Have you ever come across a toxic boss? If not, count yourself lucky. Many people who are in employment suffer in silence because of toxic and mean bosses, and some end up quitting for the sake of their mental health.
Securing a new job is one of the best things.
But many only realize it’s not all rosy when they discover they are in a toxic environment. That’s when anxiety and stress kicks in, and many choose their peace of mind over money.
These employees shared their worst stories on Reddit of working for toxic bosses. Some who couldn’t stand them and got fired; others simply quit!
Let’s check out what they had to say.
Comments have been edited for grammar and clarity.
u/invisible_23:
Halfway through my two weeks’ notice, I got the flu and tried to call in. The guy told me he would fire me if I didn’t go to work. So I showed up, and he told me I wasn’t being “cheerful enough” for the customers.
So I looked at him, said nothing, grabbed my bag, and walked out the door.
At this point, he followed me and threatened to call my new job and tell them I was a terrible employee. I called my new job to give them a heads-up. They said, We don’t care, you’re hired.
Feel better, we’ll see you Monday.”
u/norcat: Back in the day, when I was still a retail employee at university, I worked in a gift shop that the owner and a manager ran. The owner was more hands-off and came in occasionally to take care of cash and paperwork, while the manager dealt more with the operation/staff side of things.
The owner loved me because I was young, quick to learn, and only talked back if something was wrong. The manager who hired me loved me, too, because even though she’d see me waste time occasionally, I still got things done in less time than other employees.
Anyway, the manager who hired me left, and the owner asked me if I wanted to take on the position.
I declined because I was going to school and wouldn’t make a career out of retail. So, the owner hired another manager. I think a coworker must have told her I was asked to fill the position before she got hired, so my existence threatened her.
Even after all the talk about how I had no desire to be the manager, she would do little nitpicky things to get me to look bad.
It was no skin off my back. I did as told and ignored her when she berated me in front of customers, coworkers, etc.
The only time she wasn’t annoying was when the owner was around. Then, she developed some inferiority complex about her lack of post-secondary education and started making snide remarks about how spoiled, entitled, and ignorant university students were.
Still no skin off my back until one day, she scheduled me for a shift when I’d booked it off for exams.
I didn’t show up, and she called (in the middle of my exam) to let me know I was fired for a no-show.
The owner tried to fix it and asked me to come back, and I told her that since summer was coming up anyway, it’d be best if I explored other opportunities related to my degree.
u/ArrenPawk:
I asked my bosses if it was possible for me to work from home two days out of the week. I was a copywriter; I could work as long as I had a computer.
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