Employee confronts boss about her inability to keep office morale up, boss refuses to listen, claiming employees are happy as long as they don't quit: ‘That's her metric'

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Dec 23, 2024 3:00 PM EST

Being a manager is more than just completing tasks and making sure the higher-ups are happy, which is something everyone seems to understand except managers. Even though the task of managing employees is literally part of the job title, managers are always inclined to neglect that part, and completely ignore their employee's needs.

Every once in a while, a brave employee will feel the need to correct this problem, and they will go as far as confronting their bosses about their lack of leadership and care for the people they manage. An attempt that usually ends with a failure, but it is still nice they tried. It's important that managers will be exposed to criticism, even if they choose to ignore it. At least it shows that someone in the office still cares about keeping the office morale up.

The employee in this Reddit story confronted their boss about this exact thing, and their reaction, while not surprising, was quite tone-deaf. Keep scrolling to read the full tale.

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    "I can't keep working for this person" www
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    The store manager said something SO profoundly stupid to me yesterday
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  • One brave employee decided to confront their boss about their inability to keep office morale up. The boss, in return, had a few things to say about these accusations.

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    The store manager said something so profoundly stupid to me yesterday it left me silent, in complete disbelief and has ruined my ability to take my job seriously with her
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    as a boss. I attempted to reach her about her manner in regards to king morale. She countered by asking if I was speaking for the whole store and when I refused to play
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    along went on to say "I think I know these people better than you. I've been working with some if them for over a year... And they haven't quit." That's it. That's her metric for misery
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    and job performance. Because the assistant biding her time till retirement, the stockroom manager gunning for a corporate position, the two keyholders with babies at
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    home and the other key holder working this as a second job to pay the rent haven't walked out, yet, they must be OK and doing their best work (not the bare minimum to keep her off
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    their a). This level of idiocy must be criminal. I only have my job because three key holders inside of six months
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    *did walk out on her and the fourth stepped down to a cashier position, all sighting citing her as their only reason.
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    She was told, in no uncertain terms, that she was passed over for the district position because of her lack of people skills. She even has a laundry list of HR complaints against her. I can't keep working for this person.
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  • You know, we read about many weird things bosses do, but this is a new one. How completely out of touch with reality can one become to fully believe that if employees don't quit their jobs, it means that they are happy? Surely, bosses should know that happiness in the workplace depends on more than just, well, having a job. That happiness mainly depends on bosses actually doing their jobs, and how often does that happen?

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    WanderingBraincell the other side of it is how stupid are your boss' bosses if they have a "laundry list of HR complaints" and they still haven't fired her
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    8 D... OP Scuttlek is that, everyone who complains, quits, so they figure the problems are solving themselves.
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    SufficientCow4380 How unfortunate for everyone that this person became a manager. Sounds like they were starved for choice when they promoted her.
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    Diana_Belle OP That or a case of the Peter Principle...
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    Oldachrome1107 She sounds like my now former direct supervisor-complete lack of people skills, and a bu y to boot, and when questioned about it her response is "that's just the way I am".
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    Yeah, no, if multiple people have complained about you, then it's you who has a problem and needs to change, not them. Glad I left.
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    Dapper Platform_1222 I can tell you a few things right now. 1. You're completely, 100% correct. 2. She'll be there long after you're gone, everyone else you mentioned is gone. Several pets of yours have
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    dd. The country has devolved into civil war. Several loved ones of yours are gone. She will be there. Why would a just God allow that? When a person takes up a position like that it's not out of devotion. Some do it for money. Some do it for "power "I
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    worked for this person as a high school student and could see what a complete mess she was. It's a guidepost. Don't be this person. Don't trade your worldly happiness for the ability to tor re a few students at a time.
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    voxam72 She'll do something illegal or borderline eventually, and that's when you skip HR and have a lawyer contact them. One more HR complaint won't do it, but if she has that many then legal threats should.
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