I was just curious, because it seemed lately people I interact with are loathe to go to their boss for help when they cannot handle something, or don’t want to admit they made a mistake. My guess is they hope the problem will just dissappear, but I wasn’t sure if they were working in a place that maybe their boss quickly jumps to castigating the employees rather than helping them learn and turn around the situation, or if they just have this sort of personality anyway, maybe they grew up in a punitive environment? This behavior drives me crazy. I admit a mistake and do everything to fix it and learn from it so it doesn’t happen again.
But, I noticed when I worked where I live now the environment was not team oriented, it was very task driven, and I felt everyone was a afraid of making a mistake. I really did not like that at all, I had never worked like that before. And, I feel like that general culture shows up in some of the people who I interact with in the service industry. Not only afraid of making a mistake in front of their boss, but afraid of admitting a mistake in front of the customer. Just say you screwed it up, apologize, and fix it. All better. Geesh.
But, when your bosses are punitive, then I understand the catch 22. Mostly I blame the higher ups in a company for it anyway, they create the environment usually,