No rants here, just letting anyone who cares know not all middle management sucks.
I recently switched jobs within my company for several office politics reasons, including being underpaid for the performance I delivered year after year. However I managed a team of 12 sales agents.
For 3 straight years our team was top 2 in all major sales metrics (32 teams) and top 1 in career progression outside of the sales job to other departments. I took great pride in that last part because IMO a good leader nurtures growth and development.
However, company “policy” states only 5% of the staff may receive an “exceeding” distinction on annual reviews (otherwise achieving or the not so good “developing” marks). Of my 12 folks, 10 exceeded every statistical goal. The other 2 met 7/8 with the one miss being total sales (both had extended medical leaves but hit goals when they were in office). Sounds like they deserved some damn good reviews right? WRONG
I was instructed to pick ONE person for an exceeding grade and top it off by giving 1.5-2% raises as I saw fit. narrarator voice He did not see fit.
I got to my director and draw the line in the sand. They have 2 options, ignore my demands for more money and allow me to give the ratings that my people earned and I find a new job anyway because it's still bs, or I'm taking more of the raise money and give meh ratings but stay on in my role.
They did not allow me to give better ratings due to the earlier state guideline,but I did get the cash. Still substandard by my view but I was able to get 5-8% for every person on my team…. and still left 3 months later. Fuck the man, pay the people busting their asses.
TLDR: Middle management dude tells corporate to stick their bs 1.5% raise up their ass and gets 5%+ for everyone on the team. Still quits on principle.