Originally Posted by
green427
p.s.s. I have to agree with JohnJ80: No employee should have to be subjected to ridicule for his/her personal decisions. And no employee should have to resort to revenge-type behavior to make a point.
100% agreement. Nobody should have to. Now back in that world that is rather than the world that should be...
Anyhow, in a small shop, you can deal with most people by taking them aside.
You shouldn't HAVE to because a respectful work environment is the responsibility of the boss. (Maybe that knee jerk reaction to fire everyone stems from the insecure feeling when someone knows the didn't do their job?)
But to be fair, it's also the responsibility of everyone. You should probably have been working over the last 11 years to help make it so. If you had been doing a little more yourself, then you probably would benefit from those efforts now.