Questions tagged [new-manager]
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Can my employer fire me for notifying them of my unpaid overtime hours?
New boss and department structure at work, they passed me over for promotion and unofficially demoted me by creating new positions above me, taking responsibilities away and pushing me down further ...
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Manager is hiring a new software engineer but wont let me help in hiring [closed]
I'm a sr. Software engineer on a small team. I have a great boss (not micro manager), but he is a non technical manager which is completely fine. We are really short on developers and after great ...
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Employee Complaints of “Micromanaging” about New Manager
I recently took over a bigger office and half of my team were recently hired right before I got here. And I also have a new boss now. This location has been struggling for the past few years with ...
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Changing line managers
Im in a strange situation where my line manager has been furloughed and as a result im temporarily being put under someone else in the department who I know, have worked with before and respect. And I ...
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My manager is leaving and I'm taking over his role, how should the handover work?
I've been working for this company for three years and due to recent restructure my manager has decided to leave and I have been offered the opportunity to take over his role once he leaves.
So my ...
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New manager relocating employee for corner office? [closed]
I start a new position as manager with my current company/different program next week. This is a new formal position and formal leadership On site has been non-existent for a few years. I was told ...
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Communicating my unease about moving under a new manager
I work for a large software company and there is a planned reorganization to consolidate all the designers under a central organization. While normally I would have no issues with this, I've found out ...
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How to deal with manager who refuses to communicate with a team member?
One of the newly appointed managers always keeping an eye and criticizing the habits of one of the employees. He always keeps getting frustrated for one or another reason because of him, As being ...
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Kickstarting halted career at 42 [closed]
I am jobless. 10 months ago, I was a Technical Project Manager for a brief stint. Prior to that I was into Java web application development working with various frameworks like Struts,Spring,Hibernate,...
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Interview Double Speak?
I just had an interview for a role (career shift, really) and it felt good. But something the Hiring Manager said to me (it was just he and I in the interview) has stuck in my mind.
As an ...
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Hiring Someone Your Level or Above
I’m a low-level employee at a tech company. A few minor promotions, but not a lead or manager. I am the senior most (of 2) in my department in my office. Our boss (director level) works remotely, but ...
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What to do about (new) manager simply ignoring me?
I work part time for an agency. My manager recently got replaced. Understandably she does things a differently, and may even be learning the position herself. Sometimes when I ask questions she simply ...
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Co-worker is now managing my team. Does this mean that I'm being demoted?
I work in a mid-size startup (~150 people) in the US. I am a software engineer. My company is doing well, so we're growing rapidly.
I'm in a ~15-member engineering team, writing software for the ...
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How can I get a problem employee to do work assigned to him when I'm a supervisor with no real power?
In one day I went from being the junior member of a three person team to the senior member of a three person team. It's my first supervisory role.
Unfortunately one of the new members of the team is ...
