Hi, just wanted to ask here if this is a new trend I'm seeing now or if anyone have encountered this before?
I live/work in Europe but lately I have seen this thing where new managers will immediately latch on someone after starting and make sure they get fired as soon as that manager becomes permanent.
This happened to me personally beginning this year where my “first 6 month freindly” manager put me on an unrealistic Performance Improvement Plan the moment he became permanent. During the first 6 month he has never complained about my work quality or ethic. I ended up leaving the company.
This year alone, i have seen a couple of my freinds in the same company but also elsewhere get the same treatment. A Manager comes in the company and after 3/6 months will fire/push someone to leave unrelated to their work quality or ethic.
My only explanation is that manager use this as a tactic to get on the favor of higher management, showing that they will sacrifice their own team as long as it saves some coins to the company.
I'm getting a new manager in a few days and was wondering what should I do different this time to avoid being pushed to the door again?