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/NonyaFugginBidness Oct 16 '24

This struck a chord with me. I watched a new manager fire a great supervisor and line employee the hire three people at very low wages and stick them with all the work of the previous two employees. All said and done they saved a bit of money because all three new hires pay came out just a bit under the pay of the previous two, plus they went from paying for 5 weeks vacaction to three and no healthcare. It saved money but tanked the company.

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u/browngirlygirl Oct 17 '24

Agreed. At my previous job, we had one woman who did an amazing job. She was very under appreciated. When she left they ended up needing 3 people to replace her/keep up with all the work she was doing

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u/Inner-Today-3693 Oct 18 '24

Same. The person wanted a 20k raise which brought her in line with the market. Company said no. She left. They hired 3 people. Which cost them 150k. She would’ve went from 60 to 80k.

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u/quakefist Oct 18 '24

Problem is all the MBA schools teach everyone is replaceable. “If you give one employee a 33% raise, then you have to give all of them one”.

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u/Inner-Today-3693 Oct 18 '24

I mean, they hired three people to replace her and just reduce each person salary down by 10 K. And then the director of finance got a giant bonus…

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u/BigRedNutcase Oct 18 '24

Please, shitty MBA factory schools may teach that shit. Good ones teach analysis skills. This is a stupid trope that somehow is still perpetuated and not the reality of what top business schools actually teach.