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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sounds like you have put zero effort into mentoring her. This is going to be on you, boss.[/quote]

A 40+ YO with that level of experience shouldn’t need that level of mentoring. Sounds like she’s skated through her entire career[/quote]

DP. I’m not sure she needs mentoring but she certainly needs regular feedback and clear communication. OP is totally unclear about what “focusing on other’s work” means. Generally people don’t work in isolation, so if she sees some issues or room for improvement in other people’s work, that could be totally normal and relevant to her own work. I would not discount the possibility of her coworkers reacting poorly to perceived criticism by a black woman new to the job. In any event it is clear that OP is not going to do anything to make this better. An internal transfer would be the best move. Termination will likely result in a lawsuit, possibly a successful one, because OP is in fact giving major vibes of treating the employee differently based on race & gender. [/quote]

I’m really not getting those “vibes” from OP. OP just seems like a lazy manager.[/quote]

Well laziness is what makes things like implicit bias become more relevant. OP is too lazy to actually train his employee or support her properly. Much easier to blame it on “cultural misfit” in a way that amounts to unequal treatment. I wish OP would say more about the “scope” issues. I bet you anything that the white coworkers are mad at how the black woman “aggressively criticizes” or whatever. [/quote]

Or maybe she’s just not a good hire.

You can’t advocate for DEIA requirements and then get mad when people strive to meet them.
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