People pleasing – love hate

The people pleaser in an organisation is simultaneously loved and hated.

They are loved by all above them and hated by all beneath them.

The higher ups love the way the people pleaser says yes to everything.

They especially love it when the people pleaser accomodates the higher up’s preference for beating traffic, even though it means joining a call at 4 in the morning.

The lower downs hate the way the people pleaser says yes to everything.

They especially hate it when they’ve exhausted themselves to make a deadline and find out that their boss has just promised another impossible delivery.