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A bad boss could kill a great team.
(I see you @RepostStatistics)
May 22, 2020 12:44 PM
iEatCats
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A bad boss could kill a great team.
(I see you @RepostStatistics)
CleverIsSexy
I’ve found that people don’t leave jobs, they leave managers.
swedishpancakeswithlingonberries
At a job for 12 years, IT dept was blamed for a mistake, owner yelled at us for 30 mins freely using the f word, got a diff job and left
CloakedFigure
LondonMunchkin
“Go somewhere you’re celebrated not just tolerated”. I’ve stuck out bad jobs with good bosses way longer than good jobs with bad bosses.
aclit
My boss is a lazy cunt that does the bare minimum to earn money. I'm taking about me. I'm my own boss.
ASmackofHamSTL
Talk to HR
Bonals
It makes a huge difference. I got written up@at a job for being 1 minute late in the rain. A write up cost you a % off your annual raise 1/2
Bonals
After finding that out I put in the bare minimum for the rest of my time at that place. All over 1 minute.
CoraciasLilac
Similar recently happened to me over job coverage questions so I could have a time frame for completion. Screamed at for having a poor >
CoraciasLilac
Attitude, in front of another employee. Threatened with being written up. I don't do shit to help others now. I used to jump to help.
nole4life240
This happened to me Monday. My boss berated me in front of customers & employees & suspended me for the week. Because I called out...
nole4life240
To take care of legal paperwork because my mom is dying.
mattsall
Linked in stories are the absolute worst social media trend. Worse than FB, worse than Tiktok
GreatDaneGirl
I've been beaten down by jobs so many times, I keep trying & working hard but now just don't give a shit. I'll never stay late again
WardSharlow
My old boss had a saying "Punish privately. Praise publicly. And do both Promptly."
Lilackat0411
As a manager I do this and can confirm it works.
Squigbobble
I just got promoted to manager. I’ll remember this!
HezekiahSturdy
Your default position should be: share the credit and shoulder the blame. Think long and hard before you deviate from this.
Gaidenninjacat
Always give your employees a chance to explain themselves. Not doing so makes you seem unreasonable regardless of being in the right or not.
arfysdad
Had a principal berate the staff and said that he expected everyone to be there until 3 because a couple people left at 2:45 to pick up
arfysdad
their kids from school. So after that the staff left at exactly 3 where most of us world be there until 4:30 or later. Idiot.
xHeroOfTimexx
Are you suggesting that @repoststatistics is a bad boss?
wordbootybooboo
Of course they are. They are a not so subtle way of berating you for reposting.
Secsletariat
*sigh* reposts aren't inherently bad, you give the comments meaning, I like going back to upvote originals.
Yurets1257
I dunno, it's always a double hooray to anyone who repost something good, and bot says it was a long time since it was posted.
MrStarkLord
OR it's an effort to get some new material on here, instead of the same old, same old.
wordbootybooboo
But the same old same old is sometimes same old to one person but new to another.
MrStarkLord
Which is why no one cares when it's been a few months. It's not particularly rare to see the same thing on the FP twice *at the same time*.
IAmGmork
My former boss clapped loudly in my face on day in a meeting. I almost cried, then wanted to attack her. All loyalty was lost in that moment
Iamnotacreativeman
I would rather have a late delivery with high quality than early/one-time delivery with shitty quality. I never ask my staff to work
Iamnotacreativeman
Late. My staff is always motivated when they're included to the high level plans and the quality of product and services tends to be high.
Iamnotacreativeman
"under promise, over deliver" was a phrase my mentor told me, and has stuck with me to this day.
SmokyDoggg
First rule of management never yell and definitely never in front of coworkers. His boss has no HR sense & should be reported immediately
RodgerRodger
Someone once said to me: "people dont quit bad jobs, they quit bad bosses." Quite a true statement for some of my former employments.
jscuster
I turned down a $30k raise to stay with a great boss. Decade later (and self-employed) I try to treat my staff like he treated me.
ahmuisemhacadeo
First boss is a bad boss until you meet the new one. Who may or may not be worse.
T0go
read that as "my former employees"
Steady
I left my favourite workplace because of horrible management. I miss it dearly but I don't miss the daily verbal abuse.
