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Or, in the case of larger places (like department stores with multiple departments or like where I work, a huge warehouse with multiple departments), until the employee applies for a transfer for another shift or work area.
This isn't something I hate, but I am very against. I know there are two sides to every story and there are always different circumstances, but I generally do not like the idea of managers/supervisors/leads or even coworkers (supported by management and other higher ups) to piss off someone until they either quit the job or find a different area to work in.
To be honest, I think with some people, it's playing with fire, because some people will take initiative and go to HR and complain, if not the labor board or will retaliate in other ways, like making complaints to OSHA or FMLA or other things that they know may get the employer in trouble. Whether or not that actually works in their favor, it doesn't look good on the management or the company in general when someone does that.
As for everyone else, even if they don't stand up or fight it, it's still wrong, because I don't feel anyone deserves to be bullied, let alone harrassed, by their coworkers or their boss because they aren't liked. Even if they are a bad employee, there is always a difference between professionally allowing the person to give themself plenty of rope to hang themselves with, and using cruelty and dirty mind games to make that person so miserable they don't want to work there anymore.
Opinions, ideas, thoughts?
Edit: The story behind this idea came from my *no surprise* idiot coworkers who were reminiscing about how they once played a role in pissing off this one woman until she transferred to a different shift. She did retaliate a time or two, and because of that, she'll probably never be fired, so it all backfired on them anyway.
This isn't something I hate, but I am very against. I know there are two sides to every story and there are always different circumstances, but I generally do not like the idea of managers/supervisors/leads or even coworkers (supported by management and other higher ups) to piss off someone until they either quit the job or find a different area to work in.
To be honest, I think with some people, it's playing with fire, because some people will take initiative and go to HR and complain, if not the labor board or will retaliate in other ways, like making complaints to OSHA or FMLA or other things that they know may get the employer in trouble. Whether or not that actually works in their favor, it doesn't look good on the management or the company in general when someone does that.
As for everyone else, even if they don't stand up or fight it, it's still wrong, because I don't feel anyone deserves to be bullied, let alone harrassed, by their coworkers or their boss because they aren't liked. Even if they are a bad employee, there is always a difference between professionally allowing the person to give themself plenty of rope to hang themselves with, and using cruelty and dirty mind games to make that person so miserable they don't want to work there anymore.
Opinions, ideas, thoughts?
Edit: The story behind this idea came from my *no surprise* idiot coworkers who were reminiscing about how they once played a role in pissing off this one woman until she transferred to a different shift. She did retaliate a time or two, and because of that, she'll probably never be fired, so it all backfired on them anyway.
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