No $#!+

In what must be the least surprising news I have heard this year, researchers have found that employees "slack off" in response to abusive bosses. Once called "blue flu" (by police, and then broadly, public employees) or a "sick out", I wonder what will come of all this.

“However, it is clear that employee-employer relations are at one of the lowest points in history,” researcher Wayne Hochwarter said. . . .Hochwarter suggested that basic civility, including a commitment to active communication, could resolve many workplace problems.

Maybe.