#1 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
#2 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.
#3 A Greedy Boss Makes The Worst Sign
#4 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
#5 I Work For USPS. Corporate Likes To Send Out Messages Almost Every Day To Carriers. This Was The Message Today
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.
#6 This Boss Who Asked An Employee To Push Back Their Brother's Birthday Plans
#7 Restaurant That Prides Itself On $3/Hr Pay Demands Customers Give Better Tips
#8 Put Your Hard-Earned Degree To Good Use… Manage A Team Of People And A Full-Time Workload As An Unpaid Volunteer!
#9 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."
#10 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
#11 Shout Out The Worst Place I Ever Worked (Minimum Wage, Of Course)
#12 A Manager Begging For Volunteers After Half Of His Employees Leaving Because Of Low Salary
#13 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.
#16 Bar In New Zealand Advertises For Job - “Must Have Double-D Breast”
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.
#18 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
#20 Broke Boss Who Didn't Pay Us For 4 Months Asking Us To Work On A New Project
