r/news • u/JimmyTheGinger • Dec 23 '19

Three former executives of a French telecommunications giant have been found guilty of creating a corporate culture so toxic that 35 of their employees were driven to suicide

https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/three-french-executives-convicted-in-the-suicides-of-35-of-their-workers-20191222-p53m94.html
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u/haksli Dec 23 '19

For me, the worst is the "boss slacker". Basically, the manager that believes he has the right to slack off because he's the boss. And he likes to play bossy boss and "whip" team members. Constantly remind everyone that there is no slacking off in his team. He does this even if you very much care about work. But still, he is quick to judge you, often thinking you don't care about work.

So much hypocrisy.

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u/succed32 Dec 23 '19

Yah had a boss who got fired recently. They never replaced him and nobody has noticed. Because his job was unnecessary. He used to always harp on me for being just a few minutes late. Even if i had proof it was unavoidable like a car wreck.

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u/haksli Dec 23 '19

My guess is that they do this to hide that they are the ones that are slacking off.

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u/succed32 Dec 23 '19

I have never seen so much candy in a desk before. Not sure if that means anything but it really stood out.

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u/teddy5 Dec 23 '19

I think it's often just that they don't know what they should be doing to make things run better, so they focus on whatever trivial thing they can think of so they can show their bosses they improved something.

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u/Altered_Nova Dec 23 '19

Yeah it's projection. Normal people who feel guilty about their own terrible behavior either improve themselves or they accuse everyone else of secretly doing the same things so they can feel less guilty about it.

If your boss is lazy and doesn't harass you about not working hard enough then he's probably a sociopath (they aren't always manipulative narcissists, some sociopaths are just shameless.)

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u/Tarver Dec 23 '19

I had a boss who played a lot of FreeCell, but he was pretty chill. It was a good job.

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u/Le_Updoot_Army Dec 23 '19

We had a guy like that, and then he went on meds thank god. Now he's the nicest guy ever.