Supervisor Insubornation
Bullion
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We have a supervisor who has been employed with our non-profit organization for 5 years. There was a situation that occurred on a Friday and this supervisor did not tell her manager about this issue for over a week. This superior is very passive and did not see the importance of letting her manager know. Do to the lack of communication she had with her manager, the manager is wanting to terminate her for insubornation. Do you see any red flags we should be aware of if we terminate?
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I'm not sure that insubordination would be the driver for termination in this instance. Poor work performance might be more justified.
If this instance, however, is the only reason for termination I'd think long and hard before taking that action. Employees are going to make mistakes and judgment errors. If you terminate for the first error each one makes, then your workforce is going to dwindle pretty rapidly and the remaining employees will live in fear of making an error. That's not a productive environment.
If you haven't already, dig deeper into what's happened. Unless the supervisor has made a string of errors, why would the manager want to terminate a supervisor that's been with the company for 5 years?
I think you need more information and whatever the decision turns out to be, document, document, document.
Sharon
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Is one taking this too personally and the other not recognizing that the boss needs to be kept in the loop? Perhaps some coaching of both supervisors is warranted.
I am wondering what the supervisor neglected to tell her manager? If it was ie an allegation of client abuse it sits differently than two employees arguing. .