In a large meeting, a VP praised a certain employee (by name) for putting in extra effort, often staying past 5:00, and carrying more than their share.
That employee was awful, and VP comment destroyed moral because most knew how bad that guy was.
I was good friends with the VP, and mentioned the praised employee rarely arrives before 10am, took 2 hour lunches, and their work was lousy. Calling him out because he was seen hanging around late was flat out wrong. Most others people arrived before 7am, worked while eating lunch, and their 9+ hour day ended after 4pm; and they were now starting to take a real lunch, changing to a 10-5 schedule too, and taking long breaks to chit chat with friends.
Some managers are clueless. Some never understand how the workplace has changed in recent years. Some fail to understand that a lot of jobs involve 100% remote activity, and there is zero difference where that person sits. Some never realize people work longer hours, and have better productivity without all those mini-meetings, office chats, etc.
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