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Re:Ask HN: Interview tomorrow – How to learn whether an org ... by partisan on Thursday July 21, 2016 @05:10PM (#12140102)
That is incredible insight. I hope the OP listens to this advice as there are several signs of a toxic organizations and is probably ignoring them on the hope that it not.
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Re:Ask HN: Interview tomorrow – How to learn whether an org ... by mud_dauber on Thursday July 21, 2016 @05:27PM (#12140215)
I'm told the manager in question knows of his/her shortcomings. I need to learn whether an improvement plan was ever installed & the results (thus far) of that plan.

To be clear - I haven't detected any really toxic behavior. It just seems like a good-faith hire didn't work out.

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Re:Ask HN: Interview tomorrow – How to learn whether an org ... by xapata on Thursday July 21, 2016 @06:53PM (#12140607)
Knows of shortcomings or knows of the upcoming replacement? There's a big difference.

If the manager was "let go" and offered to stick around until a replacement could be found, that's a much better situation.

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Re:Ask HN: Interview tomorrow – How to learn whether an org ... by spinlock on Thursday July 21, 2016 @08:58PM (#12141083)
why not ask to see the performance improvement plan and results? They should have documented the issues as they were unfolding specifically for a retrospective like this.
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