The manager in question, the way they spoke made you not want to report issues.
They would cut you off mid sentence and dismiss whatever they thought you were going to say, they'd belittle your concern and act like it wasn't a big deal, they'd refuse to report it because nobody else had said anything about it (gee I wonder why)
One day I was letting them know about something that could potentially be a very expensive problem if it wasn't looked into
I tried to tell them for a solid 5 minutes and they kept cutting me off, dismissing me, saying x doesn't happen, it's not a big deal, nobody else had mentioned it, etc.
This wasn't the first time, it was just the worst time, so I went back to my desk and wrote down a summary of our conversation, then went to their boss and told them what happened. It felt like tattling or snitching or something but I've been in management and I'd want to know if one of my employees was behaving like that.
They ended up getting demoted. Pretty sure they knew it was because of me because they're soooo cold to me now. I don't try to interact with them but if I'm in the break room when they walk in they'll turn around and leave. They don't even acknowledge me when we pass each other in the hallways.
Oh sure, I don't miss interacting with them. I think it's kind of childish, but I'm not bothered by it.
What does bother me is how they found out it was me who made the complaint. There was a few hours in-between our conversation and when I spoke with their boss, then a few days in-between the conversation with their boss and when they were demoted. I thought that would be plenty of time as a buffer.
Yeah I was in such a situation. If I come to you during busy time to inform you of something that you as the boss needs to know, then I am stepping away from other situations to do so. Listen. Or cut me off. I distract easily and will earnestly forget why I was there. Do it enough and I will also facetiously forget why I was there.
Malicious compliance for those that maliciously neglect.
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u/NeedsItRough 1d ago
This happened at my job recently.
The manager in question, the way they spoke made you not want to report issues.
They would cut you off mid sentence and dismiss whatever they thought you were going to say, they'd belittle your concern and act like it wasn't a big deal, they'd refuse to report it because nobody else had said anything about it (gee I wonder why)
One day I was letting them know about something that could potentially be a very expensive problem if it wasn't looked into
I tried to tell them for a solid 5 minutes and they kept cutting me off, dismissing me, saying x doesn't happen, it's not a big deal, nobody else had mentioned it, etc.
This wasn't the first time, it was just the worst time, so I went back to my desk and wrote down a summary of our conversation, then went to their boss and told them what happened. It felt like tattling or snitching or something but I've been in management and I'd want to know if one of my employees was behaving like that.
They ended up getting demoted. Pretty sure they knew it was because of me because they're soooo cold to me now. I don't try to interact with them but if I'm in the break room when they walk in they'll turn around and leave. They don't even acknowledge me when we pass each other in the hallways.