We could justifiably say that 68% of managers just don’t really care

Right Management — a subdivision of Manpower Group — did a survey about career development and managers’ roles within it. Here are the results. Here’s probably the section you should pop a couple of Ambien before you read:

According to the poll, only 17 percent of employees report their managers are actively engaged in their career development, while 15 percent say their managers are sometimes engaged. Sixty-eight percent of managers are not engaged in their employee’s career development.

Read that last sentence, and then go massage your scalp with a 45-caliber. What the ever-loving fuck? 7 in 10 managers aren’t engaged in the career development of their employees? What? (** Gasps for air **) Wait, this can’t be right. (** Punches self in face **) Jesus Christ.

Let’s briefly summarize the working world we live in, via statistics:

• 82 percent of managers end up being the wrong hire.
• 95 percent of managers are thought to not really understand motivation.
• 34 percent of managers are able to ID the strengths of their employees.

Alright, so … most managers aren’t very good at their jobs, they don’t know what motivates people, and about 1 in 3 can identify what is good about the…