• Voodoo dolls of bosses improve staff morale, study finds
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/03/07/voodoo-dolls-bosses-improve-staff-morale-study-finds/ @SIRIUS time to make one for @garry
I mean, I'd ask why you called for me specifically but then again I'm already making one so...
According to the Health and Safety Executive, more than 12 million Britons are forced to take time off work each year because of stress and anxiety, often caused by pressure from overbearing or abusive managers. But rather than allowing staff to brood over their mistreatment, which can be detrimental to work, business experts have suggested they should be allowed to take out their anger on voodoo dolls. In a paper in the journal The Leadership Quarterly, the authors conclude: “These findings suggest that retaliation not only benefits individual victims, but may also benefit the organization as a whole, given that justice perceptions is important for employee performance and well-being.” Ooor, hear me out on this crazy thought, get better working conditions. The participants in the study used an online voodoo doll programme created by Dumb.com, which allows users to name the effigy after their boss, and sticking it with pins, burn it with a candle, and pinch it with pliers. Oh wait, the whole article is just paid publicity, nevermind.
How?
Fuck that noise. One of my previous jobs allowed us to put supervisors in a dunk tank and throw balls at it.
If torturing a substitute of your boss is what's needed to enjoy your job, either your boss is terrible or you've got completely the wrong job.
Whoops. I read the article super fast and upon reaching that part I must have gone into "oh wait, is just another company with no proof of scientific papers trying to sell their stuff as good for your health", my bad.
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