It shouldn’t come as a surprise that there are some vocations and workplaces where team leaders shout at their team members to get work done. For example, when I was working in a warehouse where my role was to lift and carry heavy items from one place to another, the leadership culture involved screaming at team members as a form of motivation. The work was hard, and the supervisors believed that shouting instructions at people effectively achieved targets.
If you have been an employee at the bottom of the organisational chain, you will understand what I am writing about. The employees that receive the lowest wages in any organisation mostly get a raw deal in terms of the balance between their daily work routine and the remuneration they get for it. At the warehouse where I worked, there were little or no words of encouragement from your leaders. They preferred a climate of fear, command, and control.
It is not surprising that the majority of employees are not engaged at work. They can’t wait for the day to end so they can return home. Employees were not eager to help the organisation meet its goals. Most employees were not emotionally connected to the organisation. I listened to people speak about their experiences; all I could feel was a sense of disenchantment with the work conditions.
