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[quote=Anonymous]I’m getting mixed signals from leadership about how to handle problem employees. On the one hand, senior leaders have flat out said “we want you to manage people out that are problems” and made a big song and dance with HR about how they were going to support us.  So, I’ve attempted to do that. But now I feel like I’m getting a bad rep with HR, and that it was just theater, and I have badly misread the situation.

HR has been requiring such a high level of documentation to do anything, I have to be the kind of manager I loathe.  I have to nag and document, and give people multiple warnings, and basically treat them like children before any consequences can be imposed.  I hate it.  I have a couple of people working for me that are serious drags on the organization and it’s been months of gaslighting and burden shifting from HR.

I feel like I can’t even hint to an employee that they are in danger of losing their job without HR undermining me.  It’s crazy and I don’t know what to do other than just back off and let the problem people be problems, and potentially lose my job over it if someone wants to find a reason to can me.  I am at risk of burn out from doing all of the work these people aren’t doing, and quit. I have some high performing people on my team who are complaining to me about the drag these other people are creating, and I don’t blame them, but I feel incredibly stuck.

Do I go above HR’s head to leadership at this point? Or is that suicidal?

For context, yes, the organization is totally dysfunctional and no one is really coaching me through this, or has my back.  I was hired a year ago from somewhere else, and seem to be the right person for this job insofar as the work product my unit is putting out is better than ever—but my leadership is extremely hands off, and I’m pretty much on my own.

I think the answer I’m going to get here is that I need to leave this job. But I need the money, the market is crap, and I’m actually really good at the job and would love the opportunity to clean house and hire a some people that can actually do the work that needs doing.  But, again, leadership doesn’t seem interested in fixing things beyond a lot of big words.

Any words of wisdom for me? [/quote]

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