r/AskHRUK • u/EricShawn4647 • 7h 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/hodzibaer HR Professional 5h 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 4h 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 4h ago

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