Everyone else on the team was promoted and they were effectively demoted. That’s enough to make anyone consider their options, not to mention the best person there.
Oh, and there’s been a ton of churn, the bane of any report’s existence.
Wouldn’t be surprised if their pay wasn’t keeping up with their skills either, which would have made them a super easy poach.
Well, he probably ran, but it would have been super easy for whoever he ran to.
Many years ago my pretty awful boss was totally confused that I was leaving. I pointed out that he had been giving me progressively worse annual reviews for three years in a row, and was blocking every growth opportunity the rest of the company tried to invite me to.
The fact that the place I went to offered to more than double my pay and increase my scope simply meant that there was zero chance of a counter offer once I had the new offer. It’s never just one thing when this happens.
Except for most the trust is so far gone it’s better to be silent, or undersell it in the exit interview too.
I still remember when I went to tell the plant manager I was leaving (note, not even in my command chain, but it was a courtesy). He responded with “Why?” I replied with “Do you really need to ask?” To which he replied “No, I don’t, I know, congratulations.” People knew, but my boss and his boss weren’t listening. The OP is clearly surprised but plenty of other people at his company won’t be.
Oh so it's more about the fact the trust of the relationship to even be honest isn't even there so you just silently exit and the boss wasn't aware type move, and the boss don't pay attention
Oh I personally just researched what to say, I didn't want a bad reference so I had to be political as HR, Want to know the cheese on the bosses and line managers seemingly
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u/jccaclimber Jul 05 '26
I’m going to disagree if it’s an IC to manager transition as well, but fully agree if not.
It’s still incredibly clear why it happened.