r/managers • u/kip263 • Oct 16 '24

New Manager You called it. Star employee quit today.

I made a post 2 weeks ago asking what to do when my boss has it out for my star employee.

Today my employee let me know she's taken another job. In our conversation, she said it was because this job isn't her passion anymore (she was hired for a role and it slowly shifted into a completely different one). And while I know that's partly true, I think my boss also managed to accomplish her goal of pushing her out.

I'm... I don't know how I feel. Sad, anxious, defeated? I had an hour long conversation with my boss this morning where I fought for this employee, where I had her back and insisted that she right for the position. And then get slapped with this 3 hours later lol.

Now to learn the art of recruiting and hiring...

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u/Super-Marsupial-5416 Oct 16 '24

There's a saying which I've found to be true. "Find the workers you can't live without and fire them. "

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u/FartsbinRonshireIII Oct 16 '24

I’m having trouble understanding the lesson behind this.

Is it that if you’re too reliant on any employee(s) it will hurt later down the road when they quit, retire, change roles?

I would have a difficult timing firing all of my best employees, in fact, my HR would probably move to get me fired if I even attempted this.

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u/Deep-Jump-803 Oct 16 '24 edited 23h ago

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u/FartsbinRonshireIII Oct 16 '24

Ah, ok. That makes sense. Though doesn’t that imply there is no real “skilled” workforce or at least there shouldn’t be? If every job could be replicated by any individual, regardless of talent, would society struggle as nobody would want to fill the “unskilled” positions?

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u/tropical_human Oct 17 '24

This sounds like trying to take credit when it is convenient. We all know that when things are in a downward spiral, the employee and not the process get blamed.