It’s no secret that getting along with management people is not always a given, but rather a gift. They often put too much pressure on the backs of already stressed employees, making it a perfectly toxic workplace environment to brew and prosper. And in some more extreme cases, it gets passive-aggressive, to say the least.
The corner of Reddit known by the name which screams sarcasm, Thanks Management, is a safe space to talk about hard things. According to the subreddit’s description, it’s a place made for “Showcasing notices from imperious middle managers, owners, landlords, school administrators, mean bosses, and overall pedants. Bonus points for misspellings, exclamation marks, threats over petty bullshit.”
And they mean it. From evil posters put up in the staff room as if nothing happened to the implementation of very questionable tools that are supposed to boost productivity at the expense of people, these are some take-notes-kids examples of how not to run your business.
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Nobody is safe from mean management practices in the workplace, regardless of how much you love or hate your job. But let’s be honest, the more pressure we have put on our shoulders, the less motivated we are to add that extra bit of effort to the company we work for.
And although this can happen for many different reasons, mean managers can be a huge setback for us professionally and emotionally. But how you determine whether the management has indeed crossed the line? Buzzwords like toxic workplace are all over the place, but when it comes to real life, most of us are left scratching our heads.
Rude behavior toward employees is generally defined as a display of disrespect, a breaking of social norms or expectations, a breach of etiquette, or ignoring "accepted" behavior. It can also mean that a manager is behaving inconsiderately, aggressively, or deliberately offensively.
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Rudeness can manifest in many forms, from passive-aggressive behavior, micromanaging, anger management problems, to favoritism towards one person, bullying, and many more. The mean behavior can also be used as a way to display one’s power and show superiority over others, and in this case, as well as others, you'd better run far away from it.
In such cases, setting boundaries is key. Everyone should learn to distance themselves from a manager who’s mean to them and, at some point, stop taking in all the negativity. In other cases, if you are sure that your boss is incompetent, it’s just reasonable to become a leader on your own.
Management will notice your initiative eventually, and you will likely earn some extra points just by keeping the mean person out of the loop.
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Despite the wording, it's mainly addressed to people who are too lazy to clean up after them.
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Whatever happens, make yourself a top priority. It’s just not fair to allow yourself to be treated badly and purposefully disrespected day by day by someone who has no reason to do so. In some extreme cases, even the best reasoning is not an excuse for anyone to shout or offend you, whether it’s a co-worker, a manager, or a boss.
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You misunderstand, only 2 of the 3 sides have this sign --- there's only one picnic side.
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From the "Why deal with a problem by speaking directly with those involved when you can make everyone miserable?" school of management.
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Spare a thought for the poor bugger that gets paid to do the smell check!
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What if someone starts crying at work? Are they allowed to leave then?
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I'm so darn happy I don't live in the USA. I'm very sorry to say this, dear Americans, but your country sucks big time.
Yeah, we know
American here. Is it bad to say that I agree with you because I dont like America. I want to move to the UK or India.
It really doesn't suck. Most people live good lives here, and although our infrastructure and government aren't perfect, they are also not completely terrible.
Americans are o.k. It is just like anywhere I am sure. You have good people and you have bad people. You just have to learn to laugh.....sometimes a lot!
You think?
Thank you, Captain Obvious.
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Yeah, cuz of all the illegals - and if it sucks so bad why does everyone what to come here?
Keep your racism for yourself Damon, nobody likes people like you. Go back to Trumpistan and cry about inexistent vote fraud. These "illegals" as you call them are going to the US because it's much worse in their own country than in the USA, tough the US aren't a very good country neither. Someone might have fled from a worse life than you, think about that. And honestly, if a refugee who can't even speak proper english nor has a good education can "steal" your job, you should rather think what you did wrong than blaming the refugee.
There are some posts of terrible managers etc. in this thread, but honestly most of them don't belong here.
Yeah. A lot are just unfortunate wordings or jokes.
Now I understand why USA is the land of all possibilities.
Well, y'know, Reagan started this awesome PR machine of "It's morning in America!" and forgot to mention it was gonna be the morning after the night before at a bar in Hell.
Including bad ones.
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Maybe they should rename the post into why the US sucks. I think there was one example for the UK, but with Brexit they aren’t on a good way anyways... puzzling how some Americans still think that they live in the greatest country ever.
I'm so darn happy I don't live in the USA. I'm very sorry to say this, dear Americans, but your country sucks big time.
Yeah, we know
American here. Is it bad to say that I agree with you because I dont like America. I want to move to the UK or India.
It really doesn't suck. Most people live good lives here, and although our infrastructure and government aren't perfect, they are also not completely terrible.
Americans are o.k. It is just like anywhere I am sure. You have good people and you have bad people. You just have to learn to laugh.....sometimes a lot!
You think?
Thank you, Captain Obvious.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Yeah, cuz of all the illegals - and if it sucks so bad why does everyone what to come here?
Keep your racism for yourself Damon, nobody likes people like you. Go back to Trumpistan and cry about inexistent vote fraud. These "illegals" as you call them are going to the US because it's much worse in their own country than in the USA, tough the US aren't a very good country neither. Someone might have fled from a worse life than you, think about that. And honestly, if a refugee who can't even speak proper english nor has a good education can "steal" your job, you should rather think what you did wrong than blaming the refugee.
There are some posts of terrible managers etc. in this thread, but honestly most of them don't belong here.
Yeah. A lot are just unfortunate wordings or jokes.
Now I understand why USA is the land of all possibilities.
Well, y'know, Reagan started this awesome PR machine of "It's morning in America!" and forgot to mention it was gonna be the morning after the night before at a bar in Hell.
Including bad ones.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Maybe they should rename the post into why the US sucks. I think there was one example for the UK, but with Brexit they aren’t on a good way anyways... puzzling how some Americans still think that they live in the greatest country ever.