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Am I being managed out?

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Magnoliasarelovely · 16/03/2024 14:13

Please could I ask any managers on here, to move a team member to a different team that’s settled and happy where they are without asking them - is that always a negative thing?

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Greydiamond · 16/03/2024 14:14

Do you have strengths and skills the new team are lacking?

Are they trying to support another colleague with management opportunities in a more stable team and see you as being able to cope with a move?

What reasons did they cite?

Janedoelondon · 16/03/2024 14:14

Absolutely not. It could be due to multiple reasons beyond your control (resourcing, finances). I would speak with your manager for clarification on the move :-)

Magnoliasarelovely · 16/03/2024 14:17

No I don’t @Greydiamond im only recently trained. I’m so worried that it’s a way to get me to go.

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Magnoliasarelovely · 16/03/2024 14:18

@Greydiamond no reason given.

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benjoin · 16/03/2024 14:29

No it will be a reason like the other team have high workload

Magnoliasarelovely · 16/03/2024 14:35

Thanks all.

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Springisroundthecorner · 16/03/2024 15:00

Ask for clarification from your manager as to why? Are you taking your skills to help the other team, do they have a bigger workload, is it an open position or transfer of headcount for costs?

Magnoliasarelovely · 16/03/2024 15:15

I don’t think it would be skills as I’m very much a newbie.

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Magnoliasarelovely · 16/03/2024 15:15

@Springisroundthecorner yes I will ask otherwise I’m just going to worry.

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Abouttimeforanamechange · 16/03/2024 15:49

I don’t think it would be skills as I’m very much a newbie.

Could it be they're changing things round a bit to get a better balance of experienced people and newbies across the teams?

CutiePatooties · 16/03/2024 16:04

Only you know how well you perform at work. A manager will not want to manage you out if you perform well. If you’ve picked up things easily whilst being trained, get along well with the team and have a good rapport with management then this is a good move.

However, if you make lots of mistakes, are slow paced, arrive to work late, don’t pull your weight, don’t have a good rapport with management etc then this is a move to get you out.

I’ve been in a position where I was moved as a way of getting me out (it was so bad, I walked out on the job and drove home!) they moved me out of the way of everyone. No one liked me there, I was slow at my job and dropped too many balls/made constant mistakes. I knew I was rubbish at my job. Instead of getting me on performance, they went for the quick option: move me to an area I knew nothing about, where I was isolated. It worked.

So it also depends where they’re moving you to. Is the space better/worse? Will the job be better/worse? Are the team better/worse to work with?

You can be new and be brilliant at your job. We have a new starter at our work and she’s better than a lot of people who have been in the business for a few years! She’s been moved because she picks things up quickly, is adaptable, approachable, very intelligent, can do many things with her eyes shut. The move for her is a good move.

freezefade · 16/03/2024 19:29

They might just be a shit manager with poor communication skills and zero emotional intelligence. Lots of them about.

You shouldn't have been moved without explanation and they should have anticipated this would worry you.

Ask them.

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