I remember in the past hearing from several different managers and even having one myself saying all the time two things:
- ) If you don’t like it, leave
- ) There are tons of people out there willing to take your place.
They’d squeeze that in whether anyone complained or not and would say it whether the situation warranted it or not. I take it they thought it was some sort of badge of honor to be able to make sure your workers knew where they stood.
Now, those very same managers are as quiet as can be. Recently, the great resignation, has challenged this. A collective “ok boss, challenge accepted, I’m resigning”. I no longer hear those words of “if you don’t like it, leave” . What I’m hearing now are discussions from them on “why are people leaving?”,”why can’t we retain our people?”. Like its some sort of big mystery.