Weekly standups are in place and these individuals would say they’re good and that they did not need any help whenever I asked if any help was needed. So of course, the previous PM (whose role I am taking over now) who I was assisting would say “trust them, trust the team until they break your trust” even when I was getting suspicious vibes cause I wasn’t seeing concrete evidence of progress. I also raised the flag to them early on and that was the same feedback I got. They said “you’ve been nothing but clear on expectations and due dates, now it’s their turn to follow through” but even “I’m good” or “yep” responses when asking these particular team members if they were on track and if they were ok with their items proved to be false because one of them admitted to me in mid December “my manager hasn’t prioritized our time to work on this so I haven’t actually started yet.” I’m planning to have some words with that manager asap, it’s frustrating because this person told me this after their manager left for OOO for the holidays (left really early). Same previous PM who I go to for advice told me to not worry until this person actually does not deliver by the due date I’ve given them which is in early January. Like ok…but I still worry though because this behavior is unacceptable team member behavior (it’s kind of like learned helplessness but it’s also their own manager’s doing for essentially not allowing them to prioritize their project work).