Re:Many Companies Aren’t Prepared to Replace Underperforming...
by eftychis on Friday November 04, 2022 @04:00PM
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Best move in (2) cases, I have been thinking, is to move them aside: have them do exploratory work and perhaps not have people under them.
Re:Many Companies Aren’t Prepared to Replace Underperforming...
by kennend3 on Friday November 04, 2022 @04:15PM
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Yes. It is interesting over the years watching people play "hot potato" with the boss' friend or such.
Eventually they land somewhere and it doesn't take long to figure out the deal and then they start working on a strategy on how to move them somewhere else.
Obviously the person i responded to hasn't spent much time with a large org to see this first hand.
As someone who has been with large multi-nationals for a very long time let me give you some examples.
1) "failing up".
Sometimes you cant deal with your manager or the situation except to make them look good, and eventually they get promoted up and out of your way.
2) "Protected class"
Think "nepotism". Let's say that "B" doesn't do well, but he is very close to the "CxO". who in their right mind would fire "B"? We call this a "CLM" - Career limiting move.
Alternatively, lets say I hired my best friend.. How wiling am I to fire them?
If you are the owner/founder, it is really hard to get rid of them no matter what they do (Go read up on WeWorks).