Manager reveals she 'gentle parents' her employees to keep them happy and the internet loves it

When one hears the word gentle parenting, one probably thinks of the discourse surrounding this parenting philosophy and its current popularity. But in this story, a manager revealed that she uses the same philosophy on her employees. TikTok user @thatvirgo69 posted a video recently, documenting how she manages a MOD pizza. To viewers' surprise, she is seen complimenting her employees in the video as they do their tasks. The video has amassed 806k views and 500 comments since it was uploaded. We see the manager with some of her employees and the text overlay on the video reads, “Me gentle parenting all my coworkers so they don’t walk out on me.” 

“Good job, Kylie! You’re doing amazing, sweetie! Wow, look at her go,” the audio says as the manager cheers on an employee who is seen cutting a pizza into slices and another employee who is standing near an oven and waiting to take out the pizza from the oven. “My lil minions do so good here," reads the post caption. These encouraging words touched the hearts of many on TikTok and they were quick to comment on the video.

@zombiviscxx commented, "It's almost like the environment reflects and inspires work ethic. There are a lot of employers who can learn from this (though it's the bare minimum)." @jazzminelove wrote, "That’s truly all I need, I work so much harder after praise than I do being told we need to do better." @Jay shared their own experience, "How I became the favorite manager and no one walked out on me and came in whenever I asked?" @DemonicRainbow shared, "I once told my boss that I'm always insecure about the work I do and that I don't think it's ever enough, he compliments me all the time now." 

If we feel appreciated at work, we try to give our best. This is even backed by statistics. As per Zippia, "29% of employees haven’t received recognition for good work in over a year, if at all. 80% of employees would work harder if they felt better appreciated. 37% of employees report that the best way to improve their engagement is for their superiors to give them recognition." 

Stories about employees narrating their workplace horrors are many but in this one, a social media user recounted their early career experience of working in a family-run business and stated why it is the worst place to be employed. Reddit user u/​​therealgloface mentioned being subjected to a lecture for being late for work once, despite regularly working long unpaid hours and ultimately deciding to quit. They wrote in a viral Reddit post, “This was from my first job in a family-run SME (small, midsize enterprise) where the husband was the director and the wife was the GM. It was a toxic workplace and I am thankful I left the job five years ago. I dreaded every single day at that company."

The user did not feel well compensated for the job or even appreciated so they left the toxic workplace.