‘I hit her with a Gen-Z stare’: Boss walks up to employee who’s juggling multiple projects and says they’re ‘not doing enough’ – FAIL Blog

How do you handle constant criticism from your boss? 

It’s not fun to be constantly berated. Criticism is welcome if it’s constructive. It’s a good rule of thumb to only offer criticism when you have a potential solution to offer. Just pointing out that someone is doing a bad job is not helpful, unless you know how they can fix it. Humans don’t respond well to being disrespected. If you feel like the people you work with have no respect for you, then you probably won’t last very long at the company. You want to work with people who encourage you with their leadership and set a good example. And when they have criticism for you, you want to feel like it’s because they have your best interests at heart, not that they’re out to get you. This employee shared their story to the antiwork subreddit about their boss who was constantly trying to give them unhelpful advice. 

There is very little place for unnecessary criticism in the workplace. If you have something negative to say, there better be a good reason for saying it, and you’re hopefully putting it in a compliment sandwich. Not that we have to all treat each other with kid gloves, but we should maintain a good streak of professionalism where we can. The boss in this story was not upholding that standard, though they wanted to seem like they were in control. Keep scrolling to read the story and decide what you would have done in their shoes.