Supervisor Won’t Stop Comparing Me To The Person I Replaced

Your career growth heavily depends on the recognition you get for the work you do, from your colleagues or your boss. However, what happens when you are constantly being compared to the person who held the position before you?
This is Sharon’s Story
“I recently got a job at a hotel in Nairobi as a receptionist; I have been working there for close to three months now. I was so happy to get the job because I had been job hunting for over two years. During the interview, I asked why the position was open and I was told that I was replacing someone who had gotten a better job opportunity elsewhere and that was why she had left.
During orientation, my supervisor mentioned that I had very big shoes to fill because the person who left was very good at her job.
I was up for the challenge because I knew they wouldn’t have hired me if they didn’t believe I could do the job. I also knew that my work will be compared to the work the previous receptionist but I was confident that it will not be lacking.
In the beginning, I didn’t mind the comparison because I understood that everyone needed time to adjust to the changes. However, even though most of my colleagues have stopped comparing me to the previous receptionist, my supervisor is still doing it.
It doesn’t matter what do, he always has to mention how the other person would have done it differently. Even though he never has any real complaints about the work I do and I cannot be accused of poor performance.
His remarks make me feel like what I do will never be recognized, which is terrible because I fear I will never be able to grow at this company.
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As my supervisor, he can choose to recommend me for a promotion or not and I think the fact that he is always comparing me to the previous receptionist means that he will not recommend me for any opportunities.
Should I just confront him and tell him to stop with the comparisons or should I start looking for a new job? I don’t want to keep living in someone else’s shadow. Kindly advise me.”
What would you advise Sharon to do? Leave your comments below.