Saw a post from a Costco influencer that I follow. I can't seem to find any reviews so I'm assuming it's new from Shark. seems cool to have with Summer coming up. Thoughts?
Our team hired a Director several months ago who is also a friend of the senior leadership and also reports to this person. They also used to work together years ago and from what has been observed, they have a long-standing friendship.
The Director inherited a team of folks that has been with the company for many years. The Director recently hired a young manager 6 months ago, and our team can't help notice that there is favoritism. For example, the Director constantly gives recognition to this person during team meetings, and has also given this manager projects to lead that would have normally been led by a more senior manager or as a collaborative team. This new manager was also given opportunities to participate in fun off-site events that none of us were aware of.
It not only feels like favoritism, but that the Director is trying to build up this manager for fast tracking. The Director told us at one point that he/she came to this company to get promoted, so we believe this young Manager is being built up on purpose to show how well the Director developed this person. The rest of us feel ignored and have asked for the same opportunities only to be ignored. Everyone says it's because this Director hired this person (vs inheriting like the rest of us), and the Director wants to look good with the hiring choice.
On a related note, morale has been low for 5 years due to the Senior Leadership, same one that hired the Director. We also believe the Senior Leadership is gunning for the job of someone in the C-suite that is set to retire soon, which would give the Director an opportunity to move into his/her friend's spot. Recently, the Senior Leadership promoted a couple of people on a separate adjacent team and believe this was to show what a good leader he/she is, especially since this leader wants that C-suite spot. We think the Director is being coached by his/her friend in doing the same with the young manager.
Would like your thoughts on this because all of us (managers and non-managers) have really low morale seeing this.