#WorkplaceDrama #Promotion #Training #LeadershipStyles
Hey everyone! 🌟 So, I recently got a promotion at work and trained my replacement for four weeks before stepping into my new role. Everything seemed to be going smoothly until I received a text from my replacement out of the blue, saying she’s “disappointed” in me and won’t ask for my help again. 🤔
Here’s the situation:
– My replacement isn’t getting along with my old boss
– She thinks I wasn’t honest in a meeting where we discussed our disagreements with my old boss’s leadership style
– The text was unexpected and I’m not sure how to respond
I’d love to hear your thoughts on this! Do you think I should have been more upfront in the meeting? How would you handle this situation if you were in my shoes? Let’s discuss and share some insights to help each other out. 💬🤝
Possible solution:
– Reflect on the feedback from my replacement and see if there are areas where I could have been more transparent
– Have a one-on-one conversation with my replacement to clarify any misunderstandings and find common ground
Can’t wait to hear your perspectives! Let’s brainstorm together. 🧠💡
I would be giving a copy of that text to HR, just to cover my own butt. If she’s willing to put this much in writing, what might she be saying behind your back?
I would just not respond, but maybe mention it to new boss or someone in HR (by email) just to keep a paper trail of it. But give her the benefit of the doubt. Old boss may be treating her differently or unwittingly being offensive because she’s a woman.
Now you know why she isn’t getting along with your old boss. Don’t respond. She wants drama. Stay professional since she isn’t.
“Please keep all contact via this number to a professional level. Thank you.”
This is not your problem to solve, extricate yourself from this vortex.
You just need to stay far away and go NC.
Employees that come in and want to change things during probation or training period without learning why things are like they are, usually cause drama.
Either she will sink her own boat, or turn management against you and take you down with her or possibly even get you in trouble for something you didn’t say or do.
If she emails you with work questions, respond and copy your boss and her boss.
I think your replacement is going to be a short timer. She needs to learn the word ‘compromise’. Maybe you should start documenting the training you gave her as you may be doing it again, sooner rather than later
Paragraphs …. Do you write like this at work?
Sounds like she wanted to use this meeting to basically have a go at your old manager, and is annoyed you didn’t. I would stay out of it from now on, let her manager deal with her.
I wouldn’t even respond. It sounds like she isn’t a good fit and probably won’t last much longer. Let her sink her own ship.
“Sorry to hear that you feel that way. I’m here if you ever want to talk.” Or something like that. Don’t swing at a pitch in the dirt.
This is one of those learning moments when you learn that you should not respond. And that responding is a losing move no matter what your response might be.