These days, at work, there is a silent tension in the office. It's not something I'm totally unfamiliar with. It's the eerie quiet before all hell breaks loose. It happens when people are feeling too stressed, too low, too under appreciated. When there is so much coming at us from all sides I think there are two ways we react. We either stand firm and support one another or we sink into the depths of suspicion start to implode. That's what happening here.
This past week I have witnessed more juvenile, unnecessary behavior on the part of some of my staff than I have ever seen in the past 15 years of doing this job. I have seen grown women who should know better play hurtful, mean spirited pranks on another. I've seen the target of those pranks march into the trenches of full bore defensive tactics. And I've seen innocent bystanders either be accused by association or be caught in the web of gossip. It's been a very rough week!
I have come close to the point of standing in the middle of the office and screaming at them. That's how frustrated I've become. If I can't get this, and them, under some kind of control, I will end up firing some of them. Maybe that's the solution - make an example out of one or two of them and the others might get the point!
1 comment:
My sentiments exactly! Maybe I should make a sign that says that and post it on my door!
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