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Holy crap... nanny state? I'm not agreeing in any way with the manager in this situation; public humiliation of employees by managers is both morally cowardly
by justin 14y ago
Holy crap... nanny state?
I'm not agreeing in any way with the manager in this situation; public humiliation of employees by managers is both morally cowardly (bullying someone from a position of power) and ineffective over the long run (in my opinion). But still, stress happens in most jobs. Often times it is caused by a combination of home and work factors. It's ridiculous to make "preventing stress" a legal duty of employers, because that's not wholly within an employers control. Example: Faulty machine used to serve customers blows up at work at now you have a lot of angry customers. Stress ensues.
- DanBC 14y agoIn this context "stress" means "bad stuff that could be controlled but isn't" - it's different from "adrenaline rush caused by tight (but achievable) deadlines" or "employer trying hard but things go wrong". Employers are expected to have procedures in place to deal with things like sexual harassment. This is similar, they're expected to have procedures in place to deal with bullying. I agree that I might have made it sound stronger than it is. In real life it's pretty reasonable.
- drewmclellan 14y agoIt wouldn't be unreasonable to suggest that the stress (and business impact) could be reduced by making sure any critical machine has a hot-backup should it fail. Making sure employees are happy and safe in their work is good business.