Re:Hard to work with
by gwbas1c on Thursday March 31, 2022 @09:38AM
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> I'm shocked this manager didn't have you fired. I would never tolerate someone doing what they want instead of what I instructed them to do.
A manager is not a boss. If a new manager isn't able to get a team to do what they ask, either the team is horribly incompetent, or the manager isn't very good.
Furthermore, if a new manager suddenly wants to fire people from the team, it looks very bad. (Unless the team has a reputation for underperforming.)
In the OP's case, I suspect that the +1 had a lot of respect for the team and its past accomplishments; or that the OP had a good reputation with the +1. In some organizations, underperformers are left to simmer in hopes that they leave voluntarily; I suspect that the "interpersonal conflict" approach was a way to nudge the bad manager out the door.
A manager is not a boss. If a new manager isn't able to get a team to do what they ask, either the team is horribly incompetent, or the manager isn't very good.
Furthermore, if a new manager suddenly wants to fire people from the team, it looks very bad. (Unless the team has a reputation for underperforming.)
In the OP's case, I suspect that the +1 had a lot of respect for the team and its past accomplishments; or that the OP had a good reputation with the +1. In some organizations, underperformers are left to simmer in hopes that they leave voluntarily; I suspect that the "interpersonal conflict" approach was a way to nudge the bad manager out the door.