I’ve stated in a previous blog that when management changes hands, I believe the current manager should be the one that announces it. I felt annoyed when my team’s management changed hands and it was announced by the incoming manager.
It’s happened again, but this time on a personal level. I get a meeting request for a “Line Manager Handover” from my future line manager (Alan). Surely, my current line manager (Louise) should have told me this was happening, rather than me finding out via a meeting invite?
What does the meeting even entail? I thought it would be a pointless meeting and it was. I reckon a lot of things should be discussed between Alan and Louise, and not with me present in the meeting.
In the meeting, my future manager, Alan turned to Louise and asked “is there any problems with attendance or illness I should know about?”.
Ridiculously rude.
Obviously, it’s a good question, but not one to ask my manager as if I wasn’t in the room. How can she answer that truthfully anyway? She wasn’t gonna say:
“yeah, there’s a few times where he rings up sick but I have a large suspicion he is faking it. I was actually gonna flag it up with HR if it happens again.”
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I find it bizarre that managers often show a lack of “people skills”. Not a great start.
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