According to Gallup's State of the American Manager report, half of all employees in the US have quit jobs at some point in their careers in order to get away from their bosses. (The figures are similar or even higher for workers in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.)
And the subreddit r/ChoosingBeggars has plenty of examples that illustrate this figure.
While some may find them amusing, the reality is that having a bad superior can be mentally and emotionally exhausting; it's essential for employers to recognize the importance of treating their staff with respect and fairness to maintain a healthy and productive work environment.
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Quit My Job Last Night, It Was Nice To Be Home To Make The Kids Breakfast And Take Them To School Today! Off To Hunt For A New Opportunity, Wish Me Luck
So you broke your foot, and just do the work. No we don't care you're in agony - do the job! Oh what do mean you're leaving????
Boss Fired Me The Day Before My Dad Died. Since Then, Reached Out Twice Asking For My Help Getting Into The (Corporate) Social Media Accounts I Managed. My Reply To Her Email From Last Week
Companies spend hundreds of millions of dollars on retaining their employees, but the actions of a poor manager negate the positive effects of the benefits programs.
Unhappy, unhealthy employees affect:
- Absenteeism;
- Performance;
- Customer ratings;
- Quality;
- Profit.
A Greedy Boss Makes The Worst Sign
"This is the worst thing I've ever seen"
My Friend M, Who’s An Artist, Was Asked By Her Boss To Paint Three Walls As Art Pieces And Called Her Cheeky When She Wanted Money For It
I Work For USPS. Corporate Likes To Send Out Messages Almost Every Day To Carriers. This Was The Message Today
"Please plan your sudden onset, heat related sicknesses outside of work hours." Are these people f***ing delusional?
That's why I wait until my days off to get the flu. I'm responsible that way. 🙄
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This should be something more along the lines of: “When the weather is hot please ensure you remain hydrated with the water and Gatorade provided for free at your local offices. If additional breaks are needed to accommodate the working conditions please coordinate with your area supervisor. Overtime has been approved to accommodate the changes in schedule necessary to ensure the welfare of our staff. Stay cool, stay hydrated, stay well!” Haha…never… but doesn’t that sound actually reasonable??
Overtime isn't approved... it's MANDATORY. A couple years ago I had to do 1.5routes in 110F weather.
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"If there is an earthquake incident, please refrain from shaking until after you finish your route."
“If there is a tornado, please refrain from being blown away until after your shift. In the event of your death, please ensure you find coverage for your upcoming shifts!”
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I work at a certain "Dollar Sergeant." Last Summer, our AC went out for weeks. At one point, we recorded a temp of 110°F in the store, in sticky Southern humidity. DM's response? "If it's hotter inside than outside, just prop the door open." How about you come down here and prop the door open yourself, Derrick! Corporate response was emailing us a flyer to print out about the importance of staying hydrated. What a f***ing joke.
I used to works for WIS, were u ever there during inventory? We stayed sweating in the DGs. What area are u in? Might have crossed paths. I covered all of north alabama some tennessee and a few in georgia and Mississippi
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Somehow even more depressing when your fascistic business overlords are also semi-literate.
This is fake. USPS is not a corporately owned business, it's a government entity.
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Last summer we had a heat wave that lasted a month. I was working in a bakery. The thermometer/hygrometer on the wall next to the kettle regularly registered 115F and 85% humidity. My boss followed OSHA guidelines to the letter. When it's that hot you are not just allowed but REQUIRED to take a 15m break every hour. I was still suffering from heat exhaustion once or twice a week.
Capitalism sucks! Oh, wait... that's the government. Still driving people to "go postal" after all these years, and mass shootings.
As a nurse, I have to let y'all know that it's impossible to do something like this. I know, I know, corp says you have control over these kinds of things, but I assure you, you do not. Im aware that my information MAY be disputed by your higher ups, but I do have a lot of information to back up what I'm saying. In fact, I have a degree and have been in the medical field for almost 20 years!
