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  • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    I don’t know if I’m going to stay in this role. My 2IC is “besties” with my line manager and is a rude, arrogant prick. Even the rest of the team have noticed how he speaks to me. Everytime I bring it up with my line manager, he makes excuses for him.

    On Friday he said “If I wanted to get rid of you I could. There’s people I could talk to that could get rid of you. But I don’t”.

    Haven’t spoken to the line manager yet, and am honestly thinking of not bothering and just looking for another job.

    Yay corporate.

    • Thornburywitch@aussie.zone
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      1 year ago

      Sounds like he’s scared of you. Can you record any of this on your phone and play it back to your line manager?

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        Great idea actually. I’ll be recording any 1 on 1’s moving forward. Shame it’s playing out this way, this place seemed great until the red flags started popping up. Even if it turns to shit I’ll stick it out till my savings account is nice and healthy then skedadle.

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      1 year ago

      Had another thought which may be quite inaccurate, but is this toxic little nong running something not quite kosher with the line manager? Like fraud, or do you think he’s just powertripping? Might be worthwhile whistleblowing this to the next rung up above the line manager. Particularly if you have recordings. Doing so could blow up in your face, but the really senior management probably needs to know if these two are sabotaging their department/area of responsibility. Hiring staff is expensive, so I can’t think of any rational scenario where this sort of conduct is acceptable, or even legal. Cos it sounds like the nong is pretending to a degree of authority that he just doesn’t possess. Is HR aware of this situation?

      • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone
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        Thanks for responding, I really appreciate it :)

        What happened is that the last 2 people in my role were complete fuckups. They basically ignored their job and my 2ic had to step in and take up a lot of the responsibility as well as trying to do his job.

        It really hurt the team and they got fired when everything came out. So my line manager was the one to come in and clean everything up and “save” the team. Somewhere along the line, my line manager and 2ic became besties. My 2ic is incredibly rude and arrogant. I have one team member who’s ready to quit if he isn’t treated better.

        When I brought it up to my line manager, he turned it around and tried to make it my fault. “It’s bad leadership”. As if I created this monster.

        I’m in a corner. If I say something to my line manager, and he goes and blabs to my 2ic it’ll just make my life worse than it already is. So the best I can do is shut up and try to deal with it.

        I’m going to start putting out resumes this week and see what’s out there. Everyone else is really cool and the job itself is great. It’s a shame these dipshits are making it a shitshow.