The promotion that lost you the IC
He was the best engineer on the team. You promoted him to manager. Six months later he was unhappy, the team was slower, and you'd traded a tier-one IC for a tier-three manager.
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The manager who couldn't fire anyone
He gave the same person the same feedback for fourteen months. The team learned that consequences were a rumor.
The hire who doesn't ask questions in week one is quitting in
A new hire who stops asking questions in week three isn't adapted. They've already started running the math on leaving.