Pick and choose policy

[canesdukegirl]

I am just curious as to whether this happens to most of you. Do you ever see managers enforce policy with one co-worker, and not the next? If so, did you ever hear about WHY the manager made the decision to do so/not do so? It is confusing to me to see a manager let someone get by with breaking policy (for example, tardiness or absenteeism) with a warning when the employee has clearly broken policy multiple times. I actually heard a manager say to an employee "This will be a warning, so it won't go on paper. Just don't tell anyone." He did not know that I was just around the corner gathering supplies. Then I see that the same manager is like white on rice with another employee for the smallest transgression (she was wearing Crocs, which have holes in the top, and the manager called her out for not having sufficient PPE while working).

Just wondering if any of you have seen or experienced this sort of inconsistent behavior with a manager.

[OCNRN63, RN]

I am just curious as to whether this happens to most of you. Do you ever see managers enforce policy with one co-worker, and not the next? If so, did you ever hear about WHY the manager made the decision to do so/not do so? It is confusing to me to see a manager let someone get by with breaking policy (for example, tardiness or absenteeism) with a warning when the employee has clearly broken policy multiple times. I actually heard a manager say to an employee "This will be a warning, so it won't go on paper. Just don't tell anyone." He did not know that I was just around the corner gathering supplies. Then I see that the same manager is like white on rice with another employee for the smallest transgression (she was wearing Crocs, which have holes in the top, and the manager called her out for not having sufficient PPE while working).

Just wondering if any of you have seen or experienced this sort of inconsistent behavior with a manager.

Uhm...all the time.