Organizational Victimhood Is Contagious, An Emergency Medical Services Short Story

The victim will claim bankruptcy and show up to work driving a 70K vehicle drinking a $7 Starbucks coffee.

The victim will violate policy and/or standards and create a story around the violation blaming others.

The victim will skip their morning truck check and blame everyone but themselves when they arrive on scene without their needed equipment.

The victim will make claims that communication is poor, yet rarely read company communication or ask questions for clarity.

Energy is invested into problems instead of solutions.

The victim will spend their days complaining and soon victimhood will spread throughout the organization.

The victim will accept help from others and never show gratitude as the next problem will arise to complain about.

The victim will complain that change has never come yet they have never changed.

Being in victim mode is exhausting. and it will drain everyone involved.

Address victimhood early and disallow the approach. Victimhood left unchecked, will destroy the person deploying it as well as those around them.