Office politics can push even the calmest employees to their limits.

One worker found himself blocked at every turn by a manipulative supervisor who tried to derail his efforts.

When he finally stood up and presented undeniable proof, the tables turned spectacularly.

You’ll want to read on for this one!

E-mais people! It really helps against -not my problem-bosses

This month, two things happened that made me (30M) snap.

First was my supervisor (45F) actively trying to stop me from solving a problem that she blamed me for. Solving it would put her in a bad mood with the manager.

This manager pretty much refused to take anything he said seriously.

Second was she simply ignoring my warnings that if a payment was not done by the next day, a fleet of cars from the big subsidiary (that the support was recently passed to me) would be stopped (company gas card).

After hours of trying to solve it, I simply snapped.

So he got a little more blunt about it.

I walked to the department manager’s (50F) desk and said—if I don’t receive support dealing with all these things, and if she doesn’t stop my supervisor’s shenanigans, I would refuse to work with the big subsidiary.

After a pause, my manager asked what was happening.

I explained the first and second cases. She said that I needed to prove my boss misled me, or she couldn’t do much.

So he decided to start leaving a paper trail.

That night, I pulled out a chain of emails (that I started after knowing my boss would again blow off my warnings) and forwarded them to the manager.

And the plan worked even better than he expected.

Boy oh boy, the next day my manager responded to the emails tearing my supervisor apart, scolding her for not warning about the case and not trying to solve it.

First time I stood up against a boss-jitsu move.

Now my manager lets me report directly to her while dealing with the big company, resulting in my supervisor avoiding me like the plague.

It’s not that big, but after dealing with a bunch of lame bosses, this was the first time catching one in the process.

Some supervisors seem determined to make life harder for their teams.

Redditors chime in with their thoughts.

Always leave a paper trail, folks!

This user offers well-deserved kudos.

Now this is the type of story this commenter loves to read.

In the end, the boss got exposed, and he finally had the respect he deserved.

What a satisfying victory.

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