To be honest, there are some employees who pretend to be sick or dehydrated. They exaggerate everything.
"If you plan on dying, please wait until after your shift. Preferably at home and out of uniform."
No punctuation, all in upper-case and misspelled "off". If that is an officially sanctioned message I would be surprised but it is possible. My assumption would be someone in a minor position of power is mentally impaired and sent that without considering the implications.
I worked for a company with the same name as a rainforest in South America for a solid year. I thought the summer would be far better than the winter--it was not. It was much worse. The back of the truck was like an oven, they monitored how long you were at every stop so if you needed to get water or go to the bathroom or whatever, you were dinged for taking too long. It was absolutely miserable. I was so grateful for the folks who had small coolers of water set out for the drivers during the summer. I took a gallon of water with every day and still ran out on smoldering days!
Sure, and I'll also be reporting you to OSHA or ILO at the same time... Smh...
Are they serious? They really don’t care about their workers and that’s a government institution? Disgusting.
Its "off" in this case, not "of". F@#%ing people learn syntax and spelling and grammar before I take you seriously.
Used to work for a smaller local courier company. One day I was on my route and slipped down 1/2 dozen frozen wooden porch steps. Cried out in pain when I hit bottom. Took me quite a while to 1/2 walk/1/2 crawl back to vehicle due to severe pain in back. Called in on radio to say what happened and they told me to finish my route before coming in (about 30 more stops). I said hell no and returned to base. Went to doctor afterwards against company advice (uh hello? Workers comp?) By then majority of back was beyond black & blue, mostly black. Fractured 2 bones and bruised ribs. Man, I was on like 3 bottles of vicodin after that. Not fun.
I would understand if they said make sure you drink plenty of water... what is this b******t
I used to work for the USPS, and it's a bloody horrible place to work. Management is nepotic, abusive, and incompetent.
Same question for Nikki as for Lee - before or after DeJoy?
Load More Replies...According to the team at the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an organization comprised of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs 45 and younger, the biggest red flags to watch out for in a manager are:
- Micromanagement;
- A one-size-fits-all approach to management;
- Doesn’t lead by example;
- Lack of empathy;
- Focused on blame, rather than solutions and support;
- Uses their team as pawns for their own success;
- Lack of focus;
- Takes credit for others’ work;
- No respect for employees;
- Little to no self-awareness;
- A sense of entitlement rather than a sense of duty;
- Expects all employees to be like them.
This Boss Who Asked An Employee To Push Back Their Brother's Birthday Plans
Restaurant That Prides Itself On $3/Hr Pay Demands Customers Give Better Tips
Put Your Hard-Earned Degree To Good Use… Manage A Team Of People And A Full-Time Workload As An Unpaid Volunteer!
Manager Is Disappointed None Of The Talented Job Interviewees Have Sent A Thank You Email For The Interview
According to data collected by Zenger Folkman, a professional services firm providing leadership development, quiet quitting is usually less about an employee’s willingness to work harder and more creatively, and more about a manager's ability instead.
Their researchers looked at data gathered since 2020 on 2,801 managers, who were rated by 13,048 direct reports (on average, each manager was rated by five direct reports), and compared two things:
- Employees' ratings of their manager's ability to "Balance getting results with a concern for others' needs."
- Employees' ratings of the extent to which their "work environment is a place where people want to go the extra mile."
My Boss Thinks I Should Skip Seeing My Probation Officer And Go To Jail So He Can Have A Day Off. Cause My Labor Is More Important Than My Freedom
Shout Out The Worst Place I Ever Worked (Minimum Wage, Of Course)
A Manager Begging For Volunteers After Half Of His Employees Leaving Because Of Low Salary
Came Into Work This Morning To Find This Taped To The Wall. Boss Went On Tirade Against Me And Co-Worker Yesterday For Taking To Each Other With No Customers In The Store
The research term they gave for those willing to give extra effort was called “discretionary effort.” Its effect on organizations can be profound: if someone has 10 direct reports and they each give 10% additional effort, the net result of that additional effort is increased productivity.
