Boss berates employee for taking 'too much initiative,' tells them to do less or they'll be punished: 'I was shocked. I thought I was helping the team.'

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Got reprimanded for doing my job too well. Guess I'll just do the bare minimum now.

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But what happens when that all backfires? What happens when all of that rhetoric turns against us? It might sound counterintuitive, but some employers don't want their employees to do anything more than they're told. That's what happened in the story where one employee found out that doing a little too much, and jeopardized their job. They were quickly reality-checked about the kind of people they work for and it even gave them ideas about looking for a job elsewhere. Read on for the story and see what you would've done in this workplace situation.
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