Boss Yells At Employee For Being Late Without Even Asking For A Reason, Ends Up Losing A Loyal Employee Due To His Poor Leadership
Loyal employees are crazy valuable to companies. These people are usually focused on the success of the company and are willing to go the extra mile to help it get places. They sacrifice their own time and interests to put more energy into the corporation, and it’s common to see these dedicated employees carrying out such selfless acts on a daily basis. They want the company to grow and prosper beyond setbacks and competitors, and are one of the cornerstones of strong enterprises. And one boss just lost such a trooper thanks to their own narrow-minded decision.
Image credits: Shaneé Moret
Shaneé Moret recently turned to LinkedIn to share a story about the time her friend’s superior humiliated him in front of the entire office for being a few minutes late. The boss ticked all the boxes they shouldn’t have in such a situation and has gone viral for all the wrong reasons. This example is the perfect reminder of why companies need leaders who can value their staff and, hopefully, it’ll get the attention it needs.
And it wasn’t like the boss was constantly being a jerk or anything. The employee completely lost his faith in the company after this one incident, proving how important it really is for leaders to constantly bring their A-game when it comes to managing their teams.
“My friend’s opinion of his boss was good until that point,” Moret, the CEO of MedSnake Media, told Bored Panda.
She also offered her own take on the situation, highlighting how the boss could’ve handled it. “They should have asked why he was late before threatening him. We are all human and as leaders, we need to be empathetic to our team. You never know what someone may be going through,” Moret explained.
Luckily, Moret said her friend is doing well as he has already found a new job.
Here’s what people said after reading Moret’s story
I never work (unpaid) overtime or take work home. Companies aren't loyal to their employees, why should I be to them? You're always just a number. If they can get the work done with one less number, you're out, no matter how hard you've worked and how much you did extra. Do your job, do it well and efficiently, but never do more then what you're paid for.
I can't get over how in the US it's expected that people will work overtime freely. We have a new colleague who moved from the States to Europe and she was telling us how in almost every job she worked people were expected to arrive early, stay late, take work home, etc, to show they took their job seriously. Expecting people to give up their precious free time to prove "loyalty" that they will not be shown back is just crazy.
Load More Replies...In the profession I was in, there was a huge turn around of staff (30%+) every year due to issues unresolved by management that made doing the job untenable... I left teaching in 2009: it was the best decision I made for my mental health and well-being. I work at something completely different now- it pays 10%-20% less but also gives me 90% less stress and has improved my quality of life immensely. I also feel appreciated more by the customers I help out of a fix...
Sometimes it’s a matter of s**t rolling downhill. Your boss is probably an a*****e because their boss and all the bosses up the line are a******s too. A******s generally hire a******s, though they sometimes f**k up and hire someone really wonderful—-who generally increases productivity, then gets promoted for it and replaced with another a*****e, dammit!
My boss called me in to discuss some mistakes in my work the day before my mother’s funeral. That destroyed how I look at the place.
Where I work if you are late you buy the donuts. Works better than a butt chewing. The lowest paid start at $35 hr
What’s their address, so I can send them my resume!
Load More Replies...I had a bad boss for 4 years who was in the habit of throwing an unprofessional tantrum about every six weeks by routine. Can you imagine a grown man and educated professional businessman in the habit of throwing tantrums that would embarrass a four-year old? I documented a long series of his tantrums. I informally complained, and they moved him to another office. The man was so in love with himself and so impressed with himself & his work that his departing comments were "just watch, they will have to shut this place down without me here. They need my work here this much to straighten you people out". Nope, nobody missed him, the place was only 100% better with him gone, and his managers finally got some perspective for how little he was contributing. What a JERK!
This story seems melodramatic. The manager is a bad manager, end of story. The person was 15 minutes late and had never been late before and they were publicly admonished. It's bad management. The rest is just extra for dramatic effect, loyal employee, heart condition, divorce, works through lunches etc.
This is what happens when people without qualifications, education and training become bosses.
Since I earned my Master’s degree, I’ve experienced the barely graduated high school boss who managed to rise a little bit through the ranks very slowly over a couple decades and sneers at college graduates who generally advance in a fraction of that time.
Load More Replies...I worked for a large bank and would stay late almost everyday to cover for people who "can't stay late I have to pick up my kids" and I didn't have any to pick up. It got to the point where it was expected and when I couldn't stay one day because I had an appointment the c**p hit the fan. I was called out by my boss and quickly pushed back and let her have it. After 22 years with the company I wasn't about to take that from someone who was quite frankly promoted to the point of incompetency. I never stayed late again, I didn't bother to help the people with kids who had run to our manager to whine about it. I came in did my time and left right on the dot. Needless to say I don't work there anymore, but its their loss of 22 years of knowledge and a loyal employee.