"We found that the least effective managers have three to four times as many people who fall in the “quiet quitting” category compared to the most effective leaders," co-founders of Zenger Folkman, Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman, wrote in Harvard Business Review.
Great Low Paying Job With A Friendly Boss!
Seriously?!
Could he be confusing “positive test result” with “good test result that I wanted; ie. negative”?
Bar In New Zealand Advertises For Job - “Must Have Double-D Breast”
Do men still need to have the double d's or is asking about their chest size weird?
Minimum Wage And An Awesome Boss
These managers had 14% of their direct reports quietly quitting, and only 20% were willing to give extra effort.
For comparison, those who were rated the highest at balancing results with relationships saw 62% of their direct reports willing to give extra effort, while only 3% were quietly quitting.
My D**khead Former Boss Wanted Me To Put His Wife In My Short Film. I... Did Not. He Didn't Like That Very Much
Restaurant Forces Employees To Beg For Reviews Or They Will Be Fired
Broke Boss Who Didn't Pay Us For 4 Months Asking Us To Work On A New Project
2 Years Unpaid… In London… Oh And Another Year Of Work Once You’re Done
Not asking for much are they, just free labor and more free labor, closely followed by you paying them for your free labor.
Instead of focusing on themselves and making ridiculous demands, managers should try to promote open and honest dialogues.
"The most important factor is trust," Zenger and Folkman highlighted. "When we analyzed data from more than 113,000 leaders to find the top behavior that helps [them] balance results with their concern for team members, the number one behavior that helped was trust. When direct reports trusted their leader, they also assumed that the manager cared about them and was concerned about their well-being."
Dream Boss Alert! Mensa Member With OCD Wants To Pay You With Her Real Estate Broker Experience
My Annual Performance Review. Well Done On Doing The Work Of Two People, We Want You To Continue Doing That As Well As A Few More "Ideas" We Want To Talk About, But Unfortunately We Can't Give You So Much As A Penny More. (Management All Got 10% Raises And Bonuses)
Looking For An Experienced Professional To Manage All Of Our Finances. Pay: $0!
Semi Famous Rapper Hiring A Personal Assistant
Let's say that this ONLY requires 8 hours a day... a typical 40-hour work-week. You'd be making $13.75/hr for the privilege of being a parent to an adult baby who can't even be arsed to pack their own suitcase or organize their personal items.
Their research has linked trust to three behaviors. First, having positive relationships with all of your direct reports, then consistency, and finally expertise. "By building a trusting relationship with all of your direct reports, the possibility of them quietly quitting dissipates significantly," Zenger and Folkman highlighted.
"The approach leaders took to drive for results from employees in the past is not the same approach we use today. We are building safer, more inclusive, and positive workplaces, and we must continue to do better."
Wanted: Receptionist/Office Manager/Social Media Manager With A College Degree, Availability On Weekends And Holidays, And Willingness To Work With Abusive People And Vicious, Diseased And/Or Dead Animals. Pay: $8.50 An Hour
I made $14 an hour being a veterinary receptionist who also was expected to clean, sanitize after parvo exposure, veterinary assistant work including restraining, assisting in euthanasia, assisting in cremations, moving deceased animals, helping to bring in severely injured/dying animals, dealing with either irate or emotionally distressed owners on my own, getting bit-twice in the face, getting verbally berated by the practice owner, having my manager essentially tell me I'm just a body and don't matter, and having a complete lie made up about me by said manager that resulted in my immediate termination even though I'd never had a single infraction on my record. All of which without training or even appreciation. People get into veterinary medicine because they care but places like this steal that compassion and drive right out of you.
Want Content Manager With Multiple Years Of Experience, But We'll Only Pay You Inr 10k ($122)
$15 For A Nanny With Experience And Education? Good Luck!
