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Toxic positivity in action

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Their explanation sounds like ad hoc BS.

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Yeah, but the original message sounded even more like BS. Like surely no one would think its a good idea to post on social media that you are firing your stressed employees to make a ‘supportive’ workplace. That makes no sense. So yeah, the explanation is bad - but I don’t think its untrue. It’s just that the original post was a bad idea.

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It’s it actually toxic if you really do benefit from it?

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I fail to see how getting fired because you said your work environment was stressful is a benefit. Losing your income is a significant stressor.

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Or even not getting fired, but seeing your coworkers being fired for that. Sure whole departments are going to be stressed now.

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Yes, because humans are messy.

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You don’t benefit from it. Having been in a place where positivity is a focus, it’s just ignoring any problems or criticism that can’t be addressed with a work harder attitude. It forces out anyone not drinking the Kool aid, and those tend to be better employees.

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The stressed employees were almost certainly the high performers lmao

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And when output and production drop 35% next quarter, you can be damn sure they’ll whip out the “We’re a family here!!!” talk as they announce even more layoffs to pad the bottom line.

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Whenever you are having a bad day just remember you had like 1/4 chance of spawning in India

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There are ten livestock animals in captivity for every one human. You’re still lucky to be born a human anywhere on earth, because we are the monsters.

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Why is India that way?

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So everything. You could have just said everything.

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That’s a lot of text to not mention that the main issue is British Imperialism. The UK was only interested in resource extraction from India, meaning minimal investment was made into the area for centuries.

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I remember it, and then I remember I’m in that 1/4th

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I have spawned in a very similar place soo. Eeh

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I’m from Pakistan, which should be even more similar to India than Turkey is.

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oh hi 😞

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“The beatings will continue until morale improves.”

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“Beatings didn’t work. Let’s try hunger and homelessness”

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Well, that is going to backfire because they just made all new stress for the current employees

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Yeah, they did, but the remaining employees won’t dare complain about it so management sees this as a twofer win.

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And have learned that lying is the best policy

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Beatings will continue until morale improves.

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