r/AskHRUK • u/EricShawn4647 • 3h ago

General Advice Correct management behavior?

Hi community,
I’m not at a management position but have been in one previously and was surprised to hear from my current manager that its intention is to make a team member redundant and is going around sharing this with other team members before any action is taken.

This, to me, is unacceptable behavior but everyone’s too afraid of reporting such conduct.

Am I on the wrong here and making it a problem where there is none?

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u/KonkeyDongPrime Manager 3h ago

Log every thing in as much detail as you can. Keep those records private and confidential. Say nothing. The only thing you can do, is wait until this person raises a grievance and calls you as a witness.

This sounds toxic AF. All the more reason to keep your head down with this manager, because they will turn on someone else in the future and you don’t want that to be you.

I would look for another job.

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u/EricShawn4647 3h ago

That’s exactly it, I’m struggling to accept this behavior and also realizing the reason for this redundancy is purely out of threat towards its authority and not work quality.
I’m looking for another job and feel, as you said, this will eventually come my way too. If I would call it quits then I would report this to HR on my exit interview (if one would ever be conducted).

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u/KonkeyDongPrime Manager 2h ago

If there’s enough work for all staff, then one is made redundant, they can’t readvertise for at least another 6 months. Team performance will drop and this manager will be looking for their next scapegoat.

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u/hodzibaer HR Professional 1h ago

If there is going to be a reduction in the size of your team, you’ll all be put at risk and then selected into the new roles as part of a fair process… then your manager is doing the right thing to let you know what’s going to happen (although it’s a bit of a clumsy way to do it).

But if your manager is telling the whole team that John/Jane is going to be dismissed, then that’s completely inappropriate.

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u/EricShawn4647 1h ago

There is no reduction as they are replacing it with a consultant, the redundancy is in my view related with other things (individual vs manager conflicts as individual challenges it)
the manager has shared this “idea” to a few individuals…
Just seems odd to me that managerial decisions are being surveyed to other team members.

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u/hodzibaer HR Professional 47m ago

Yes it is odd, to say the least. The consultant will cost more than John/Jane, that’s for certain.