A case study in how leadership can destabilize a team
Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich
- Strong and supportive colleagues
- Opportunity to work cross-functionally
Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich
- Large-scale layoffs leading to significant loss of team knowledge and stability
- Leadership changes without clear structure or transparent communication
- Limited accountability for performance and lack of learning culture
- Additional voluntary turnover following these changes
- Unprofessional handling of termination and offboarding processes
Verbesserungsvorschläge
- Ensure leadership roles are filled with appropriate experience and clear expectations
- Establish transparent and consistent criteria for performance and people decisions and follow them!
- Encourage open performance discussions and regular retrospectives
- Handle layoffs and offboarding processes with significantly more professionalism and clarity
Arbeitsatmosphäre
After recent leadership changes, the overall atmosphere became noticeably more tense. Trust and transparency declined, which made day-to-day collaboration more challenging.
Image
The external image does not fully reflect the internal challenges, particularly within the marketing team during this period. Self proclaimed values are in my experience not followed by leadership.
Work-Life-Balance
Work-life balance was generally manageable, although uncertainty within the team sometimes impacted overall well-being.
Kollegenzusammenhalt
Despite the circumstances, colleagues were supportive and tried to maintain a positive team spirit.
Vorgesetztenverhalten
After the leadership change, there was a noticeable shift in team dynamics and ways of working. In my experience, leadership lacked clear structure, and decisions were not always based on transparent or consistently applied criteria.
Kommunikation
Communication often lacked clarity and transparency. Important topics, especially around performance and team changes, were not always openly addressed.
Interessante Aufgaben
The role had potential, but structural challenges made it difficult to work in a focused and performance-driven way.