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Even when the going gets tough, it is almost never acceptable for an employee to act angry and aggressive toward their coworkers. Not only is it upsetting, but it usually becomes a professional headache for everybody involved.
In this story, a manager at a healthcare agency was in a difficult situation with one of her social worker employees, who had had a meltdown after feeling like she had been overworked and mistreated by a fellow colleague. When she went to check on her after the outburst, she, too, faced this dramatic behavior.
The supervisor realized she had lodged a complaint against her after the incident, which meant she and some of her colleagues had to write a statement on the issue. She wasn't sure how she was going to go forward from this point.
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Co-worker screamed at me in front of others. Then she sent a formal complaint to HR accusing me of what she did.
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Social worker yells at supervisor, reports her for checking on her after tense meeting: 'She was crying and slamming her hands on the table'
"Works well under pressure" is one of those phrases that has appeared in so many job listings for so many different jobs that it has all but become meaningless to those with workplace experience. In reality, though, the reason that it is such a common ask is that it is a vitally important quality to have in most lines of work.
It is no secret that desiring this quality is often used as an excuse for toxic workplaces to push their employees into burnout. However, sometimes it is just a plain fact that a job is going to be stressful at times, no matter how supportive the workplace might try to be. Learning to handle that is imperative, as dealing with somebody who can't take the heat at work can be one of the most difficult issues to tackle when it goes too far. Nobody wants to be the legendary office freakout story.
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