Somanyquestions
While true, there are tons of reasons to quit. Bad bosses is one. I quit a lot of jobs because of bad pay even thought he bosses were great.
AwesomeSihv
Bad pay is indicative of bad bosses.
SkogensKung
"Oh, this mom and pop shop is great, and they're great people. Below average pay? The bosses suck now."
eddbrowne
My boss wanted to know why I was quitting a good well paid job. Did not tell him it was the serious lack of cooperation within the company.
crateo
Except on IT. People don´t quit bad jobs. Quit a well paid job for a much better paid job :D.
greentights
Ehh. First couple job jumps were for $. Last one was definitely the sexist asshole who thought everyone was a robot. YMMV
crateo
Fair enough, that's an obvious exception everywhere.
Takethejump
True, I loved crushing grapes, loved taking care of the vines and the farm, loved selling wine. My boss was a douchebag, so i left.
Takethejump
Stayed low wage at a deli for WAY too long because my boss and co workers were fun and I liked them.
Ornado
Mmm, yes n no. MANY people have a quit job simply because it wasn't what they thought or it was horrible. Some places can have good bosses..
Ornado
but be a bad job. Yeah the bosses make wading through shit easier, but you're still wading through shit.
FiftyShadesOfArugula
Or bad coworkers in some cases. No matter how great your boss is, the work environment can be toxic. And people might be afraid that ...
FiftyShadesOfArugula
informing their superiors of these problems would only make things worse.
ontarioOT
That friend's name? Albert Einstein.
IKindaLikeImgurAlot
Same thing happened to my coworkers. And yet the douche boss never says anything about people taking long breaks like smoking every 30 mins.
Dispeptique
Well, if the boss is a douche, I can understand why people take long brakes.
Syk0tik0ne
I can honestly say I have never worked anywhere that non-smokers couldn't take a break as frequently as a smoker. Go stand outside with....
Syk0tik0ne
Smokers, I guarantee most people will not give a fuck.
TharrickLawson
Sadly I have - my first full time job, there were people who would take a cigarette break every hour. I took 25 minutes lunch rather than 20
TharrickLawson
by mistake - miscounted - and got a bollocking from my manager for it
redtails2649
Don’t love a job that does not love you
TheJuanWhoFarms
I just quit my job the other day because of lack of appreciation
wallyparadise
“I will always repost this”—thanks for the warning I guess
artwalk2019co
Seriously. How is this different than every other single image on the internet that OP reposts?
mjt8888
Ok but why was he late?
WhichIsIt
Took longer than usual to finish masturbating because of all the bad news but he couldn’t just give up halfway.
tightsarenotpants
Flexibility in the workplace can be so important. I'm usually early to work, but occasionally have a hard time getting to work on time...
tightsarenotpants
2 because I'm a parent. All I have to do is send a quick text to work as I leave the house and they are totally fine with it.
Bonnedad
The problem with staying late unpaid is the next worker will feel like they have to as well, the boss gets free labor as you all put in
Bonnedad
Extra hours each day. It is really a brown nose move.
spaceystacey
True but when a company really treats you right, sometimes it is worth it to meet a deadline.
Bonnedad
If a company treated you right you wouldn’t be working unpaid hours.
loma45
It can also be a stepping stone to a better position. The trick is to know when it's worth it, which only you can decide.
Bonnedad
It’s a race to the bottom as all the employees are trying to keep up by working 2 or 3 unpaid hours each night. If you can’t get your work
Bonnedad
Done in the allotted works you are being overworked cause they know you will all stay, or you can’t do your job properly
loma45
In that case I'd agree not worth it. But assuming work is allotted in a perfectly planned way just isn't reality in a lot of cases 1/2
AlienNippleAntennae
Yes poor leadership is a major problem in this country.
ToxicMolluscinity
"This" country. I've been everywhere man. Little egomaniacs stroke themselves hard everywhere like this, bruh
AlienNippleAntennae
The point being when I was born I was literally brimming with pride, but now I cringe to see the acts of the colossus we have created.
ToxicMolluscinity
Who's this 'we', bro? Point being, human nature has always been this way and you have gained enough life experience to notice it now.
