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Getting bitten by an aggressive dog at work should trigger concern, not criticism. Keyword: should.

One pet hotel employee reached out to her boss after a dog bit her on arrival, asking to move it into a no-touch kennel reserved for human-aggressive animals. But instead of checking on her wellbeing, he responded with disappointment that nobody had flagged the dog’s issues sooner.

Two weeks later, he finally showed up in person to talk it out. He still offered no real support or solution.

Then came the real breaking point: he’d been secretly monitoring the cameras, caught a private comment she made to a trusted coworker, and turned it into accusations of lying, which he spread behind her back to the very coworkers she trusted most.

You’ll want to keep reading for this one.

My boss is Trying to Ruin my Friendships

I am a 25F and work at a pet hotel. I’ve worked there for a year and a half, doing what I thought was a good job.

Well, a month ago we had a sketchy dog staying with us that had bit me the second it entered the building.

I was already stressed, so the bite had me extremely anxious.

So she tried to handle the issue by talking with her boss.

I texted my boss (the owner), who was out of town, about it and asked if we could move them to a no-touch kennel (for human aggressive dogs).

This dog is big, strong, and does not like people in his space. There had been issues with him prior to this incident.

But her boss wasn’t supportive at all and didn’t seem to care at all about her wellbeing.

Instead of responding like a normal human being, the owner told me how disappointed he was that no one had told him about these problems before.

Not “are you okay?” or “I’m sorry that happened, let’s talk when I get back into town.” I got scolded for getting bit.

After two weeks, he finally comes into work to talk to me about it. He offers no support or solutions. It was basically a big waste of time.

Things only got worse from there.

Well, last week the boss flips his crap on me for still mentioning that dog.

Apparently he had been listening to the cameras and heard me tell a trusted coworker that I do not like that dog. In private.

This was not in front of owners or anyone aside from my coworker.

Now her boss openly dislikes her.

Now he’s been talking about me behind my back, calling me a liar and telling them, my best friends, not to trust me.

What the actual heck.

Yeah, I quit, and so are they.

Sounds like getting out of this toxic workplace is the only real solution.

What did Reddit have to say?

Certain industries tend to bring out the crazies.

Maybe it’s possible to get insurance involved.

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Or maybe some kind of regulatory agency?

Prioritizing blame over any real concern says everything about where this toxic boss’ priorities truly lie.

When he asks why he wasn’t warned sooner, this boss is treating a personal injury like it’s somehow an inconvenience to his schedule.

To set the record straight, normal bosses don’t monitor security cameras to secretly keep tabs on their employees, and they certainly don’t stoop down even lower by trying to turn the whole workplace against someone.

Leaving this horrible job was the right thing to do.