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STORY: This week Tania (the head of our department) is on vacation and everyone is more relaxed and doing their job much better. Yesterday Patricia (Tania's boss) came to our department for two meetings which was held in our conference room. Today on the telephone Patricia called our Assistant Manager and asked how things are going and our Assistant Manager said great. Patricia said that she noticed everything was going great when Patricia was visiting our department yesterday. KEEP IN MIND THAT right before Tania went on vacation I had to witness a conversation between Kathy, Tania and Patricia and Patricia said nice things about Tania in front of Kathy and myself. But ever since Tania came to head our department she has caused nothing but friction. MY QUESTION: Do you think Patricia realizes that Tania is a hindrance to our department and Patricia is going to replace her. (I found out from a coworker that Tania has been placed in a few other departments before coming to ours. Do you think that Patricia only said nice things about Tania in front of me as well as Kathy in the conversation I had to witness between Kathy,Tania and Patricia because she does not want to say nasty things about Tania in front of us in case she is in the process of replacing Tania)
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Honestly, I think you should stay out of it.
Patricia probably does not want to criticize her employees in front of other employees, it's very unprofessional.
I think you'd know if she was in the process of replacing Tania. Unless Tania has done something really wrong (not just causing friction) chances are she will not be replaced.
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There is no way for you to know and it's not going to do you any good to speculate. They are the mangers, it’s their business and they probably won’t go around gabbing about it. They could get into legal trouble for gossiping or dropping hints like that.
If Patricia is a good employer she likely knows the trouble Tania is causing, but if Tania has been shuffled departments, it could simply be that Patricia has stuck you with her because she can't do too much harm with you. It can be hard to fire a person without some very serious issues. Tania just might not be bad enough to be replaced.
You could think about it for hours, from every angle and examine everything you've ever heard anyone say, and you still wouldn't have a clue what was going on. Wait it out. What will come will come.
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