Get even, get fired!

I've had my share of bad bosses, but I believe I've always had enough of a positive self-image to stop any ill feelings from showing up in my work. I've seen co-workers slack off and even intentionally sabotage production because they felt they'd get one over on a lousy supervisor/boss. I certainly agree with a particular point in this blog; in the long run the employee is usually the one to suffer the consequences - by being fired. This study mentions that some employees "hid" from their bosses - I'm really not sure what that means - how exactly is it possible to hide from one's boss for any lengthy amount of time? Can it be they just don't want to avoid confrontation as opposed to hashing out their grievances? In any case, I don't see how hiding would solve anything. Then again, as my wife likes to say: "Yeah, the squeaky wheel may get the grease, but sometimes it just gets replaced."

Get even, get fired!

I've had my share of bad bosses, but I believe I've always had enough of a positive self-image to stop any ill feelings from showing up in my work. I've seen co-workers slack off and even intentionally sabotage production because they felt they'd get one over on a lousy supervisor/boss. I certainly agree with a particular point in this blog; in the long run the employee is usually the one to suffer the consequences - by being fired. This study mentions that some employees "hid" from their bosses - I'm really not sure what that means - how exactly is it possible to hide from one's boss for any lengthy amount of time? Can it be they just don't want to avoid confrontation as opposed to hashing out their grievances? In any case, I don't see how hiding would solve anything.

Get even, get fired!

I've had my share of bad bosses, but I believe I've always had enough of a positive self-image to stop any ill feelings from showing up in my work. I've seen co-workers slack off and even intentionally sabotage production because they felt they'd get one over on a lousy supervisor/boss. I certainly agree with a particular point in this blog; in the long run the employee is usually the one to suffer the consequences - by being fired. This study mentions that some employees "hid" from their bosses - I'm really not sure what that means - how exactly is it possible to hide from one's boss for any lengthy amount of time? Can it be they just don't want to avoid confrontation as opposed to hashing out their grievances? In any case, I don't see how hiding would solve anything.

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.