Timeline for Someone I manage keeps cc'ing my boss
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| Dec 11, 2014 at 8:47 | comment | added | Lilienthal♦ | @Alexander Very true, I don't dispute that. But in this situation the report is not actually notifying higher management about problems with the chain of command: he's repeatedly CCing just to state his open disagreement with his boss for the record. Admittedly the OP could be lying but this question is about a problematic pattern of behaviour, not "how do I stop my reports from tattling on my bad management." | |
| Dec 10, 2014 at 20:44 | comment | added | thanby | In addition to @Alexander I'd like to suggest that the boss not replying doesn't necessarily mean he approves, but that he sees and does not think intervention is necessary, which is in fact supporting the OP's position. I would ask the boss if it's bothering him, and if he says no simply let it continue. Open communication is important, even if it doesn't lead to action every single time it is still in the spirit of transparency. | |
| Dec 10, 2014 at 16:30 | comment | added | Alexander | @Lilienthal I don't think that a boss should deter cc'ing him on matters of importance. Neither should he let any manager force his subordinates to not CC two levels above. If you have one foul egg in the chain of command, severe problems a whole branch has with that manager may never reach the manager's boss. The OP's boss will have read that email, and possibly remember it should similar complaints come in from different people. Only then will he look into the reasons. | |
| Dec 10, 2014 at 12:34 | comment | added | user11026 | "he/she has tacitly approved of the cc-ing and is undermining you" or he just got bored of the noise and filtered the emails out :) | |
| Dec 10, 2014 at 10:20 | comment | added | T. Sar | This is curious. One of our more frequent advice when someone is having problems with his manager is "escalate to his boss". It is interesting to see the other side, too. | |
| Dec 10, 2014 at 2:06 | comment | added | Paul Draper | Excellent solution. It's hard to say "You don't need to let that other person know." It's easy to say "You don't need to let me know." | |
| Dec 9, 2014 at 23:33 | comment | added | Lilienthal♦ |
he/she has tacitly approved of the cc-ing and is undermining you. I believe it more likely that the boss is wondering why the OP is letting this continue. The person causing the problem is directly managed by the OP so if this behaviour is problematic it's up to the OP to stop it and no one else.
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| Dec 9, 2014 at 22:48 | comment | added | Telastyn | @supercat - I can see your argument. It's hard to say without more info. The way the question reads, it sounds as though every disagreement leads to an email to the boss. If the employee thinks that every single thing the OP does is so objectionable as to put it on the record... | |
| Dec 9, 2014 at 22:32 | comment | added | supercat | If the boss isn't taking affirmative action based upon the emails, I don't see that a failure to ask the subordinate to stop sending them would undermine the manager's authority. If the subordinate thinks something is a bad idea but is told to do it anyway, he may feel more comfortable doing it if he first puts his objections "on the record"; if the boss judges that allowing the employee to vent his concerns in such fashion will make him more willing to follow the manager's orders, such behavior could enhance rather than undermine the manager's authority. | |
| S Dec 9, 2014 at 22:28 | history | suggested | CommunityBot | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 9, 2014 at 20:48 | comment | added | Mast | "Talk to your boss." That's really the only thing you can (and should, if it keeps bugging you) do. | |
| Dec 9, 2014 at 20:19 | history | edited | Telastyn | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Clarification based on feedback.
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| Dec 9, 2014 at 18:22 | history | answered | Telastyn | CC BY-SA 3.0 |