“We're all burnt out. You just have to push through it”’: Manager weaponizes exceptional employee's tears during an unwarranted poor performance review and tells them it's a "growth moment’

Corporate empathy, for the most part, is a myth.

As a member of the workforce, it's integral to remind yourself that although you and your colleagues are all human, showing the human side of yourself might put you in a bad position somewhere down the line. Our emotions and innate feelings shouldn't be used as pawns against us, but the world is cruel in that way, isn't it?

A good boss uses their best abilities to steer you in the right direction, while also giving you critiques and positive reinforcement when you've done something right.

How is anyone enthusiastic in the workforce right now? Layoffs, the world being on fire, and doing the work of multiple people for the pay of less than one person are all factors that make keeping a smile on our faces just as difficult. The employee in this next story knows that feeling firsthand and comes clean to their boss about it when they are questioned on their enthusiasm during a performance review.

Needless to say, the employees cry for help after feeling "burnt out" for a while go unheard, and they cry when they realize their boss truly isn't in their corner. Scroll below to read the discussion between commenters about the myth of corporate empathy.