Why didn't he call to let it be known he's running late? Could he have a response to be even later, or driving and calling or texting. Sometimes less is better. My children better be late than texting and driving.
Obviously the boss wouldn't have been understanding.
Load More Replies..."A leader shows what is expected from their employees by example. A boss just finds a bigger stick." ~Stan Flouride, 1998
That boss sounds like a jerk, they should have at least asked why he was late. Good thing he's looking for a new job, I hope he'll be respected there.
As a manager myself this is the exact opposite of what you should do! They should have had a quiet word with the employee. As it would seem to be a one off I would not even have raised it as an issue given that the employee puts loads of effort into the role. If it happened again then of course raise the issue, but do it tactfully by asking if they are OK etc. When I do my one to one supervisions I ask my staff if there is anything I can do to make their job easier, if we have staff meetings I will bake a cake as a way of saying thank you to them. If you show staff they are appreciated you will automatically earn respect and loyalty with a very rare exception. Proper management with treating staff like they mean something to you is key to creating a good team.
My husband's CO made his life miserable for other a year. He'd do all the work just for his CO to take credit, if something went wrong instead of taking ownership or working as a team to fix it he'd just blame my husband. Just treating him like a doormat, no leadership, the list could go forever. Well my husband retired and took a civilian position at the same place and guess who the boss is now? My husband! We were at my husband's retirement ceremony when the guy got news that my husband had officially taken the job. I feel blessed to have been able to witness first hand the look on that guys face in that moment. It was priceless.
I'm pretty sure I could miss a whole day of work and my boss wouldn't say anything. Typically I'm first in. Once I slept through my alarm and I managed to get in just before lunch. I went to tell my boss that I slept through my alarm and they said they didn't notice I wasn't in.... hmmmm
When I was a newspaper deliverer, the owners were terrible at running something like that. Their 20-something son was in charge of production, they blamed the carriers for everything; even things that weren't their fault, they didn't want you to have personal time after the route was finished in case you missed one, and you couldn't miss a route because there was no replacement. I got multiple letters from these people stating that if I did not make my customers a top priority that they would take my route away from me. This is after I told them that I would be starting later because my aunt was getting a kidney transplant and my sister could only help me after five pm. Another carrier's family had to do his route for a month after he died because that was the only way the owners would give them back his bond. The owner's excuse for this: he did not give thirty days notice that he was giving up the route. Now the paper is mailed weekly and the carriers got fired.
The family is grieving and the owner acts as if the late carrier is the bad guy. Heartless.
Load More Replies...Sounds like hearsay. The post wasn’t a witness to these events. Neither was I. Neither were any of us.
I am a self employed bookkeeper (I get no benefits & pay all my own taxes). One of the FIRST lessons HE needed to learn was that he was not my boss, he was in fact, my client. He had scheduled a meeting with his banking manager without telling me & then freaked out on me when I was unavailable to attend. He went so far as to say, "Maybe I just need to lower my expectations". For the life of me, I don't know why I didn't tell him to just go f**k himself there & then. Put up with that kind of attitude for another 3 years (and no - we didn't need the money that badly).
How would a "recent divorce" combined with "heart complications" make someone 13 minutes late? I'm on the guy's side but keep it "real", lady. Don't clutter the simple truth with red herrings and straw grasping b******t. It weakens the case.
If your heart is acting up and you have to pull over then that would make you late
Load More Replies...Id lost several Aunties and Uncles, my dog and two cats over a period of a few weeks and got marked down in my annual assessment for not communicating ( I was grieving), so i worked to rule, arrived and left on time, took lunch breaks , took sick leave etc., the company then had to hire an extra 3 people to do the work that I had been doing
Friend of mine had a job where the dept manager used to click his fingers in peoples faces. He clicked his fingers in my friends face and he calmly said "Do that again and I will have you dragged up in front of the boss and we will start discussing legal action" So the Dept manager threatened him by saying "How will you be able to do that if I sack you?" To which my friend replied "How long would you last when the boss has to fight a court case for unfair dismissal?" He worked there for 4 more years but he put in a complaint to the boss about the Dept Managers behaviour and he was out by the end of the following week.
Of all the managers, supervisors, team leads etc. I've worked with over the years, I'd say at least 80-90% I wouldn't trust to manage a child's birthday party.
I used to have a boss who had the rule that if you arrived after him, you were late. Many morings a large group of us would be sitting in cars outside 15 mins before normal start time. Other mornings he was already there giving us hassle and recording names for late arrival 10 or 15 mins before we were due to start. He paid no over time, no bonuses. I was on a 6 month probation where I was repeatedly reminded I could be let go with no notice, I checked and discovered this meant I also wasnt required to give notice. I got another job offered on a Monday, I thought about how I was going to approach it and told them I'd start Wednesday. On tuesday at lunchtime I told him I would be using the afternoon to clear my desk and gather my tools. He shouted and roared, told me I'd never get another job in the sector when he was done. 15 years later, I'm still in the sector, he is retired and he never managed to influence an single potential employer
If this post is about a "friend of hers", why are there two huge pictures of her and a long drawn out description. I'm thinking this post is BS, and just a way for her to get her name in lights.
