Serious question. Bear in mind, our department is small. He’s manager of 5 people ultimately, two more than when he originally started. The previous manager pulled his weight. We shared the duties, splitting them in an appropriate manner according to position. Previous left for a much better job, and this clown managed to stick his head up the ass of every single interviewer and just told them what they wanted to hear. He knows nothing, he just talks and talks and talks about how nothing is their fault (or his), and he’s going to fix things except he has zero follow through. The pandemic was the greatest smokescreen he could have hoped for.
Sorry, went on a bit of a rant there. My actual question is, is it normal for managers to ask the lowest paid member of their team whether or not they should approve something at their level? Make no effort whatsoever to see what the situation is and instead make someone else give them the See Spot Run version? And is this the kind of normal that shouldn’t be normal or is it reasonable for managers to not be required to actually think and make decisions?
I feel like it’s one thing if someone is manager of a huge company with many people and departments under them and they have to make decisions constantly while being bombarded with information but he has five people and doesn’t even understand basic processes after five years. And yet he’s somehow in charge. Really loathe people who manage to get through careers like this.