u/Raised_by

they let you add parking when you purchase tickets for Sens

This is just a vent, because I’m powerless in this situation. But I’m looking forward to hear similar stories or take your advice on how to cope, if you have any.

I’m a low-level manager in a government job. In December last year one of our teams (team B) lost some of its workers and they moved me and one of my subordinates from team A to team B. There was some uneasiness for the people I left behind and the person I took with me, but a couple of months later we settled in a routine.

Then in February there were layoffs. Higher ups decided team A and team B should merge. They took away the employee that still reported to me and gave me back the others that I had left behind. They shuffled all our tasks as well. They took everything my team was doing well and gave them to someone else. And I got new tasks I’ve never done before and had to get up to speed on those.

And yesterday I just found out they’re reshuffling the teams again. Now I have my most problematic employee who I barely manage to keep from freaking out, going directly to the manager to give her ideas on how to manage the team. *And the manager listens!* My manager thinks that the teams morale is low because we’re not being active and having fun in the team chat, and we should play more social games and share more in the team chat. Meanwhile we’re missing deadlines and everything is going to shit. I feel like I’m taking crazy pills!

Thanks for listening.