" My goal was to see who was gon na step up to the plate and who was gon na be my unexpended and correct hand piece . "
I think many of us agree that upper management can make or break a workplace experience. At best, your manager is an advocate and mentor who values and prioritizes your success. At worst, they’re a micromanaging nuisance on a power trip that makes every day on the clock a living hell.
Recently, a post went viral on ther/antiworksubreddit that has the internet ripping a manager to shreds for being the latter. The gist: They called afake meetingfor their employees as a “loyalty test.”
According to Reddit useru/geometricsun(or OP, for Original Poster), they were “called in for an all-staff meeting at 9 a.m.” and then left after 20 minutes because the manager didn’t show up (a perfectly normal response).
Later on, OP and their coworkers got this email from the manager who missed the meeting:
“Today’s meeting was intentional for me not to show.”
“My goal was to see who was gonna step up to the plate and who was gonna by my left and right hand men.”
So, let me get this straight: This manager purposely called a fake meeting and wasted their employees' time, hoping that one of them would just get up and lead the meeting themselves??? To see who should get a promotion????
I’ve seen some ridiculous workplace manipulation in my day, but this one is truly nonsensical. Instead of orchestrating this weird and unnecessary “test,” the manager could’ve just as easily told their reports about the positions opening up, gauged their interest, and talked to them one-on-one as needed. Right???
" So , somebody was supposed to ' step up ' and conduct a merging on behalf of the boss without being asked to do so and without any clear estimation of what the merging was even supposed to be about ? This is poor direction . "
— atomic number 92 / sirhackenslash
" The people who are unforced to sit around wasting metre are getting promoted , and the hoi polloi who wait a reasonable time then let back to employment are n’t ? Gee … that sounds like skillful business practice . "
— uracil / FeralBottleofMtDew
" How are you and your coworkers supposed to sleep with that ’s what the manager wants . No one is a telepath . Second of all , the ' manager ' is suppose to be work the encounter . It is their job . Not your chore . And lastly , if this individual think they do too much , they need to DELEGATE and really talk to people . or else of play these dumbass games that you ’re supposed to say their mind to realise . "
— u / ButterscotchPast4812
Others shared their own bad manager stories, showing that this kinda thing (unfortunately) runs deep and isn’t all that uncommon.
" The last gig I had , our boss did a ' loyalty mental testing . ' She lead a purse of unresolved candy in PUBLIC and was floor when people took HER candy . ' I ca n’t bank any of you . '
Multi - billion one dollar bill corporation is running like sh*t now essentially because of a mass exodus over a dish of Reese ’s . "
— u / DudeReallyLmao
" My manager schedules team meetings powerful as I ’m guess to piece my kids up from school , start dinner party , take their lunches , etc . Every meeting , I get the ' missed you at the meeting today ' manner of speaking , and every merging , I just do n’t care . "
— u / drinkslinger1974
Some even had some fun ideas for payback (even though OP probably wouldn’t do any of these because, y’know, they don’t wanna get fired).
" You should set a time and sidereal day with the director and not show up , then copy / paste the same thing they wrote . "
— uranium / Windows7Squad
" I would ’ve sat there the whole daytime , getting paid for it . Oh , you need me to go back to study ? No , no-account . I will wait for the boss to come and either conduct the coming together or displace me . Thank you . "
— uracil / NoHeadStark
And finally,u/Embershot89brought up this very interesting point about what “loyalty” in the workforce actually means these days.
" I do n’t understand the idea of loyalty for a job . If I ’m crop for you and you do n’t give me some sort of land tenure , why should I be loyal ? you could literally fire me at any time with no notice . I am loyal to my income ( if it ’s honest enough ) , my sept , and myself . That ’s it . If you do n’t give me a reason to be the means you need me to be , why would I feel that way in the first place ? "
