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Originally Posted by Rerun

Company XYZ gets a new VP.

New VP moves into his new office and one of the first words out of his mouth is that he doesn’t like one of the employees.

New VP then goes on to publically call out one of the 1st year employees saying he’s lazy, doesn’t work hard enough, and doesn’t do all the jobs that he’s expected to do.
Everybody in the company puts two and two together and has a pretty good idea who the employee is that the new VP doesn’t like.

Said 1st year, 21 year old, employee is told, by his immediate boss, not to bother coming into work today… not once but twice. He’s told it’s for his own good and to think of it as a learning experience.

Said 1st year employee is confused and disheartened. He thinks, and many of his fellow employees think, that he’s been doing a pretty good job and they don’t understand why he’s being picked on especially when the job he’s been doing is much better than the job his replacement can ever hope to do.


Then there’s this 6 year (30 year old) employee who gets to work with on the top line, gets all the prime accounts, gets called on frequently for special assignments…. But frequently produces quality of work like he doesn’t really care and has lately been making a few bone headed mistakes that has cost the company money.

Nothing happens to this guy…. He gets a pass on everything… as a matter of fact his immediate boss goes out of his way to praise the guy.


Do you really think that treatment like this is going to help the 21 year old 1st year employee? Or is it more likely to destroy what little confidence he has and possibly ruin a promising career?

Except for this is pro sports we're talking about, not the Engineering department at Suncor.