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Boss Punishes Employee For Taking Time Off After His Mother’s Death, So He Destroys The Entire Business

Boss Punishes Employee For Taking Time Off After His Mother’s Death, So He Destroys The Entire Business

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Sadly, there are plenty of jerk bosses whose toxic behavior makes the entire workplace a living hell. But some of these idiots are so exceptionally bad, their own employees start revolting against them.

About two decades ago, Reddit user PissedBrewer got a job at a brewpub. Everything was going pretty much alright, but when his mom died, the owner of the brewpub showed his true colors. He started to punish PissedBrewer for taking time off, publicly showing his frustration, and even cheating the poor guy of his hard-earned money.

Eventually, it got to a point when PissedBrewer decided that enough was enough and came up with a plan to sabotage the entire business. Now whether you think the revenge fit the crime or was too harsh, you have to admit it was really creative and executed to the t.

Image credits: kapital (not the actual photo)

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Bored Panda once contacted Eddy Ng, the James and Elizabeth Freeman Professor of Management at Bucknell University, to learn more about good leadership and management. Professor Ng said that a strong leader in the workplace is someone who is moral, principled, and “does the right thing,” instead of someone who dithers or aims to do only those things that make them popular. So I guess the villain of our story was neither a good boss nor a popular one.

The professor stressed that leader-follower relationships are based on the principle of exchange. “Employees can manage that relationship to have work satisfaction. In this instance, employees need to communicate what they need (tools) or work conditions (autonomy) in order for them to perform optimally when working with a controlling boss. Employees need to convey what they can and are able to perform,” he explained.

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There are many different styles of leadership, however, and they all have their own place. Except for this one.

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    John Louis
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am sorry that you subjected to this mistreatment, but couldn't you have taken them to court? Deliberately sabotaging your ex-place of employment may have been illegal.

    LuckyL
    Community Member
    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's probably illegal and he not only hurt the boss but also all of the colleagues.

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    kjorn
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    so you make all others employees loose their job because you're mad at your boss? that's a shitty way to go

    Carol Emory
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If I worked for an a**hole boss and some guy did this out of revenge for being fired...I would have seen the light at the end of the tunnel and looked for work elsewhere. It was a full year later that this guy went out of business. The other employees had plenty of time to find other work. If it were me, I would have found the other employees new gigs elsewhere. He was obviously friends with them. Otherwise, how would he have known what the owner was saying behind his back.

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    Wilf
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People take action like this because the laws and protections don't work for them, or (in the US) don't even exist in the first place. You can't complain workers destroy businesses if you exist in a system that gives people little or no alternative to seek redress. Employment rights are exactly that- A RIGHT. And the thing about rights is they are universal- they protect EVERYONE, including, yes, the employers too by ensuring balance and fairness. People who are treated unfairly do rash and often dangerous things. That boss was lucky the disgrunted guy didn't rock up the next day with his gun. It happens in the US! Thank goodness I live in a country where that fact is recognised.

    Rissie
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It did in no way help him other than feeling like he got revenge. That does not make him a very nice person if that's what makes you happy. Just leave. That owner was really busy destroying his business anyway. Find pleasure in that. Don't add to it. Don't get me wrong, I've met my share of assholes and wished them all the best, but other than confronting them with their actions, I've never gone for more than that. So yeah, I put my money where my mouth is.

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    John Louis
    Community Member
    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am sorry that you subjected to this mistreatment, but couldn't you have taken them to court? Deliberately sabotaging your ex-place of employment may have been illegal.

    LuckyL
    Community Member
    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's probably illegal and he not only hurt the boss but also all of the colleagues.

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    kjorn
    Community Member
    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    so you make all others employees loose their job because you're mad at your boss? that's a shitty way to go

    Carol Emory
    Community Member
    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If I worked for an a**hole boss and some guy did this out of revenge for being fired...I would have seen the light at the end of the tunnel and looked for work elsewhere. It was a full year later that this guy went out of business. The other employees had plenty of time to find other work. If it were me, I would have found the other employees new gigs elsewhere. He was obviously friends with them. Otherwise, how would he have known what the owner was saying behind his back.

    Load More Replies...
    Wilf
    Community Member
    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People take action like this because the laws and protections don't work for them, or (in the US) don't even exist in the first place. You can't complain workers destroy businesses if you exist in a system that gives people little or no alternative to seek redress. Employment rights are exactly that- A RIGHT. And the thing about rights is they are universal- they protect EVERYONE, including, yes, the employers too by ensuring balance and fairness. People who are treated unfairly do rash and often dangerous things. That boss was lucky the disgrunted guy didn't rock up the next day with his gun. It happens in the US! Thank goodness I live in a country where that fact is recognised.

    Rissie
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It did in no way help him other than feeling like he got revenge. That does not make him a very nice person if that's what makes you happy. Just leave. That owner was really busy destroying his business anyway. Find pleasure in that. Don't add to it. Don't get me wrong, I've met my share of assholes and wished them all the best, but other than confronting them with their actions, I've never gone for more than that. So yeah, I put my money where my mouth is.

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