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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I'm surprised by all of the answers on this thread. The manager did nothing wrong, the employee handled the situation badly.

Personally, I wouldn't say anything, but I probably wouldn't be in a hurry to push the employees case again any time soon.

The employee lost an ally in you.[/quote]
+1[/quote]

+2.  If one of my subordinates came to me about wanting to have this kind of meeting,  I’d be pleased to facilitate it, or if I thought having that kind of meeting was a bad idea, I’d explain why I thought that.  If they went behind my back, though, I’d view that as a serious breach of trust and respond accordingly.  Respecting chain of command is crucial, and undermining it does not make you some sort of trailblazer.  Usually it just means you are a
of a prima donna, and that is good to know.  That doesn’t mean not asking for or having the meeting (even insisting on it is defensible) but it does mean not hiding it and giving the boss a heads up is basic corporate etiquette.  [/quote]

You'd be "pleased to facilitate" the meeting? What? Why does she need you to facilitate it? Obviously she doesn't, because she just did it without you. And obviously you'd think your employee going above your head is a bad idea, and you'd tell her so, because your employee being there can only make you look bad. Either the boss agrees with the employee (which sometimes happens) and then you look bad for not recognizing the talent, or the boss thinks the employee shouldn't really be there, in which case you did a bad job of communicating the reasons to the employee.

The only reason you'd want a heads up is to save your own butt by throwing your employee under the bus somehow. No wonder the employee didn't want to mention it.

I'm curious how old you are, though. Nobody under 50 would talk about "facilitating a meeting" with their boss's boss or "respecting chain of command" unless they're in the military or some sort of egomaniac.

You should know that times have changed. Most of the top companies actually encourage this every few months - it's called a skip level.[/quote]

I’m not the poster you’re quoting, but I’m 39 and I work in an organization where a move like this would be frowned upon, and it’s not the military. You really cannot comprehend that some organizations function differently than what you’re used to/prefer, and you’re calling others egomaniacs? [/quote]

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