FreebooterFox
Six months with a company is practically nothing.
demosteness
Enough to demonstrate your value and skills
Eikre
Six months is plenty of time to establish a record of excellence.
greenhills99
Found the boomer! "Back in my my day we worked there until we died!"
FreebooterFox
Nah.
martian086
Baby boomers never worked that much LOL
PTFCMcGee
Uh yeah they did. My dad is a boomer and he worked for 26 years for the same company. Waking up at 3 AM, split days off. Some boomers get it
martian086
Plenty of exemptions, granted
martian086
How’s that the point
vorodar
In many cases your probation period may even last six months. So, "if you're late again" can be apt. Not warranted but within contract.
FreebooterFox
I dunno, maybe ask the person that emphasized that this guy was working there A WHOLE SIX MONTHS! OMG HOW COULD THEY DO THIS HE WAS SO LOYAL
OMFGWhatHaveWeDONE
Now apply this SAME LOGIC to the national level were the "Boss" of the country regularly and publically belittles public servants on twitter
ArkoneAxon
WE ALREADY KNOW HE'S AWFUL. You don't have to steer everything back to a point we already agree on.
Adamarket
Exactly! When Trump talks bad about people and belittles their professionalism, I have PTSD. I called my old COO "Little Trump".
Zweihander01
People who hate govt get elected and govern poorly, making people hate govt. They basically run on a campaign of "govt sucks and so will I"
Someshithead241
Whoop, there it is.
Windharp
No, no. That's fake news.
Isatronium
By that logic I should move to another country.
OMFGWhatHaveWeDONE
Govote
You can check your voter registration at vote.org
rtgensler11
Does everything have to be made political? Find another hobby!
OMFGWhatHaveWeDONE
Ironically, I made a meme about this.
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OMFGWhatHaveWeDONE
Also, I glanced at your comment history:
OMFGWhatHaveWeDONE
In fact, right as the pandemic was starting this got retweeted. Him literally fantasizing about killing Dems
PaintedSlate
Give him a break, he was just excited to have a big hand for once.
BHPaperstacks
Top notch
InternetAnonymityplz
You seem fun. I dislike Trump as much as the next guy but we don't have to relate absolutely everything to Trump.
invaderjay87
You seem simpleminded
freakwaph
Disagree. We have to do everything to remind the American people how bad things are right now under current leadership.
in70x
I’m sorry man but that strategy simply isn’t working. People already decided the outcome. They aren’t going to change their beliefs. It’s
in70x
Sad but it’s reality. People are stubborn and stupid people are even worse than stubborn.
freakwaph
I don't blame Trump for COVID-19. I blame Trump for dividing the nation and refusing to lead with integrity around the COVID-19 situation.
InternetAnonymityplz
I agree with the part where Trump has been terrible for the US re: COVID response, I don't agree that bringing Trump up on unrelated imgur
tedharris02
My boss is a bit too far on the other end of the spectrum and people abuse that cuz he fails to challenge it.
ramarins
Same here.
Hellboy86
crimson1221
If my boss was anywhere but my unit she would be but luckily she worked there before becoming a manager and there is respect.
masterson6211
I think if my boss went anywhere else this would be true. Luckily she worked with the people under her before being promoted.
JimmySmits
I just want you to know that as I am reading this, your comment has 666 points.
Cheesecakecrush
Fine line between accomodating and spineless, I guess
RhymingEverything
You guys hiring?
ejoedjoe42
The quickest way to lose a good employee is to tolerate a bad one.
jaakkopaakkonen
People abusing that are assholes and should be fired
Thesecondaccount
I don't like your comment cuz thats me and I'm frustrated
GingerLaird
Gotta learn that fine line between good-hearted and asshole.
Drakenborn
I've trained multiple managers and getting past the "we can all be friends" phase was always a challenge. You don't have to be an asshole /2
Drakenborn
But once the ppl decide you're a push over then you're in trouble.
ramarins
Any tips for my own manager? He's a sweetheart, but he's tanking our account because he won't hold ppl accountable.
SlenderNoodle
Be consistent. Have a meeting, set the standards, hold the standards every single day. Also praise in public, discipline in private.
