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The Article ' Psych Me Out ' Essay

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The article “Psych Me Out” is about a recent graduate, Stacy, who just got hired to work for a small local CPA firm as a junior accountant. Since he was one of the top graduates of his class, his managers expected more out of him and therefore assigned him tasks that he has not been trained on. Since Stacy was still in the process of learning the ropes he was struggling with meeting due dates. Due to his poor performance his managers, Bob and Leandra, were more critical of him than they should have been, and reprimanded Stacy by placing him on probation and taking away his chance of receiving any bonuses. Throughout the year, Stacy’s job continued to be a challenge. Since he still had not been adequately trained on how to do certain tasks, he had a higher possibility of making a mistake, and if a mistake rises, his managers are more likely to once again reprimand him, rather than trying to fix the problem in a more positive way where Stacy would gain the benefit of learning from his mistakes. Since the firm was struggling with accounts, a psychologist was brought in to determine the situation and the main cause for this poor turnover. After many employees, including Stacy, complained about the poor work conditions, the psychologist eventually confirmed that the reason for the failing firm was due to poor managing in the work place. After the managers heard about the suggested reasons to why their firm was failing, they decided that instead of trying to fix their managing

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