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Once upon a time, in the land of Management - there was a Manager, who had a team of managers and employees. He worked in the land of Management for about 3 years, one of the longest tenure Managers. Sometime around the 2.5 year mark, something happened or something changed and the Manager was not in favor with the LordoManagement. Suddenly, his division was not run "up to standard" and LordoManagement began to crack down. His dislike of Manager wreaked havoc on the Manager Team and the employees. The employees morale sunk as continually negative reports were received about the employees, down and down - affecting their own happiness and productivity. Employees were made to work harder and stay later and later to make sure that LordoManagement was satisfied. Manager racked up OT costs and blew budget because of the overtime. Manager Team was also affected with stress visible on their once happy visiages - some weird things happened, like extra Manager Team members showing up without warning - killing budget and further diminishing morale. This cycle of nitpicking and negativity continued for six months with Manager showing such signs of stress that employees thought he would have a heartattack.

One day, employees showed up and Manager wasn't there - he left they said, he was offered a fix-it period, but rejected it. Point was Manager wasn't there. LordoManagement came in and suddenly his reports were positive, even though nothing much had changed. People realized that LordoManagement had it in for Manager and took out his ire until Manager, who likely ticked him off, left the company. A new Manager is joining, one who is familiar with the company and will adhere to LordoManagement's rules and policies.

To think that the employees had to suffer with extra work, negativity, and a poor morale because the Boss wanted the subordinate out. I have seen some bad stuff and been through enough bad stuff - which seemingly never ends, but this ridicious situation takes the cake. Lesson Here: If you don't like someone - fire them and please spare the team the pain of your personality conflict.