> I'm shocked this manager didn't have you fired. I would never tolerate someone doing what they want instead of what I instructed them to do. A manager is not

> I'm shocked this manager didn't have you fired. I would never tolerate someone doing what they want instead of what I instructed them to do. A manager is not a boss. If a new manager isn't able to get a team to do what they ask, either the team is horribly incompetent, or the manager isn't very good. Furthermore, if a new manager suddenly wants to fire people from the team, it looks very bad. (Unless the team has a reputation for underperforming.) In the OP's case, I suspect that the +1 had a lot of respect for the team and its past accomplishments; or that the OP had a good reputation with the +1. In some organizations, underperformers are left to simmer in hopes that they leave voluntarily; I suspect that the "interpersonal conflict" approach was a way to nudge the bad manager out the door.