> Top mgmt obviously considers him a low performer (or manager of a low-performing dept), as evidenced by the "scraps" they got. That's not obvious at all. In

> Top mgmt obviously considers him a low performer (or manager of a low-performing dept), as evidenced by the "scraps" they got. That's not obvious at all. In large companies there's often a fixed pool. Are other departments struggling even more? Are other departments significantly below market so the pool gets reallocated? 'Manager' could mean many things in large companies, and often being gets caught in the middle. > don't want to work for a manager perceived to be weak Again, jumping to conclusions with no evidence. > was unable to even prevent the bonus pool that was initially earmarked for that team to be taken away and given to another dept This depends on how OP communicated it, on how to set expectations, which they didn't mention and again jumping to conclusions. > Seems like both sides would have no problem replacing the OP with someone else. How? Why?