High Turnover in My Department

[Anonymous]

Over the past year, our department has experienced significant turnover, including management above my direct supervisor. The main issue seems to be our manager’s leadership style: micromanaging, frequently overriding our expertise, and lacking understanding of what’s required to execute assignments.
I enjoy the work I do, but with so many colleagues leaving, the environment is becoming increasingly challenging. Has anyone experienced something similar, and how did you navigate it?

[Anonymous]

Found a new job

[Anonymous]

Yep, find a new job.

[Anonymous]

Same. Found a new job.

[Anonymous]

I’m honestly in the same position right now. Over the past year, a huge portion of our team has jumped ship, and it’s starting to take a real toll on the people who are still here. In our case, it seems to stem from the same root issue: management is completely out of touch with what it actually takes to get the work done.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, eventually everyone in his department left then they fired him.

Micromanagement was a symptom the company was cooking the books and committing fraud. His role was liability management, making sure the deeds got done(while they were distracted by the dumpster fire) and the leadership was clean.

[Anonymous]

Leave. You can’t fix fundamental incompetence, and dysfunction always flows downward. I once worked for a woman who, at minimum, should have held a P.E. license to be in her role. The technical expertise required to lead that department simply wasn’t there, and as a result, people left in large numbers, including me. She micromanaged constantly, trying to compensate for her lack of technical understanding, which only made the environment more stressful. Start applying elsewhere. Spare yourself the unnecessary frustration. Who knows, like me, you might end up doubling your salary and escaping poor leadership altogether.

[Anonymous]

Start looking quietly now. Then leave, again quietly. No comments about why leaving.

If pressed, talk only about liking the new opportunities with new job (and never tell them where you are going).

[Anonymous]

Job situations like this are never fixable.

[Anonymous]

Run!

[Anonymous]

People in my section are leaving in droves due to mo telework flexibility to pick up kids etc. I’m gonna basically get promoted forcibly to manager due to there being no people my senior lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Start looking quietly now. Then leave, again quietly. No comments about why leaving.

If pressed, talk only about liking the new opportunities with new job (and never tell them where you are going).

+1 All of this