Drakenborn
He needs to assign work to everyone. Those who get it done are rewarded, those who don't, MUST be reprimanded. NOT publicly but also not 1/3
Drakenborn
necessarily privately. They start getting work that no one wants to do and they'll keep doing it until they do it right. Rewards aren't 2/3
Drakenborn
monetary in nature. Not at this stage. Kind public praise is good. Small gestures. It's a complicated beast really and no one advice is 3/4
pvtwestbrook86
Its a lot easier to start tough and then get a little slack than to start slack then suddenly try to enforce the rules. He just needs to
cynicalteacher
It's the same rule for teaching.
pvtwestbrook86
Start enforcing the rules - and I can't stress this enough - *equally*
ramarins
He thinks he does, and "nobody listens to him". He still blames the previous manager. He's been here for a year and a half *sighs*
FarmerFrance
People will force you to be the asshole and it's sickening. A hired hand of ours littered our shops with his random hording and...
INeverThoughtIdMakeThisAccount
Ugh, I feel that so much. I don't have a situation that extreme, but I recently had to come up with a consequence for an employee that
INeverThoughtIdMakeThisAccount
has been just straight up missing shifts (too complicated and personal to go into specifics), and I HATED having to have that convo of
INeverThoughtIdMakeThisAccount
you're a great employee....when you're here, but the consequence is xyz... I hate that they couldn't just be responsible and communicate,
INeverThoughtIdMakeThisAccount
I had to directly bring it up and go to them. I know it sounds vague without details, but there was no reason it had to get to this point.
fuzzypandas7777
You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.
FarmerFrance
People are just obsessed with seeing what they can get away with and seeing how far a boundary can be pushed.
kmikl
They're teenagers in arrested development
FarmerFrance
No matter how we say "please get your stuff out of here" we're the asshole to him. We started nicely but after time our patience dwindles.
WeaponizedJerk
At some point you need to just embrace is and act like an actual asshole to him.
FarmerFrance
It already happened. Dad did it, he's about 5~years from retiring so when this guy quits, I'm gonna be stuck holding the bag of shit.
FarmerFrance
He likely won't give us any notice. If im lucky, he won't do it just before planting/harvest season. Dad will likely downsize to me, then..
Krzd
There's a big difference between one guy thinking you're an asshole, and everyone thinking you're one.
Starcatcher1986
Exactly. Sometimes being a "bad manager" means failing to keep one employee from ruining the work experience of all the other employees.
nuggethop
Examples?
FarmerFrance
A friend of ours owns a vet clinic. His neighbor has a habit of parking his trailers and storing things well on his side of the property
FarmerFrance
Now do you lay down and say nothing, allowing it to continue? Or do you say something about it? If he does, he'll be considered the asshole
JennyIronTeeth
How did that make him late?
ZachariasWolfe
Doing any number of household things the EX used to do and not knowing how long they took? Maybe dropping a kid off at school?
ZachariasWolfe
Heart condition: changed diet and had a healthier breakfast at home instead of picking up something on the way
MrMooobs
Would he not have known it also takes time to cook food?
ZachariasWolfe
Maybe it took longer than expected?
Valondra
Literally found out both things on the way to work.
JennyIronTeeth
MrMooobs
AlmightyThor117
Don’t know, you didn’t give him a chance to explain why he was late
JennyIronTeeth
Slept in, traffic, was sobering up. Easy. Easy.
AreYouPlayingTHEGame
I know, right?! Pffft! Get a load of this guy...
martian086
A bit of imagination here?having to stop somewhere for a prescription?any practical impediment? Jeez. For the divorce bit, some paperwork?
AlfredAnder
Maybe he had to stop and comment on a sarcastic joke on the internet
JennyIronTeeth
I'm guessing he was just late with no excuse as is why he had no excuse
AreYouPlayingTHEGame
Hello... friend’s boss!
JennyIronTeeth
Step into my office
CatlessBastard
... why are you... holding a box with all my stuff?
martian086
A bit of empathy, maybe? Wow
JennyIronTeeth
Empathy for what? Just say why your late.
martian086
It clearly says he did not feel like explaining as this could have somehow jeopardised the work relationship.My guess is that you are either
Kilphd
Nowhere did it say he didn't have an excuse
JennyIronTeeth
Didnt say he had one either
ZachariasWolfe
You really missed the point in this one, huh? The point is the boss didn't ask or give him a chance to give one.