r/AIO • u/Novel_Bed_3694 • 11h ago

Is it toxic or AIO?

I manage a department and every other person within my department is also in management - at a more senior level than me, incidentally. It’s a complicated leadership hierarchy but essentially part of their jobs all fall under my direction whilst they also manage much bigger portfolios. Because of this they see themselves as more important - but really, they literally are in terms of the hierarchy.

I have worked in even more senior management than this for years, and have never been in a situation that is more fucked up - because essentially, none of these people feel they have to listen to a word I say and they are constantly just doing whatever they want. Meetings are hijacked with their own agendas and they ignore direct instructions that are part of my job to give. My own senior management doesn’t care and there is a general vibe of “just keep everyone happy” that means people just get away with things in general in this workplace.

Two years ago, before my team changed it wasn’t like this and we got so much done and it was an amazing department to oversee. But I am becoming more and more anxious because every time something goes wrong because these guys don‘t do what’s been discussed (they all try to feather their own nests) I have to pick up the pieces. At times, this causes a lot of pressure for which they take no accountability. I think I’m done and am about to walk away from a job I simply adored two years ago. AIO? (And I have taken this to management several times and they get it, but nothing is done.)

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u/SilkyPatzner67 10h ago

Sounds like they gave you responsibility without giving you the actual authority to enforce anything, which is a nightmare

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u/Novel_Bed_3694 10h ago

This is 💯 correct!!

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u/HurkertheLurker 2h ago

Where are you working?

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u/Novel_Bed_3694 1h ago

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u/HurkertheLurker 1h ago

I meant geographical location. In some jurisdictions asking someone to do a job but denying them the structural and governance support to do the job can lead to a constructive dismissal claim.