Our manager is completely passive, doing everything possible to avoid conflict. They're the absentee type, lacking any real authority. Meanwhile, a few individuals are making life difficult for the rest of us. It’s not about workload or taking credit for someone else’s efforts. They’re simply bothering people for the sake of it. The rest of the team is afraid to stand up for themselves, knowing there won’t be any support from leadership. It feels like a literal high school. I haven’t seen anything like this in decades.
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You'll get farther in the work life if you stand up to the bullies. Don't wait for the boss to have your back.
Just start a conversation by saying “when I worked at JP Morgan…” and then say whatever you think should happen. Doesn’t matter if any of it is true because people will just blindly follow the advice at that point.
Nice job board police.
You arbitrarily removed my post.
And it was a pertinent one at that.
@bn technically telling such jokes could be considered workplace harassment.
Ha we might be in the same team! In my case manager is useless and non verbal but wants to be the bully’s sidekick badly. Everyone else acts like a teenager with jokes about minorities and women. I have been here long enough to know that HR will not do a thing. I managed to work on a project on my own so i get to avoid them but hoping layoffs hit us soon and the click will loose some folks. Amazing how a manager in title only does absolutely nothing and his manager never notices.
This seems like a chatGPT problem if you can’t interact with an individual and have a conversation. Too many people expect their managers to deal with interpersonal issues while their managers are busy trying to run things that leadership actually cares about.
Give them a wedgie. Worked in High School. Or maybe trip them in the cafeteria with a tray full of food.
Actively disengaged employees can engage in non productive or actively disruptive actions as a way of lashing out at mistreatment.
Before blaming them, stop and think.
Has executive leadership done anything to the detriment of the employees?
Are these people just doing what mistreated people have done for decades?
Is this just a symptom of a deeper issue?
I've worked in an environment exactly like that at Wells where it almost came to blows. It can be degrading and make one dread coming to work. There are several ways to handle it, if your manager is spineless and blind, maybe reach out to your manager's manager and shed light on the work environment people are in? If its a single individual you can try dealing with it directly and setting boundaries. After the confrontation in my case, I moved on and resolved to not let it darken my day and the other person moved on and never caused problems again.