To resent new colleagues

[Perato]

Work in an advertising agency type environment (some details changed to protect identity) in the sales division. We're a small team but on an agressive growth drive due to private equity.

Last year on return from mat leave I struggled to balance the role with motherhood, mental health wasn't great and felt bullied by manager and her boss for a while. My performance dipped a bit and It culminated in a very nasty ambush call by one of the directors basically threatening to sack me and mocking my sales abilities.

Fast forward a year and things have stabilised and I'm back on track with performance etc and we've recently hired two new senior managers to help drive even more sales and growth.

These hires were announced to much PR fanfare and billed across the company as much needed talent etc.

I've ended up training them a lot and picking up a lot of the Slack as they learn but both are struggling in their own ways and one in particular doesn't seem good enough and has made bad mistakes and doesnt seem to grasp the basics. We're now 3-4 months in and they still have to be hand held for almost everything and can't do certain things solo as 'not ready yet'. They're getting a very easy ride but I was nearly sacked for much less.

These are senior managers, on at least 10k more than me (baseline). I'm picking up the slack right left and centre but externally we've positioned them as incredibly capable/ senior/ strategic/ commercially astute etc.

I'm feeling so resentful and used. I've given official feedback but it's not my call on what happens to them. I've also applied for various jobs over past 6 months but market is dire so it's not an easy option.

Not sure what I'm looking for from this thread, maybe just validation that inbu and views from others who have been in this situation.

I felt so upset and broken last year but I clawed it back and have given effort etc, now seeing incompetent people announced and bigged up so much causes me so much anger.

Then you need to let them fail. Stop picking up the slack. Let senior management see their weakness.

This is the situation I'm in at the moment OP - someone appointed above me (I'm NHS so bandings are very clear) and she's... fucking incompetent, bone idle and a bloody danger to patient safety - but management keep doing the head pats and saying that she's fine.

I end up having to step in to cover the holes and support her - and I'm trying desperately not to (unless patient safety's at stake) because it's a) above my pay grade and b) management really need to understand the consequences of their shitty recruitment choice - but if you're a helpful sort who wants things to succeed - it's a hellish situation to be in.

My company often take the easy option, when somebody leaves they put somebody already there in a lower job in to that roll

They have recently done this with two guys who are now both managers. I regularly have to email them to tell them that something which is part of their job hasn’t been done which in turn is stoping me from doing my job

I do two things now to highlight how incompetent they are. I either copy the director in to my email or, when we have our weekly meeting these things that they haven’t done get picked up by the director

I’m fed up of reminding them when they are on twice my salary. I shouldn’t have to be chasing a manager. We had our weekly review on Thursday and something that they were meant to have done a week ago was noticed and they were made to look like idiots. I’m done with bailing them out. They can learn the hard way

@popdepop has your problem person been told to train you up though? Doubt it.

Sorry but I think this situation is your fault, cause you describe being subjected to nasty behaviour, being ambushed and mocked and told your performance was shit. Most people, would start looking for other jobs because it’s clear your management don’t rate you. Instead you chose to stay and are shocked that your management decided to bring in much-needed talent that get paid more than you yet you’re expected to get them up to speed. To me, the writing was on the wall that this would happen.

I would have expected a handover as she stepped up until I got the role. She has questioned me and is certainly testing boundaries. Her lack of integrity and deliberately trying to sabotage is exactly the reason I think she didn't get the role. It's not just myself, she holds resentment towards other managers who are new too. Only I have to manage her. I can't do right for doing wrong.
With OP on this thread, she has had a difficult time, yet is now projecting onto new management. Much better to focus that energy into something positive and if you're not happy, no-one is chaining you to a job

I think you now go to your manager as part of your next monthly chat or wgatever and say youve been happy to help the new people into their roles and feel that youve taught them everything you can in the past four months or whatever so from now on youd like to suggest that it’s more appropriate that they go to her when they need to ask questions so she can see how well they are progressing and ensure appropriate training is given in the areas she feels they need it as their probationary meeting will be coming up in a couple of months. Give her a list of what you’ve taught them. Ensuring you cover all the areas they make mistakes in without saying they are making mistakes eg “filing returns in the XYZ file” when you know they’ve been filing them in the ABC file and have been correcting them.

Unfortunately you do not appear to be highly rated by this company so I think any shortfalls will be blamed on your bad training. Keep looking fur a new job.

I’ve been in the same position. Not good enough for the promotion so they held me back, but am now elsewhere and two promotions up so clearly it was their misjudgement of my abilities not me being incapable or I’d never be two grades higher and ready to progress again according to my senior manager. Wish the first lot could have seen that in me but no. Sometimes they just don’t and never will.

is there a training plan? so by x month they must be able to do a, b and c, then by y month they can also do d, e and f? if not you (company) need to look into establishing such a plan asap.

If your own role is being impacted in terms of targets/KPIs you need to speak to your boss. Why do you have to train them? is there an incentive for you to do so? etc etc. Join a union.

They sound awful to work for. Private equity fucks up any company it touches for employees.

I did look for other jobs and have applied for plenty, not so easy in current market. I've since had good performance reviews and am doing well with KPIs etc