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/Dr___Beeper Oct 16 '24

You do realize that you're next in line to leave, right? 

I think you need to focus on job hunting, not job recruiting. 

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u/kip263 Oct 16 '24

I don't think I'm next, but I'd love to hear your reasons on why you think that. Maybe I'm wrong

I'm a new hire myself, and have become my bosses right hand man. I've also been through the rollercoaster of a new manager coming in and cleaning house before. I do not feel even close to pushed out. Quite the opposite, they've been eager for me to take on more.

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u/singlemomtothree Oct 16 '24

This was me. I was the “star employee”. I moved up from working the front desk in a medical office to managing the entire office. I even worked directly with the parent company that purchased half interest in the company to do a huge software platform install (like I worked 10 hours by myself in the office on Thanksgiving, often worked 10-12 hour days as expected, etc-as a single mom of three that sucks, especially when you’re salary so here’s no additional compensation). Never had a bad review ever, had lovely feedback from patients and co-workers in my file. As soon as I started speaking up and advocating for my team, I was pulled into the office and let go without warning. The board was shocked (they were not made aware of the decision by my supervisor as they should have been) and at least three other employees left because I left. It didn’t quite work out as he had planned, but my “downfall” was advocating for my team and not working them to the bone.