Yep, there were some talks among engineers about the possibility of them being laid off and replaced by another team. But that's far from the case, as they've been repeatedly told that's not going to happen, have all gotten raises, stuff like that.
I could go with the unrealistic deadlines, which is something half of the team complains about, but the other half complains of the opposite. It's hard.
The whole team agrees that they're under-performing, though, which might be the reason for the fear of being laid off.
The "shit rolls downhill" thing is exactly the kind of thing all the previous managers did. I'd like to think that they stopped doing that, but that has left some scars on the team.
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> 2) Much more rarely, but it does happen, it could just be someone with an abusive personality. Those sorts of people are capital-T Toxic to your organization and will definitely result in your best people leaving. You want them gone, yesterday.
The worst ones were already removed, but they seem to have caused lasting damage. We should see how it goes.
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Thanks, I'll definitely talk about it with our CEO and CTO.