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Imagine a supervisor who continually refuses to give your vacation time in favor of their workplace cliques. So you end up having zero time off in two years. While ‘I can’t even’ just by typing this, for one Redditor who worked in a disability shared accommodation agency this was a reality.
As if his job wasn’t hard enough already, “one of the Clique members ‘Karen’ was appointed acting supervisor and it went to hell,” the former employee wrote in a post on r/ProRevenge. Turns out, Karen wasted no time in giving her friends the best shifts and making their requests a priority. So every time the author would apply for leave, Karen would reject it “on the grounds that others had already submitted leave.”
Understandably, the author’s frustration grew: “This annoyed me as I have a family that I wanted to take on holiday.” But this all came to an end when the CEO himself intervened, asking his employee to take some time off. Read on for how this whole situation evolved and let me tell you, there’s some sweet revenge in the end.
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A former employee has shared how his Karen supervisor would refuse his leave requests in favor of her clique workers so he had no time off for two years
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“A workplace clique is when a group of coworkers become tightly knit, to the extent they exclude or otherwise negatively impact on coworkers who are not in the clique,” Christine Mitterbauer, licensed and ICF approved career coach and serial entrepreneur told Bored Panda in an interview. “If you’re experiencing this as a coworker not in the clique, it can be very stressful and damaging to your experience at work, not to mention your confidence and your career progression.”
One shift, the CEO told the author he should take his earned leave time
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As soon as you feel that coworkers are becoming too close and cliquey, Christine recommends preparing yourself for a bit of a counter attack. “Every situation is different, but one thing to look out for is starting to gather proof that you’re not being treated fairly. Whenever you have conversations with the people involved, try to do them in writing so there’s a visual record of what they said. Taking pictures of certain situations, especially if the picture can demonstrate what time something occurred/did not occur, this can also strengthen your case.”
Fast forward to the author’s vacation, and he gets a call from a very confused supervisor Karen
Christine continued: “Also, get other people in the company on your side, including other coworkers who are not in the clique, as well as superiors, bosses or other allies you can think of. Be fair and honest when you involve them in conversations. This isn’t about you forming your own clique and playing the same dirty game as the clique is playing with you, but it’s about gathering proof and allies that you can eventually use to get the people in the clique to be reprimanded and ultimately stopped.”
But when the CEO called a meeting with the author and Karen, her deeds became clear
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The career coach concluded that in case you’re in a similar situation, it’s best to “always act quickly when you suspect people are acting fishy, as it can really ruin your confidence and experience at work if this kind of behavior goes on for too long.”
After the author came back to work, he found out that Karen lost her promotion
And the CEO made some solid changes in the workplace
This is what people had to comment about this whole situation
What do you think ?
Caro Caro 2 years ago
Great! This is what a CEO should do. Protect the people working for you and not take bs from the a$$holes. Also I love it that the CEO puts in hours on the "workfloor" helping out the employees. The final sacking of that nasty woman and splitting up her "friends" is a very wise move.
Cold Contagious 2 years ago
That's a great character in these guys. I worked managing a house like this and I was the first one to stay if problems arose. I never took my vacation first. You have to try to keep your staff in a good place with each other and animosity is not the way. During a approaching snow storm, myself and one other staff member, preemptively packed for the week and did 12 hour shifts where others couldn't make it in. We were there 5 days but it was a bad storm and was necessary. It wasn't what I absolutely wanted to be doing but I knew it would cause problems for other people to try to get to work. I had a couple staff give me time back and allowed me to be home a couple extra days.
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The Cute Cat 2 years ago
As an ex-nurse, I can add more context here. Almost all professional work in health industry experience constant work-drama. It is due to the hierarchy where some people is always get more consideration due to their position. For example any GP is always win when having problem with nurse.. Every specialist is always in higher position from GP.. So everybody is always should relented when they in a way with anyone with higher position in hierarchy. I am having a reality shock when start work in IT. In IT we always have a say, even if the problem involve the top management.
Aeon Flux 2 years ago
I cannot stand the fact that doctors look down on nurses, especially since the latter do the lion's share of the work in every hospital.
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Carol Emory 2 years ago
To the person that said they should all be fired, the problem there is that the rest of the staff get to strap on roller skates and cover the shifts. State and Federal laws require a certain amount of coverage and you can't just hire anyone off the street to cover them. Replacements need to be certified and have to go through weeks of training to become certified. It would not have been the smartest move to let them all go. As they say, cut the head off the snake and the body will die...because the Karen got fired and the rest separated, it probably solved the issue.
Caro Caro 2 years ago
Great! This is what a CEO should do. Protect the people working for you and not take bs from the a$$holes. Also I love it that the CEO puts in hours on the "workfloor" helping out the employees. The final sacking of that nasty woman and splitting up her "friends" is a very wise move.
Cold Contagious 2 years ago
That's a great character in these guys. I worked managing a house like this and I was the first one to stay if problems arose. I never took my vacation first. You have to try to keep your staff in a good place with each other and animosity is not the way. During a approaching snow storm, myself and one other staff member, preemptively packed for the week and did 12 hour shifts where others couldn't make it in. We were there 5 days but it was a bad storm and was necessary. It wasn't what I absolutely wanted to be doing but I knew it would cause problems for other people to try to get to work. I had a couple staff give me time back and allowed me to be home a couple extra days.
Load More Replies... The Cute Cat 2 years ago
As an ex-nurse, I can add more context here. Almost all professional work in health industry experience constant work-drama. It is due to the hierarchy where some people is always get more consideration due to their position. For example any GP is always win when having problem with nurse.. Every specialist is always in higher position from GP.. So everybody is always should relented when they in a way with anyone with higher position in hierarchy. I am having a reality shock when start work in IT. In IT we always have a say, even if the problem involve the top management.
Aeon Flux 2 years ago
I cannot stand the fact that doctors look down on nurses, especially since the latter do the lion's share of the work in every hospital.
Load More Replies... Carol Emory 2 years ago
To the person that said they should all be fired, the problem there is that the rest of the staff get to strap on roller skates and cover the shifts. State and Federal laws require a certain amount of coverage and you can't just hire anyone off the street to cover them. Replacements need to be certified and have to go through weeks of training to become certified. It would not have been the smartest move to let them all go. As they say, cut the head off the snake and the body will die...because the Karen got fired and the rest separated, it probably solved the issue.
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