My manager moved our 1-on-1 to a supply closet and I finally asked why

Last month my boss started holding our weekly check-ins in a tiny storage room on the 3rd floor of our Denver office because the conference rooms were always full. After the 4th time squeezing past boxes of printer paper, I asked her if something was up since she seemed checked out. She admitted she was about to quit and didn't want anyone on the floor hearing her say it. I told her to use my standing invite for the corner cafe instead, and we ended up mapping out how I'd cover her clients if she left. Has anyone else had a manager basically tell you they were leaving before anyone else knew?

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the_jennifer17d ago

Your manager put you in a weird spot and you don't seem to see it. She picked a closet on purpose so nobody would hear her secret, then dumped it on the one person below her who couldn't really say no. Now you're mapping out how to cover her clients, which is unpaid work for a job you don't have yet, and if she does leave, guess who gets blamed when things fall apart. If she stays, you're now the person who knows she was ready to walk, and that makes every future check-in awkward for you, not her. A good boss keeps that stuff to herself until she has a plan and tells HR, not the guy squeezing past printer paper.

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