Unfortunately, ending up in a non-toxic work environment is a rare occurrence, whether it’s the bosses that are giving you a hard time or the colleagues that keep undermining you – most of the time, it’s a thing you won’t be able to change.

The majority of us aren’t willing to leave as soon as the toxicity arises to find a place with a more wholesome atmosphere and potentially save our nerves, as responsibilities usually take over the stability of our mental health. However, BLS came out with a statistic that workers no longer stay at their companies for lengthy periods and usually quit within 4.1 years, which partially confirms that workplaces tend to be on the unhealthier side.

Typically, in an unhealthy environment, a company decides to forget about that basic human decency and over-pressures its workers until they work their fingers to the bone, purely to get an extra penny in their pocket. Another great example would be the conflicting relationship between co-workers, for instance, when people gossip and constantly try to push you under the bus. Who knows, maybe it happens due to toxic competitiveness that, let’s face it, won’t get you anywhere, but unfortunately, some employees don’t comprehend that it’s more of a hindrance rather than a help at work.

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Healthy workplaces never burn out their staff, especially if there are employee shortages

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But turns out there is light at the end of the tunnel!

@Mikemojc, shared his story of how the middle management at his company tried to burn out his team but ended up without a bonus.

Reddit’s r/MaliciousCompliance, where the OP shared his story, currently has over 1.7M members, where the post itself received 12.5K upvotes, as well as a very engaging discussion.

This is the story of a conscientious manager that put his staff’s wellbeing first and left the upper management without a bonus

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@Mikemojc began his story by sharing how, in a month, the company lost almost half of its staff due to promotions and personal issues.

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Then OP proceeds to explain that together with a team leader, they were involved in the recruiting process.

In a nutshell, once the first round of interviews was conducted, potential employees would then be recommended to the upper level of management. But this time, the procedure suddenly decided to stop and was delayed for nearly a month.

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It was also explained that it takes approximately a little less than a month for a new employee to get the gist of the company and start being productive, and nearly 8 weeks for a person to begin reaching the actual productivity goals.

The understaffed team was in a hardworking spirit and was ready to “pull together” and potentially overwork, but the OP personally mentored every single member and explained that the amount of work they were under was not a part of their problem, even if it meant that everyone in the company would be frustrated.

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He let his team know that they absolutely shouldn’t put in extra work and contribute their own resources, as it is not their fault that the team is understaffed.

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Naturally, upper management began speaking up about how not a lot of work was getting done.

This is when our OP came in and reminded them that they’d actually had a bunch of potential employees waiting to bring their best skills to the company for nearly a month now.

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Later on, @Mikemojc found out that management decided to conduct some sort of experiment and see whether 7 people could manage to do the work of 12 employees – and of course, things didn’t work out, thanks to the negligence of the upper management.

The OP, however, was able to provide the statistics for his team, which showed that they successfully managed to meet all of their personal goals.

Staff got their deserved bonus, but the nasty management was left with no extra cash in their pockets.

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Needless to say, sometimes it is hard to stay positive, but it’s important to remember that there are still good people left in this world. However, let’s face it, the things that the OP did should really be considered a norm in the workplace.

Redditors agreed with the OP and even expressed their gratitude to him for being so professional

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