In r/ProductManagement, senior PMs are comparing notes on being subtly managed out via vague feedback and over-involved managers, and trading tactics to define success criteria, manage up, or switch teams before it becomes a PIP.
I’m a VP of Product at an early-stage company and recently got a mixed review.
The message was essentially that I’m doing important work, but not consistently operating at the level expected for the role.
So you are not meeting expectations but the expectations cannot be clearly articulated?
My direct manager is very “hands on” and tends to jump into meetings/threads and speak first or steer decisions, even when I’m across it.
I got out of it by moving to a different manager but I understand that’s a bit hard to do in a new role. It took me about 2 years to get a new manager within the same company.
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