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????
Wow! What an irresponsible employee. Sitting when they have broken bones. Suck it up! 🙄
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This is the problem of many companies. They don't care how good you are or how much you get done. And I firmly believe that's because if they would, then they'd have to admit you actually deserve a fair share of the revenue. But they want to pretend that all the revenue comes in*despite* the employees and not because of them so they can get away with paying pennies on the dollar. That's why they're actively making work harder as necessary and invent ridiculous rules and KPIs that don't show the real contribution of a worker and often are even detrimental to productivity so they can nickel and dime their employees.
I live in Japan and the way they treat immigrant caregivers in medical facilities is atrocious. Most of them have nursing licenses in their home countries but those are not recognized here and they're treated like dirt and are made to take on the tasks of their colleagues who get fed up and quit. And if they want to quit, the government just digs deeper to find someone that will see this job as a better life than the one they came from, and that's an endless pool of mostly SE Asian immigrants. So there's no incentive to actually treat these employees with any amount of decency or respect because there's always someone who is willing to put up with all the BS waiting in the wings. Most of these skilled workers stay on because the quality of life is better in Japan and most are supporting other family members. But no one makes any effort to support these people while they spend their days caring for the most revered and cherished generation
I had a temp job at a scummy recycling place in Arizona for a couple of weeks and I was fine with doing the work because we could sit down and stand up as we wanted and then one of the jackass managers decided we didn’t look uncomfortable enough and made everybody stand killed my legs absolutely killed my legs so I quit because one scumbag got a hair in his butt about what we should look like while we were working
Got an opposite of this; two weeks after my dad got his appendix removed, he decides to head back to work. When he entered the building, his boss basically said "What are you doing here?!? You had major surgery two weeks ago! Go home and rest!" Yeah, my dad was a workaholic at the time.
Sounds like the place I was working at two years ago. 4PM to 4AM, five days a week. My days off were Saturday and Monday. And they wondered why they had trouble with staff retention.
I was getting late to work mayb 30 to 45 minutes every day for about 10 days, then my boss stopped me and told me "You've been late the last days. Everything ok?" He might have many flaws but his empathy makes him a good boss in my eyes.
I never understood why stools get such a bad rap with companies. They're not couches that you can easily fall asleep on! You're basically half sitting so you can conserve wasted energy compared to standing
I wonder what kind of job it is where i's "absolutely unacceptable" to work sitting down. If it's possible to do this job sitting on the chair, which is clearly the case it shouldn't be "unacceptable'
Love it. Love everything about it. Side note - can you imagine how productive everyone else would be if they were allowed to sit down? Standing for 12 hours a day is painful. It's hard to be productive when all you can think about is how badly your feet, calves, knees, and back hurt.
I got hired onto a job for elderly caregiving with a lady that ran the company, she only had it for three years and only had 5 employees. She fired me over email when I asked if there were enough hours for me in a week. She called me twice to tell me that I was rude and disrespectful then when I thought we talked it out on the phone, she emailed me some blather about not trusting her. I only asked about available hours.
Funny how being disrespectful only seems to matter when it’s going the “wrong” way 🤔
I love "before your shift" so, in the employees time, not company, wow!!!!!
its so hard to work under people who think they are good leaders because they follow policies to the latter - no people skills or creativity
Reminds of when I worked at this grotty stationary store in my town foe minimum wage pre-pandemic, and sprained my ankle badly in the dungeon of a basement putting away stick while stepping over a board placed over a water leak, managed to make it up the stairs because none heard my cries for help, but because I was alone due to summer vacations, I finished out the day, kneeling on a stool. Boss didn’t really care.
It’s incredible how quickly higher-ups’ tone can change as soon as they realize they’re no longer the one in control in situations like these.
My uncle worked in a factory but he has bad knees. He used to use a stool, but eventually he was told he couldn’t use a stool and was let go
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?
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
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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
