Timeline for How to ask manager to reduce team size?
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| Mar 31, 2023 at 23:53 | comment | added | MasterJoe | I understand its important to see issues from all sides. But, this place seems to revere managers like they are an all knowing god. Apparently, none of the people here have encountered managers who either indulge in nepotism or just try to build a bigger team to look better (i.e. empire building) | |
| Aug 16, 2017 at 13:29 | comment | added | PoloHoleSet | That's fine, my comment was as much playing devil's advocate so you could address that issue, because it might be easy to look at the question in that light. Thanks for responding. | |
| Aug 16, 2017 at 8:02 | comment | added | Lilienthal♦ | You and I have drastically different definitions for what "improving" a workload means. Have you even considered asking your manager about his reasons for making the hire instead of assuming that he just wanted to bring some dead weight on board? People who aren't in a management position don't get to make hiring or firing decisions for a reason. | |
| Aug 15, 2017 at 22:56 | comment | added | Patricia Shanahan | There could be several motivations. The most optimistic is that you are being considered for promotion, but they need to have someone who duplicates your skills on the team and up to speed first. They could just be looking at your team's bus factor - having an extra person lets you create backups for each role. | |
| Aug 15, 2017 at 22:18 | answer | added | Joe Strazzere | timeline score: 13 | |
| Aug 15, 2017 at 22:05 | history | edited | JohnSink | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 15, 2017 at 21:37 | history | edited | JohnSink | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 15, 2017 at 21:37 | comment | added | JohnSink | @BSMP - Individual workload is down from 40 hours a week to about 30. It varies, but we don't stay as busy as before. | |
| Aug 15, 2017 at 21:35 | comment | added | JohnSink | @PoloHoleSet - Having the co worker fired won't guarantee any security of my status. It is unlikely, but I could be on the layoff list already or might be added later. Maybe we both are in the list. Maybe the whole team is on the list. | |
| Aug 15, 2017 at 21:31 | answer | added | user45269 | timeline score: 5 | |
| Aug 15, 2017 at 20:59 | answer | added | Michael | timeline score: 10 | |
| Aug 15, 2017 at 19:11 | comment | added | BSMP | individual workload has decreased significantly OK, but is it down from something like 60hrs a week to 40hrs a week or more like 40hrs a week to 25hrs a week? There's a difference between having some breathing room and sitting on your hands for half the work day. | |
| Aug 15, 2017 at 18:59 | comment | added | PoloHoleSet | Will you be framing this as "there is duplication between our roles, one of us should go," or "there is duplication in our roles, the other person, who you hired after me, should go"? You seem to be asking how to get a co-worker fired to better secure your own status. | |
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| Aug 15, 2017 at 18:39 | history | asked | JohnSink | CC BY-SA 3.0 |