To those of you who made it through this list: you did something I could never accomplish :/ these bosses are a******s
This reminds me of an old joke. A factory hires a man named Schmidt to pull a lever all day. He does that Then they ask him to pull a second lever with his other hand so he starts doing that. Then they decide he can hit these two foot pedals with his feet because he has two of those. The boss looks in and asks him how he's doing. He says, "Great, but if you want the place cleaned up a bit I have an idea where you can stick a broom".
I heard that (without the punchline) as a rhyme as a kid! 🤣
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I once had to go to work (quick serve manager) feeling absolutely terrible because no manager would cover and the big boss didn't care. I left immediately after my shift and told my boss I was going to urgent care. I barely remember getting there and I ended up on an IV. I send my boss a picture of my arm taped up with the IV. They ask if I will be in tomorrow... not the first time they pushed me to work sick.
Last year I met a very intelligent, and very interesting, man at work. He was rambling about “first one to the finish line” and yaddiyadda. He said that he had sold his very expensive house, quit his well paid job and moved his family to a farm with solar panels and his own water and everything else one needs for survival. I thought it was slightly odd but now? Because fukc society.
@Anyone-for-tea? My probation officer calls me from my driveway for my monthly inspection. This is so I don't have time to hide or remove all of the illegal things I don't have in my house.
"all of the illegal things I don't have in my house" - 10/10 would laugh again.
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Wow, these bosses sound ridiculous.They want someone that's qualified to do everything for nothing and have 24/7/365 availability. I've worked for a place like that and I'm so glad I dont now.
Why are all of these businessmen and women so terrible at business yet somehow still in business?
I couldn't finish going thru the posts, I was too irritated at the complete idiocracy, I'm sorry I mean stupidity, from these employers
I’m using an online business opportunity I heard about and I’ve made such great money. It’s really user friendly and I’m just so happy that I found out about it. Here’s what I do. … For more details visit————————➤ 𝐖𝐰𝐰.𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧.𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝟗.𝐜𝐨𝐦
To those of you who made it through this list: you did something I could never accomplish :/ these bosses are a******s
This reminds me of an old joke. A factory hires a man named Schmidt to pull a lever all day. He does that Then they ask him to pull a second lever with his other hand so he starts doing that. Then they decide he can hit these two foot pedals with his feet because he has two of those. The boss looks in and asks him how he's doing. He says, "Great, but if you want the place cleaned up a bit I have an idea where you can stick a broom".
I heard that (without the punchline) as a rhyme as a kid! 🤣
Load More Replies... I once had to go to work (quick serve manager) feeling absolutely terrible because no manager would cover and the big boss didn't care. I left immediately after my shift and told my boss I was going to urgent care. I barely remember getting there and I ended up on an IV. I send my boss a picture of my arm taped up with the IV. They ask if I will be in tomorrow... not the first time they pushed me to work sick.
Last year I met a very intelligent, and very interesting, man at work. He was rambling about “first one to the finish line” and yaddiyadda. He said that he had sold his very expensive house, quit his well paid job and moved his family to a farm with solar panels and his own water and everything else one needs for survival. I thought it was slightly odd but now? Because fukc society.
@Anyone-for-tea? My probation officer calls me from my driveway for my monthly inspection. This is so I don't have time to hide or remove all of the illegal things I don't have in my house.
"all of the illegal things I don't have in my house" - 10/10 would laugh again.
Load More Replies... Wow, these bosses sound ridiculous.They want someone that's qualified to do everything for nothing and have 24/7/365 availability. I've worked for a place like that and I'm so glad I dont now.
Why are all of these businessmen and women so terrible at business yet somehow still in business?
I couldn't finish going thru the posts, I was too irritated at the complete idiocracy, I'm sorry I mean stupidity, from these employers
I’m using an online business opportunity I heard about and I’ve made such great money. It’s really user friendly and I’m just so happy that I found out about it. Here’s what I do. … For more details visit————————➤ 𝐖𝐰𝐰.𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧.𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝟗.𝐜𝐨𝐦
