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Hi Dave,
It seems like you are looking for some solutions, which is a giant leap ahead of most people. Lets look at a few factors that go with this Zombie infection and what may be some solutions.
Misery loves company. All too often, when a person is generally unhappy, they can focus that misery on the place where they spend the most time of their day. When they begin to share their bad attitude with others, the recruitment has begun; and with it, the Zombie infection.
If this goes unchecked, it can take over a large portion of the office within a few weeks or months.
Now comes the tough part....What is your part of your own unhappiness?
This infected pod of Zombies has been carefully cultivating their unhappyness, picking apart anythign that management does to combat it. If the Zombies can focus their dispair on the job, it keeps them from looking inward and asking them selves why they are unhappy to begin with. It may simply be easier for them to ignore or deny the fact that they are unhappy with another part of their lives that has nothing to do with the workplace. I am not denying that there are some crappy jobs out there. I know, because I have been there as well.
We are all adults. How can management ask an employee to look inward at them selves and ask if there is an issue at home that is the catalyst for their bad attitude? Most HR specalists would probably freak out to hear that.
So If management can't help employees look inward to fix their own unhappiness, then it must be up to the employee to do it themselves.
Honestly, if the negativity is as bad as you describe, the only tool that management has to really turn it around is to terminate the negative attitudes. It sounds harsh and it is harsh, but will also be the most effective.
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