Boss
If you have a job, chances are you have a boss. I’ve had a decent amount of jobs in the last 20 years. Most of these jobs, I worked for great bosses. A few of them however, not so much.
My first design job was awful. I loved what I was doing, but I HATED my supervisor. She was the devil. She would SCREAM at me any time I made a mistake and humiliate me in front of my coworkers. I was 20 years old my Associate Degree had just come out of the printer. I knew I would make mistakes, but I never expected to be treated like a piece of shit for doing so. This bitch even had the nerve to tell me that if I had left and got another job in the field that I wouldn’t last. Right in front of like 4 other people. I locked myself in the bathroom and cried like a baby. Later that day, another coworker came in and my supervisor was telling him how she was in a shitty mood that morning. She said something like “yeah, this morning was terrible, I was in such a bad mood...just ask Linda! haha!” I just made a disgusted face without even looking at her and she said “wow, I guess it wasn’t that funny.”
When a person is on the receiving end of your shitty, unprofessional attitude, no it’s NEVER funny. Screaming at your employees when they make an innocent mistake, in front of other people, is NEVER, EVER, EVER funny. How DARE you humiliate people. Not only are you making someone feel like absolute shit about themselves, but you’re also making other people who hear you uncomfortable. Who wants to work with/for someone who’s a fucking maniac and treats their staff like shit? Not I. A toxic work environment can really screw with people’s health. Mental and physical. I had constant headaches, nausea, tension in my back and neck, severe anxiety...all from one stupid bitch who couldn’t control her temper in the office.
I lasted about a year at that job. I was fed up about 6 months later. I just called up and quit. No notice. I didn’t feel like they deserved it. When you treat people like crap, you don’t deserve anything that will help you. NOTHING.
The job I had before my current job was awful as well. The owners were complete morons, especially the son. The father was hardly around because he lived in Florida, but when he was around, people were always anxious. Both of them were very condescending and horrible. The son was SO unorganized and would throw paper at me with random notes and expect me to know where they were supposed to be filed. When I didn’t, he’d yell at me. FUCK that bullshit. F U C K that! I left after 6 months. I gave them notice because there were a few people there that I liked and didn’t want to screw them. Once I put my notice in, the owners never spoke to me again. How dare I quit! Whatever.
If you’re a boss, don’t be a piece of shit and treat your employees like they’re worthless. If they really make an effort and genuinely feel bad about making mistakes, cut them some slack. Maybe they suffer from anxiety, maybe you’re overwhelming them with a lot of work but they’re too scared to say anything for fear of you thinking less of them. They’re HUMAN BEINGS. Please don’t forget that.
Peace.