Can a employee refuse to work with a particular manager? [closed]

manpreet Best Answer 3 years ago

The project I am working on is closing and the employees are moved out to different departments in the same company. Recently a guy from another department approached me. Later, I came to know that their manager is a notorious micromanager in the company. She has fired few people for no reason in the past as well.

Now I certainly do not want to work with her. I am going to ask my manager to find a new team instead of that one. So, the question: Are employees entitled to refuse to work with a particular manager? 
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manpreet 3 years ago

Are employees entitled to refuse to work with a particular manager?

That depends entirely on your locale and on your company's rules.

In my locale (the US) there are no laws which compel a company to assign you to a manager you prefer.

And in every company where I have ever worked they never let an employee choose their own manager.

You can certainly express your preferences during the reassignment process. Perhaps that would be taken into account. Perhaps a new manager would prefer that people actually want to be on their team.

Either way, the primary remedy is always to leave the company. There's a saying that says people don't quit their job, they quit their boss. In my experience there's a lot of truth to that.