New manager problems

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I work for a large well known company and our amazing manager who completely turned the place around has recently left the company. We have a new manager who started last week and it already feels like she is going to make peoples life hell.
Yesterday she made a comment saying she wasn't going to upset anyone just yet.
We all work well together and we are a great team, we are worried that she is going to wreck all our hard work. Should we raise this with her manager how we feel or leave it?

New manager has "old people problem"?

Seriously got can't complain that she's done something before she's done it! And just because you all think you are amazing didn't make it so. I have more than once been brought in by employers to fix the team that thought they were amazing.

So the manager hasn't actually done anything wrong yet?

You need to be more professional and specific about any issues.

Give them a chance.

So what is the problem, what has she actually done?

You don't know her, for all you know she could have been joking and thinking she was breaking the ice.

Personally I wouldn't speaking to her Manager until she has done a series of things you perceive to be unreasonable, that you have discussed with her directly first.

So she started last week and you've already written her off.
Great team eh...

Give her a chance, hopefully she's taking time to observe the team and the work that you do. She's coming at it with a fresh set of eyes and could identify some really good changes because of that. It's possible she will upset some people, not necessarily because she's doing anything wrong but because established teams tend to be resistant to change, even change that would bring benefits.

Be open minded, work with her and take the opportunity to be critical of your established ways of working to see if there are any improvements that could be made.

I think you need to extend your “working well together” to include working with your manager. She hasn’t done anything and you are considering going to her manager? I think she is the one with a problem not you!

Give her a chance! Don't go moaning to her manager. If you don't like it then you need specific examples that aren't just "I don't like her we liked the old manager" managing styles differ.

If she's done nothing wrong then you'll just have to leave if you don't like her style.

Yeah, give her a chance- maybe once you get to know her, and her you, you'll be a great team. She may be nervous and adjusting to new role. I agree it's not a nice comment though. Give her chance to redeem herself.

Jeez, poor woman.

Imagine walking into a new role and inheriting a team like this! If the whole team share the lack of awareness/resistance to change exhibited by the OP, I would say it's almost inevitable that the new manager will want to shake things up and get better people in.

Probably best to start job hunting, OP.

It sounds like you are worried about change because you loved your old manager and there's not someone new in their place.

If you all work well together and are a great team, how is she going to wreck your hard work? That is a really negative attitude to go into this with.

You need to give her a chance and be more positive about this.

No she's not your old manager, but change happens in workplaces all the time. You need to pull together and make the best of it.

The comment about not upsetting anyone just yet could have been humour/ ice breaker. Give her a chance.

It's completely inappropriate to go complaining to her manager when she is settlign into a new job - you have nothing to complain about, she's not even touched the sides yet.

Try being supportive and welcoming and maybe your positive team ethos will rub off on her too.

Also be careful there isn't some sexism involved here. I had a new female manager once and people were bad mouthing her but if she'd been a man I don't think they would have been annoyed at the same things.

I've been your manager's manager in this situation. I would not be impressed by your attitude at all if you came to me to whinge about your new line manager within the space of a week and without anything concrete to complain about. I would conclude that the existing team was extremely resistant to change and that the new manager might need more support to deal with them.

I agree give her a chance. Nobody likes change, I get it. And maybe you have done an amazing job, but there's always room for improvement. Listen to her ideas with an open mind. Don't create a difficult relationship before she's properly settled. That kind of thing is tricky to reverse once it's embedded.

Give her at least 6 months before you make your mind up about her.

I feel sorry for the woman sounds like you’ve all put the old manager on a pedestal
of course there will be change and different ways of doing things
but keep an open mind and cooperate
it’s going to number a struggle for her to do anything right you already don’t line her and looking for problems that aren’t there

Grow up you are not at school.
You can't complain about something that hasn't happened .
Your attitude suggests you are afraid of change which is your problem.
Let the new manager settle I. And you may be pleasantly surprised that she has more ideas to continue to improve your team.

You sound like a pack of moaning , change resistant bitches to be honest

No doubt there will be an element of 'new broom ' coming in. But let the manager settle in and see what happens. There might be some great new ideas, she might listen to what is going well. Don't make yourself look ridiculous by going above her head.