Day 158: Treating Your Employees with Respect
Does October 16th ring a bell for anyone? Well, get ready to mark your calendar because every year on October 16th, people in the U.S., Canada, Lithuania, and Romania (thanks Wikipedia) celebrate Boss's Day: a day to thank our bosses for being fair and kind.
Ok, there are two kinds of people who just read the above paragraph: the kind that read it and laughed, and the kind that read it and was thankful for their boss.
As someone who has had a boss now for a total of one day in her life (today was my first day at my internship!), I am thankful that the person I work for seems to be good humored and fair. If I were going to be in town on October 16th, I'd probably consider getting him a gift. But hey, it's only been a day so I'll just take it one day at a time.
We learn from the Talmud's explanation of Deuteronomy 23:25 ("When thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes until thou have enough at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel") that employees should have bosses that care for their needs but do not over indulge them. This may seem like a stretch of an interpretation but I kind of skipped over the explaining part. Trust me when I say bosses should trust in their employees and treat them fairly and kindly. After all, employees are being trusted with a part of the boss's life. Shouldn't that trust earn them respect?
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