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“Would you stake your job on it?”

My boss, in an I learned this on LinkedIn kind of way asked me last week if I would “be willing to stake my job” on if an important order had been filled and would arrive on time. I felt I had done my job. I had checked all necessary boxes to make sure it had gone out. But would I stake my employment and livelihood that the damned thing hadn’t fallen off a truck or something? No. I would not. And I find it extremely condescending to ask. Bosses lurking here…just don’t fucking do that ok? It’s just a flex of your power and gives your employee incredibly anxiety.


My boss, in an I learned this on LinkedIn kind of way asked me last week if I would “be willing to stake my job” on if an important order had been filled and would arrive on time.

I felt I had done my job. I had checked all necessary boxes to make sure it had gone out.

But would I stake my employment and livelihood that the damned thing hadn’t fallen off a truck or something? No. I would not. And I find it extremely condescending to ask.

Bosses lurking here…just don’t fucking do that ok? It’s just a flex of your power and gives your employee incredibly anxiety.

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