30 Scenarios Where Attempts At "Raising Morale" Went Totally Catastrophic For Employers

These are the "punishment will continue until morale improves" work stories.

Maryjane

• Published in Interesting
• July 9, 2022

If many bosses have one thing in common, it's the assumption that everyone is content just to have a job. They continue to live in their own delusory world, despite the fact that more than half of US workers are planning to take their skills elsewhere.

They continue to believe in their ability to foster workplace togetherness and team spirit, despite the fact that they patronize, take advantage, and attempt to manipulate. In most situations, they do not even reciprocate the respect that their employees have for them.

It’s about time we took a long, good look in the mirror. And a Redditor CasperTFG_808 summoned members of the Ask Reddit community to share their "the punishment will continue until morale improves" job tales.

The question struck a chord with hundreds of employees, who quickly rolled up their sleeves to reveal the most inexplicable working conditions and awful managers they had ever encountered. The responses below demonstrate that there is definitely some truth to the old adage that people quit their bosses, not their jobs.

We’ve compiled some of the thread's most harrowing responses for you to read. As of this writing, the thread has received approximately 16k upvotes and 6k comments from justifiably disgruntled and concerned employees.

1. Every minute of this meeting is putting me further behind

2. So you can finally learn your colors

3. We needed a company magazine to boost morale

4. Would you like to ask us to lower your pay?

5. Find someone to cover your shift or you're fired

6. My team was tech based but somehow connected to the catering department

7. What would make you feel more appreciated in your current position?

8. Lock the break room at 8 a.m.

9. A company that handled finances so badly

10. Companies that innovate see higher profits

11. I love telling this GameStop story

12. A veterinary hospital that is really understaffed

13. From a math teacher who's been teaching for three years

14. They offered free tickets to a company concert

15. Who here is happy in their job?

16. It's story time

17. Repeated leadership meetings about bad attitudes

18. Well there’s only 3 chairs for the given 15-25 of us on an average day

19. Voicing some issues with some areas was 100% going

20. From a nanny

21. It's the management for me

22. The office manager changed up the bonus structure

23. Updating the dress code

24. They completely misread the situation

25. Working in a small IT-based company

26. Ohh nooo we cant do that...

27. A location particularly notoriously for bad staffing

28. Mandatory Fun

29. An insanely high turn over

30. Than you for your valued contribution

While some employees go out of their way to defend themselves, others quietly accept what their entitled bosses tell them. That doesn't stop them from telling everyone online about their nightmares.

Have you had any bad work experiences with bosses who blatantly ignored your needs? Please share your thoughts in the comments section!

Maryjane