bad manager Archives

December 31, 2025 at 7:35 am

Employee Is Accused Of Bragging About Having Nothing To Do, So She Sets The Record Straight And Wonders Why Her Boss Started The Conversation At All

Woman holding her hand up in the air because she didn't say that.

Her boss is wrong for this.

December 26, 2025 at 6:55 pm

Retail Employee Gets Yelled At By A Customer Over Store Inventory, So When Her Manager Tells Her To Smile More Anyway, She Refuses And Gets The Cold Shoulder

Woman taking money from a customer and faking just a slight smile

It’s time to move on.

December 26, 2025 at 8:15 am

Retail Employee Learns His Supervisor Called Him Unproductive, So After Securing A Better Job, He Stops Trying During His Final Week And Skipped His Last Day

Man smiling from ear-to-ear with his arms in the air because he's free from a bad job

Good for him!

December 22, 2025 at 3:22 pm

Sales Team Was Doing Well And Hitting Their Targets, But A New Manager Came In And Tried To Shake Things Up

Kevin might be a fool, but he’s an effective fool.

December 21, 2025 at 3:22 pm

Retail Manager Reports Employee For Dancing On Camera During A Truck Unload, But Loss Prevention Reviews The Footage And Says He’s Just Following Policy

Receiving manager and dock helper unloading a truck of store stock

They’d probably still be in business.

December 15, 2025 at 1:55 pm

Employee Stayed Silent In A VP Meeting Because Their Manager Ordered It, But When She Couldn’t Answer Basic Project Questions, The Manager Had No Choice But To Let The Employee Speak

Team meeting to discuss a big project that's going on

Managers like this are the worst!

December 14, 2025 at 7:49 pm

Experienced Bakery Supervisor Was Well-Versed In How Much Product To Order For Any Given Day, But When The Bakery Owner Contradicted Her, She Had To Comply

The least she could do was be humble.

December 13, 2025 at 1:55 pm

Worker Was Told Not To Call Their Most Experienced Technician “For Morale Reasons,” So He Stopped Escalating Issues And Machines Stayed Down Until The Next Shift Took Over

Man on the phone being told not to call for the tech anymore

It only hurts the company!

December 13, 2025 at 8:15 am

Employee Was Scolded For Arriving Six Minutes Late, So He Matched His Boss’s Energy About Stopping Work At Five

Man sitting with his boss, shocked at his bad attitude

He did the right thing.

December 13, 2025 at 5:45 am

Employee Was Told Sick Calls Had To Be Made Before 6 AM, So She Started Calling At 5 AM And Waking Them Up

Woman sick in bed trying to get ahold of her boss in the morning

The manager asked for it!

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Employee Is Accused Of Bragging About Having Nothing To Do, So She Sets The Record Straight And Wonders Why Her Boss Started The Conversation At All

Retail Employee Gets Yelled At By A Customer Over Store Inventory, So When Her Manager Tells Her To Smile More Anyway, She Refuses And Gets The Cold Shoulder

Retail Employee Learns His Supervisor Called Him Unproductive, So After Securing A Better Job, He Stops Trying During His Final Week And Skipped His Last Day

Sales Team Was Doing Well And Hitting Their Targets, But A New Manager Came In And Tried To Shake Things Up

Retail Manager Reports Employee For Dancing On Camera During A Truck Unload, But Loss Prevention Reviews The Footage And Says He’s Just Following Policy

Employee Stayed Silent In A VP Meeting Because Their Manager Ordered It, But When She Couldn’t Answer Basic Project Questions, The Manager Had No Choice But To Let The Employee Speak

Experienced Bakery Supervisor Was Well-Versed In How Much Product To Order For Any Given Day, But When The Bakery Owner Contradicted Her, She Had To Comply

Worker Was Told Not To Call Their Most Experienced Technician “For Morale Reasons,” So He Stopped Escalating Issues And Machines Stayed Down Until The Next Shift Took Over

Employee Was Scolded For Arriving Six Minutes Late, So He Matched His Boss’s Energy About Stopping Work At Five

Employee Was Told Sick Calls Had To Be Made Before 6 AM, So She Started Calling At 5 AM And Waking Them Up

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