“I Have A Write-Up For You”: Supervisor Tries Disciplining Driver For No Reason, Regrets It
Work is more than just our direct responsibilities. Direct superiors and higher-ups have their own agendas and biases, and can sometimes complicate our day with unnecessary nonsense.
This rings especially true for Reddit user A-Truckers-Thoughts. Talking to the platform’s ‘Malicious Compliance‘ community, the employee recalled the unjust scrutiny they had faced from a difficult supervisor.
However, as the tension between them kept rising, the Redditor decided to give the lady a taste of her own medicine by subjecting her to additional workload, just like she had been imposing on them.
Unmanageable workload can take a toll on us
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But this employee’s supervisor didn’t listen to their concerns
Image credits: Tima Miroshnichenko / pexels (not the actual photo)
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Image credits: A-Truckers-Thoughts
Even otherwise good leaders can inadvertently create false urgency and damage their team’s morale, well-being, and performance
Far too many teams are buckling under deadlines and stress.
According to a recent survey of 10,243 full-time desk-based workers from six countries including, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, France, Germany, and Japan, 42% said they are burned out.
This might seem like a personal problem, but when Stanford researchers looked into how workplace stress affects health costs and mortality in the United States, they found that it led to spending of nearly $190 billion — roughly 8% of national healthcare outlays — and nearly 120,000 deaths each year.
If those numbers aren’t scary to the Redditor’s bosses, they should consider the fact that companies without systems to support the well-being of their workers have higher turnover, lower productivity, and higher healthcare costs, according to the American Psychological Association (APA).
So it’s in everyone’s best interest to create a healthy work environment, one without redundant responsibilities that add extra burden without generating any real value.
Which is, sadly, far too common.
A survey of 7,500 full-time employees by Gallup found the top five reasons for burnout are:
- Unfair treatment at work;
- Unmanageable workload;
- Lack of role clarity;
- Lack of communication and support from their manager;
- Unreasonable time pressure.
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As the delivery person’s post went viral, they provided more information in its comment section
The story received plenty of colorful reactions
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UPDATE: So after my original post many things have transpired. My terminal is getting a new classification, which means more freight, more jobs, positions switching around, etc. The b***h of a supervisor is transitioning to a night position because, "No one respects me." Well, if you weren't such a pain in the a*s maybe someone would. When she announced this today she looked at me and flat out asked me, "Are you gonna miss me?" My answer was short, simple, to the point, and in front of about 60 other employees, including my bosses boss: "Nope." She looked aghast. She looked surprised. When everyone burst out with laughter, she looked defeated. I win b***h....and you lose.
I'm going to miss you just about as much as I miss an abcessed tooth.
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That one comment about how "terrible working in America is". This dude really thinks it's only the US with s****y managers and some s****y jobs lol. Why do people think s****y working conditions/higher-ups are a US exclusive thing... C'mon, get some real world experience and stop believing the regurgitated bs of "America bad" 🙄
America has some of the least amount of laws around workers rights. That's not regurgitated BS. Im not going to say every other location is better, but a large amount of them have a lot more support for workers rights.
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UPDATE: So after my original post many things have transpired. My terminal is getting a new classification, which means more freight, more jobs, positions switching around, etc. The b***h of a supervisor is transitioning to a night position because, "No one respects me." Well, if you weren't such a pain in the a*s maybe someone would. When she announced this today she looked at me and flat out asked me, "Are you gonna miss me?" My answer was short, simple, to the point, and in front of about 60 other employees, including my bosses boss: "Nope." She looked aghast. She looked surprised. When everyone burst out with laughter, she looked defeated. I win b***h....and you lose.
I'm going to miss you just about as much as I miss an abcessed tooth.
Load More Replies... That one comment about how "terrible working in America is". This dude really thinks it's only the US with s****y managers and some s****y jobs lol. Why do people think s****y working conditions/higher-ups are a US exclusive thing... C'mon, get some real world experience and stop believing the regurgitated bs of "America bad" 🙄
America has some of the least amount of laws around workers rights. That's not regurgitated BS. Im not going to say every other location is better, but a large amount of them have a lot more support for workers rights.
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