Corporate Rage
In recent years with only 24 hours in a day available. There is no or very little time for everything tat every one of us want to do and achieve. Earlier there was enough time as the means were slower in nature and people had patience and calmly waited but now with faster means they just send an email/SMS and expect instant response. Therefore, consonances of delayed or no response could be damaging and the The cost of failure or under-performance is also accordingly high. Further, with very high salaries there's significant amount of greed and fear at play. People negotiate hard to come in and the contractual terms are also getting sharper day after day and have to pay back through demonstrated and measurable performance else bear the burnt. This can happen anywhere in a corporate office, on a workshop/factory shop floor, an offshore oil rig/sailing vessel, creative department of film production/advertising agency or in a BPO etc. This high pressure environment may result frustration, break down of patience, anger and finally in a new term in use called The Corporate Rage.
The Definition of Corporate Rage
It could be defined as the incident of a person getting Angry, violent and Losing one's cool at work place on his co workers or subordinates or in other words on the people under his direct or indirect control and includes the use of abusive, insulting, humiliating and derogatory language. It also includes the discriminatory and unjust treatment and inordinate behavior and conflicts.
Common Causes leading to Corporate Rage
- Job pressure
- Long hours at work
- Stress of daily living
- High employer expectations
- Pent-up anger
- High performance expectations
- Stiff targets
- Stiff cut thought competition
- People-centric demands
- Non performance
The ill Effects of Corporate Rage could visibly be seen on
- Individuals in their daily lives
- Corporate work cultures
- Corporate climates
- Organizational dynamics
- Channels of communication
- Job tenures and stability
- Social Fabric
To tackle this new phenomenon managers must show empathy to people with anger related problems. An individual must recognize that he has a problem and a counselor would help you do that. A lot of times people don't notice until they see a serious impact like say a persons yelling at his colleagues. Next, look for the triggers as the Anger is a secondary emotion and where could it be coming from? Is it a sense of frustration or being overwhelmed? Is it from getting less sleep, or about your role not being adequately defined? Sometimes we can change the external situation, or be empowered to cope better. I tell people to take brief vacations through the day. A lot of times we feel we are at the mercy of so many things outside of us. It is widely believed that one in every five persons in corporate world is likely to have issues related to anger management which may finally land him into corporate rage. The few Early WARNING SIGNS are: -
- A sense of resentment
- Not making eye contact in meetings
- Not having a healthy relationship with subordinates or team members
- Sudden irritability
- Frequently staying away from work
- Showing signs of passive aggressive behavior at the workplace
- Ready with the resignation over the smallest thing a boss or colleague says
The limited supply of talent is already forcing organizations to place less mature employees to higher responsibility positions. The end result may be that many out of them couldn't cope with the high pressure and people centric demands of their enhanced roles. these companies should put in place counseling lines and take the help of external experts to address and resolve these specific cases. In the West, stringent laws governing employee rights mean that the offender could face a real harassment or intimidating court case/lawsuit. There's no rallying call yet for corporates in Bharat Verse to take a notice of this anger as a real and big problem as t may backfire any time.
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