Having survived and escaped a truly horrible job has really changed my perspective on a lot of annoying workplace practices, to the point that I have to bite my tongue to stop me from being annoyingly positive at coworkers who are (not unreasonably and good-naturedly) grumping.
'We have too many staff meetings.' -> "OH MY GOD WE HAVE REGULAR STAFF MEETINGS. Where management tells us about things that are happening and we are encouraged to provide input!!!"
'We weren't given information on [important thing] until almost right before it happened.' -> "WE WERE GIVEN INFORMATION ON [IMPORTANT THING] BEFORE IT HAPPENED! And then management explained why it wasn't provided sooner, apologized, and committed to doing better!"
'We're required to do too many trainings.' -> "WE HAVE TRAININGS!! We are encouraged and given funding to go to trainings, even!!"
'We have too many over-written procedures for things, it needlessly clogs up the process and creates unnecessary work.' -> "WE HAVE FORMAL PROCEDURES FOR THINGS!!! Procedures that are actually followed!!!"
'This mental health exercise/training was cringy and annoying' -> "MENTAL HEALTH IS ACKNOWLEDGED AS A THING THAT EXISTS. And if we request accommodations (legally required or not), we aren't flatly denied and then have the request used against us!"
'This workplace conflict was not handled particularly well.' -> "I HAVEN'T SEEN A SINGLE STAFF MEMBER ASSAULT ANOTHER STAFF MEMBER! And it seems like there might actually be consequences if that happened!!!"
