LMK if not allowed, but I figured this would be decent to post in this subreddit.
I used to manage a department in a hospital, and as you can imagine it was full of drama, whining, bullying, gossip, etc.
I was and always have had the employees best interest in mind so I had the mindset of as long as everything is running smoothly and getting done, I don’t care if you hide in a closet or hang out on your down time.
I had a lot of employees try to play supervisor and write me 3+ long pages of complaints about other workers. “I saw John Doe sitting in the break room” “Jane Doe was wandering the halls when she was supposed to be working”
I HATED that shit. I would get these emails 2-3 times a week from the same two employees, and after begrudgingly telling the perpetrators to be careful where they relax, I just eventually started ignoring the emails. I wrote them up a few times too just for being bossy, no regrets.
Maybe it was just me being a laid back manager, but I can’t help but wonder what other managers think when the same person complains non stop over the same thing.