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“He said that I was undermining his authority, that if I had anything to say to one of his team members, I needed to go through him and he would deliver the message. Otherwise, he said, Hands Off.” Sylvia was off balance. “I didn’t know what to say.”
“What did you say?” I asked.
“Well, I told him I was sorry, that I didn’t realize I had overstepped my bounds on his team and that I would try to be more considerate in the future.”
“And how did he respond?”
“He started talking about professionalism and that if I had worked where he used to work, that I would have been written up,” Sylvia replied.
“So, this place where he used to work, was this some sort of policy, that managers could only engage people one layer down in the organization?”
“Exactly. He said that if I had worked for a real company, I would have known that.”
i would say that you have every right to go down the line as long as you don’t address the stuff with them. I think that if you find something that needs to be addressed you should go to the immediate supervisor to get them to address it.
if you find something that you disaprove of i feel it is underming to change it or to stick up for that employee. Especially bad when the underminer yells or disagrees at the supervisor in front of his/her subordinates. this should be done behind closed doors if done at all.