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If the employee had stopped complaining and pretended to be happy in the job, then I don't think he would have been fired. Yes, he would have been miserable, b
by ryporter 10y ago
If the employee had stopped complaining and pretended to be happy in the job, then I don't think he would have been fired. Yes, he would have been miserable, but he would have been able to keep a job if he needed it. That's a huge difference. It's sad, but lots of people hate their job, but continue to plug away at it in silent resignation, because they think it is the best way to support themselves and their family.
- Normal_gaussian 10y agoYou are making a presumption that the employee could not be happy in the job. We do not know what the job is, we do not know what it was that upset them, we do not know how easy to avoid it could be. An example I am aware of is an artist who was problematic about the limited scope of their employment. They always wanted to make the project into an animation with music etc. but this isn't what the clients or other members of the team wanted. Long story short his sister got a boyfriend who showed him that the job would never change, so he made animation projects in his spare time as a portfolio for other jobs. Turns out when he wasn't being arsey and problematic he could do his existing job faster, so managed to reduce work to 3 days a week. Its a good stable income whilst he fails at incorporating music into personal projects.