What is wrong with American engineering and how to fix it

What happened to American engineering over the last 20 years?  It used to be such a great profession.  It used to be a secure profession where an engineer could spend his or her entire career at one company.  They were valued as the brain trust of the company where all the inside knowledge resides. 

What is wrong with American engineering and how to fix it

What happened to American engineering over the last 20 years?  It used to be such a great profession.  It used to be a secure profession where an engineer could spend his or her entire career at one company.  They were valued as the brain trust of the company where all the inside knowledge resides. 

Employees retaliate against bad bosses by slacking off

This research isn't a big surprise, but it should make you look deep inside your organization for "cancers" that need to be cut out. Research by Wayne Hochwarter, a professor of management at Florida State University, and research associate Samantha Engelhardt, finds that employees with bad ("abusive") bosses retaliate with lower productivity (OK, slacking off). What the study doesn't mention: The retaliation doesn't really hurt the bad boss; it's more likely to get the employee fired -- for slacking. The researchers examined the responses of more than 180 employees from a wide variety of professions who reported supervisor abuse. 30% of those who reported abuse slowed down or purposely made errors, compared with 6% of those not reporting abuse. 27% of those who reported abuse purposely hid from the boss, compared with 4% of those not reporting abuse. 33% of those who reported abuse confessed to not putting in maximum effort, compared with 9% of those not reporting abuse. 29% of those who reported abuse took sick time off even when not ill, compared with 4% of those not reporting abuse. 25% of those who reported abuse took more or longer breaks, compared with 7% of those not reporting abuse.

Employees retaliate against bad bosses by slacking off

This research isn't a big surprise, but it should make you look deep inside your organization for "cancers" that need to be cut out. Research by Wayne Hochwarter, a professor of management at Florida State University, and research associate Samantha Engelhardt, finds that employees with bad ("abusive") bosses retaliate with lower productivity (OK, slacking off). What the study doesn't mention: The retaliation doesn't really hurt the bad boss; it's more likely to get the employee fired -- for slacking. The researchers examined the responses of more than 180 employees from a wide variety of professions who reported supervisor abuse. 30% of those who reported abuse slowed down or purposely made errors, compared with 6% of those not reporting abuse. 27% of those who reported abuse purposely hid from the boss, compared with 4% of those not reporting abuse. 33% of those who reported abuse confessed to not putting in maximum effort, compared with 9% of those not reporting abuse. 29% of those who reported abuse took sick time off even when not ill, compared with 4% of those not reporting abuse. 25% of those who reported abuse took more or longer breaks, compared with 7% of those not reporting abuse.

Employees retaliate against bad bosses by slacking off

This research isn't a big surprise, but it should make you look deep inside your organization for "cancers" that need to be cut out. Research by Wayne Hochwarter, a professor of management at Florida State University, and research associate Samantha Engelhardt, finds that employees with bad ("abusive") bosses retaliate with lower productivity (OK, slacking off). What the study doesn't mention: The retaliation doesn't really hurt the bad boss; it's more likely to get the employee fired -- for slacking. The researchers examined the responses of more than 180 employees from a wide variety of professions who reported supervisor abuse. 30% of those who reported abuse slowed down or purposely made errors, compared with 6% of those not reporting abuse. 27% of those who reported abuse purposely hid from the boss, compared with 4% of those not reporting abuse. 33% of those who reported abuse confessed to not putting in maximum effort, compared with 9% of those not reporting abuse. 29% of those who reported abuse took sick time off even when not ill, compared with 4% of those not reporting abuse. 25% of those who reported abuse took more or longer breaks, compared with 7% of those not reporting abuse.