Company fires the best manager for standing up for his team, asks his team to give the company honest feedback: 'They stress honesty and open communication, but those things got their top employee fired.'

A good manager can turn a mediocre job into a great job. A bad manager can turn a great job into a terrible job.

If you've ever been lucky enough to have a great manager, you know that they can make a mediocre workplace worth staying at. A manager who clearly communicates their expectations without micromanaging and who advocates for you when they know you deserve a raise is worth their weight in gold.

A great manager is often a savior in the eyes of their direct reports, and a menace in the eyes of the higher-ups. That's because they value their employees, even if it affects the bottom line, and refuse to see them as easily replaceable cogs in the machine. It's tough to be stuck in the middle between making your employees happy and making higher-ups happy, and many managers have to choose one or the other to prioritize.

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My best manager ever was fired and they’re poking at my team for “feedback." What should I say?

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I wonder if the company will be honest about the reason they fired this amazing manager, or if they'll pretend he was fired for a made-up reason that places all the blame on him. Chances are, he reached out to his team to tell them the truth because he's a man of integrity.
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_{Higher-ups listen in horror as an employee openly shares her experiences, despite having asked her to do so.}
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The higher-ups are not stupid. They know how beloved this manager was, and that a great deal of their employees will feel a sense of loyalty towards him over the company, so they're trying to figure out who those people are, and “deal with them” accordingly.
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