How a company should ensure toxic don’t rise to management level.
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At intel, unfortunately toxic managers are prevalent across the organization - at all levels and in all functions and groups. Some of these people are well known and probably have a number of ODI, Employee related cases filed against them.
Still intel keeps promoting them. Some of the most toxic people are in HR. Really bad people. One of them has recently been elevated to a bigger job. In line with his character, when he joined the Q4 QGS of his new group, he was simply terrible. When employees asked questions about the impending layoffs, cpm, timeline etc., his answer was to use “ask HR” link and watch Christy’s video. Wow. Will it change anything? He-l no. This shows he will be VP soon.
Someone should create an iOS app called “Toxical”. It presents a picture and the org role of two managers in your company and employees pick the most toxic of the two or pass because they don’t know enough to weigh in. Employees play the app over time, and the most toxic managers will rise to the top!
AXG team member here and I can confirm this to be true. I seen so many people rise the ranks from kissing bu-t vs earning it, really sad and demoralizing
If your Manager gets a bad score - most times you won't even see it.
The good managers share their scores, take their employees' comments to heart and create get well plans, periodically checking back to see how they're doing.
I've had some of each kind.
Pat should use these scores to determine who stays.
If we want to see why Intel is struggling let’s just look at the managers.
Most (but not all….I know) first level managers are good, know the ins and outs of the org and their group’s part of business.
Unfortunately skip levels are another story. They often are chosen because they bring “new” or “diverse” perspective….even though they have no idea what’s happening at the lower level of the totem pole. People that struggle with the simplest global acronyms!
So we wonder why leadership is failing….it is because they are an actual entitled class at Intel that are kept around because of who they know or their diverse etc..
Having good leadership starts with execution…. Tell me how this management strategy has helped the company? Why are their so many managers jumping from position to position within every 2 years?
Now look these folks will be saved….they will be saved for the sacrifice of 2-3 people (combined salary to meet their salary) like you or me….who actually add value!
This needs to start at the top! Is this a company that wants to change or is this the “Pat and Friends Show”…who will just turn Intel into the next Global Flundries?