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After some advice please wise ones...
I've had a new boss for about 9mths. She joined from a similar role but this job is a promotion for her. There have been problems ever since and the warning signs were there before she even came (didn't accept job straight away, took ages to hand in notice at other job, ignored requests to come and meet new team etc)
It's hard to really put into words what the problems are, but to give a flavour: no leadership (they head up a team of about 20), poor management style, atrocious communications skills (hates meeting people, awkward, shy), can't make decisions so dithers, doesn't bother passing on work to team from senior management so stuff doesn't get done, misses deadlines and is generally incompetent. She is dragging the reputation of the whole team down.
Everyone knows this including the managing director (their boss), other senior management and hr. I have talked to hr and her boss about it. Answers were 'we know and we're doing something about it'. That was 3 months ago and nothing has changed. My bosses boss also suggested that i confront them and talk about the issues in the team. I've found this difficult for obvious reasons but try to address things as they come up. What's also happening is that people are going behind my bosses back to make sure work they give her is being done by me or someone else in the team. So rather than telling her she is doing a crap job, it seems like they are covering her arse and making sure things are done by giving the rest of us more work.
Now, what do I do next? People in my team are stressed, depressed and constantly saying they want to leave. Any advice please? Should I lodge a formal complaint? I feel I need to force the issue. She should have been fired at her 6 month probation but that's gone now.
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Complaining about boss, probably a bit long
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workhell · 09/05/2013 21:09
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