Disgruntled Employee

I wish there are more people who want to skip to work than those who want to skip work.

It's sad when one works in a "meaningless and unfulfilling" job. Looking forward only to weekends, and working solely for the paycheck.

When we feel oppressed, we will vent in our own creative way. Some take to drinking, some just smash bottles.

In some workplace, there are rude and mean-spirited individuals, the ones who give contradictory commands. Yet these "elites" are revered as the crème de la crème of the organisation, either because they know some important people or they are good at claiming credit for other people's work.

The claiming credit part I don't care so much, but making derogatory remarks in a show of authority such as telling people to "use your brains" when the problem arose due to contradictory commands, that is utterly insane.

Yet I've been told that this is CORPORATE culture.  It is normal, and it is happening in other companies too.

When higher-ups shower these "elites" with accolades, awards and promotions, and ignore those who really give their heart and soul to their work, the company has a toxic culture.

Some leaders don't even want to guide their own team members, and only want to find faults.  They fail to realise that when a team member fails, the leader and entire team don't look good either.  Some superiors lash out at their subordinates, even during public events just because they can, not realising that their outburst only reflects their stupidity and low class mentality more than anything else.

You may have worked in such an environment, or are currently working in one. Bet you can't wait to jump ship or pray for the situation to change.

A toxic culture churns out disgruntled employees and this defeats the purpose of companies organising CSR (corporate social responsibility) programmes for the sake of creating good branding and publicity when you can't even treat your own employees right.   

But I believe one can learn from a dysfunctional organisation.  Some of the leaders have their flaws but there are things you can learn from them too. You can also learn the things not to do, and when the time comes to jump ship, you can come out of this nuthouse, hopefully, A BETTER PERSON.

note: Better person not bitter person, ok?  Cheers!