@davidbloomberg yeah. I would guess those people might also start seeking positions elsewhere. So foolish when management makes these decisions poorly. Good on you for fighting for your team and what made better sense.
@davidaugust One quit without notice a couple weeks after I retired because I wasn’t there to run interference anymore. The other is in a very specialized role that really doesn’t have many other local openings, but he DID get a promotion out of the other one quitting. So there’s that.
@davidbloomberg that all makes good sense. Sounds like you were a very effective manager, not only looking out for the goals of the group but running interference and protecting your reports from the errors and problems of others. Sad that be leadership is a thing that happens too often, but good job managing it.
@davidaugust Thanks, I like to think so. And seemingly so did my staff. In addition to the one manager below me I mentioned who left, another did as well. Another would but he’s only a year is so from retirement. Another is looking. Other staff have fled as well. My ex-boss didn’t replace me, she just threw everything onto those who were my subordinates and now micromanages them, just as she had not replaced a manager between her and me previously and dumped his work on me.
@davidbloomberg sounds like the ex-boss is not good to running a team.
@davidaugust That is a very true statement. But she believes she’s amazing because she’s scary.
@davidbloomberg you’re right, too many people think being scary automatically means you’re doing something right.
@davidaugust That certainly describes her. When people quit or transfer, she usually sees it as a victory because she weeded out the weak. 🙄
@davidbloomberg I hate when people mistake abusive for strong, and being willing to take abuse for gumption.
@davidaugust That pretty well describes her. It was rare for anyone to stand up to her. When I did just before retiring (by trying to hold her to a verbal promise that she’d approve time off to start that retirement), she pushed back. And she definitely wasn’t happy when I found a legal way around her. Got some of the nastiest emails from her. I didn’t even bother to reply. And I’d known her for over 20 years.
@davidbloomberg glad you got around her and glad you got out of there.
@davidaugust Thanks. My blood pressure literally dropped 20 points after I left. It’s just too bad her boss (the agency director) will never do anything about here because they’re very old friends and he has no backbone.