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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If I am your boss and a role goes unfilled for 6 months and the company/organization is just chugging along…I would eliminate the position because it clearly isn’t needed.[/quote]

Same.

OP I get your frustration generally speaking but you have to be able to look inward at this job, yourself as a hiring manager, and your company as to why it took a year and a half to fill this role. That is a huge red flag.

And then by sheer coincidence, your perfect hire quits after a week... that's no coincidence.

If she's telling the truth I feel badly for her because being out of state, there was no way to know how bad it was until they got there.

If she's lying, see my original statement. Regardless of how professional it was for her to lie, would it have stung any less if she told you that the team is a mess, she doesn't see support systems and processes in place to fix it, and that dropping that on someone in their first week is unreasonable? You would've likely felt worse so now we're just here to say it.

I would never have someone make sweeping evaluations, strategies, and plans for huge changes in their first week. Maybe you were pushing her hard due to how long it took to fill the role but that was a leadership fail on your part. The good news is, none of us are perfect managers and this is a huge learning moment for you, your onboarding process, your approach with future candidates for this role, and potentially how you manage your team currently (why does it need sweeping change is the first question to ask yourself).

Good luck OP, you are a leader and you have the empowerment to change some of these things from within before you even fill this role.
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