and he agreed to speak a bit more about his experience and thoughts since the event. “I’ve been on subs like malicious compliance and anti-work and i’ve read the comments to my post. It’s very easy to demonize these types of managers. and some def deserve some less than positive wishes onto them. but as i’ve personally grown and am a manager myself now, leading people is hard.
Unfortunately, this inability to see the bigger picture still plagues many jobs. In some ways, the work culture OP referred to in 2009 exists in 2023. It is particularly sad, as the death of a pet can often feel like the death of a family member. That’s not an exaggeration, a 2020 study by Anna Maria Behler, Jeffrey David Green and Jennifer Joy-Gabasimilar bereavement suffered by people who lost pets with people who lost immediate family members.
Going to work just after discovering that a beloved pet has passed seems almost inconceivable to pet owners. It’s difficult to imagine a situation where a boss would demand someone work after discovering that their parent or sibling had died. But mentally, the level of sorrow can be the same.Prostock-studio