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Really depends on how exactly was it said. Option one: team member says "I think this is a bad decision". Should lead to a productive discussion, decision in t
by golergka 9y ago
Really depends on how exactly was it said.
Option one: team member says "I think this is a bad decision". Should lead to a productive discussion, decision in the end taken by team leader. A person who cares about quality of a product and can argue for his point of view is a valuable team member.
Option two: team member says "I won't do it no matter what do you say because I don't respect your authority as a lead". Get it in writing, get paperwork done on termination due to insubordination (or whatever it's called in your country), so that every potential employer sees the red flag next time. A person who doesn't accept his role in a team and doesn't respect contract he signed (which usually specify chain of command) shouldn't work in the industry.
- JoeAltmaier 9y agoSo, every bad team lead results in permanent blackballing of everybody they piss off? That's a dystopian nightmare.
- golergka 9y agoIf a team leader pisses you off and you think that they are inherently incompetent, you can tell it to his boss, and if it doesn't work, ask for a transfer to another team or resign. Telling him "I don't recognize your authority" is a really bad way to react to such a situation.
- JoeAltmaier 9y agoPeople are human. These humans deserve better than draconian blackballing because it offends somebody.
- fogetti 9y agoJust telling that I worked in a few different countries and none of my contracts have ever specified anything like the "chain of command". Maybe it's common in the US, I don't know, but in those countries where I worked this was not the case.
- golergka 9y agoWorked in Russia and Israel, both had exactly this. But isn't something like this implied anyway? I would be surprised.