Companies don’t care about you- they care about profits. Some companies will make it known very clearly that you are replaceable and could care less if you had been there for 2 months or 14 years.
I once worked for a two-way radio sales and installation company for 13 years. During that time I designed and custom fabricated flight helmet communications interface that the pilot of the crop dusting company could talk on the normal aircraft flight/traffic channels or flip a switch and talk on the business two-way radio installed in the crop dusters. During that time I had unfortunately embarrassed the owners son when I proved to be right about a system bid he was working on and asked me about. It wasn't long after that he called me up and asked me to turn in my keys and truck, they didn't need me anymore due to "customer complaints". I met the shop manager in my home town and handed him the keys. He did say that he had tried to save my job, but the owners son was adamant that I be gone. One month later they were calling me for schematics on the crop duster companies flight helmet mic and earpiece interface. I just laughed and said there were no schematics and hung up.
Our policy is you get dinged if you call in late or off if it is less than 2 hours before your shift. So basically, if your shift starts at 7am you are required to wake up every day at 4:45 so you have time to assess if you are sick, your car is in working order, etc. After that 5 am window, anything goes wrong and you're screwed. 1 minute or 2 hours late, doesn't matter. Same for if you start feeling sick at work, leave and get dinged.
If the boss only did this once then the employee could have talked it over with him. It is possible that something was going on in the boss's life--a divorce, maybe, or health problems--and he took it out on the employee. Unless the job itself is a horror then the employee could have been assertive and things might have gotten better for both of them. There are people and cats I am loyal too and that loyalty wouldn't vanish over one incident.
I still don't get why any of these ppl couldn't call to say they were going to be late. Even if you've never been late before that's not a pass to show up late with out notice. P.S. most people have a cell phone.....can't be that hard.
Humiliating someone in front of everyone because they are late one day, is not just a bad morning. It shows your character and lack of professionalism.
Load More Replies...A. Yes, you most probably were on several occasions. B. If you consider yourself retired now, you have not lived a full working life in a time that demands living three lives in one lifetime in order t make a measly monthly income for the many. C. Shut up, you are the problem. Because you have zero empathy and should not speak publicly with that moral defect.
Load More Replies...I never work (unpaid) overtime or take work home. Companies aren't loyal to their employees, why should I be to them? You're always just a number. If they can get the work done with one less number, you're out, no matter how hard you've worked and how much you did extra. Do your job, do it well and efficiently, but never do more then what you're paid for.
I can't get over how in the US it's expected that people will work overtime freely. We have a new colleague who moved from the States to Europe and she was telling us how in almost every job she worked people were expected to arrive early, stay late, take work home, etc, to show they took their job seriously. Expecting people to give up their precious free time to prove "loyalty" that they will not be shown back is just crazy.
Load More Replies...In the profession I was in, there was a huge turn around of staff (30%+) every year due to issues unresolved by management that made doing the job untenable... I left teaching in 2009: it was the best decision I made for my mental health and well-being. I work at something completely different now- it pays 10%-20% less but also gives me 90% less stress and has improved my quality of life immensely. I also feel appreciated more by the customers I help out of a fix...
Sometimes it’s a matter of s**t rolling downhill. Your boss is probably an a*****e because their boss and all the bosses up the line are a******s too. A******s generally hire a******s, though they sometimes f**k up and hire someone really wonderful—-who generally increases productivity, then gets promoted for it and replaced with another a*****e, dammit!
My boss called me in to discuss some mistakes in my work the day before my mother’s funeral. That destroyed how I look at the place.
Where I work if you are late you buy the donuts. Works better than a butt chewing. The lowest paid start at $35 hr
What’s their address, so I can send them my resume!
Load More Replies...I had a bad boss for 4 years who was in the habit of throwing an unprofessional tantrum about every six weeks by routine. Can you imagine a grown man and educated professional businessman in the habit of throwing tantrums that would embarrass a four-year old? I documented a long series of his tantrums. I informally complained, and they moved him to another office. The man was so in love with himself and so impressed with himself & his work that his departing comments were "just watch, they will have to shut this place down without me here. They need my work here this much to straighten you people out". Nope, nobody missed him, the place was only 100% better with him gone, and his managers finally got some perspective for how little he was contributing. What a JERK!
This story seems melodramatic. The manager is a bad manager, end of story. The person was 15 minutes late and had never been late before and they were publicly admonished. It's bad management. The rest is just extra for dramatic effect, loyal employee, heart condition, divorce, works through lunches etc.
This is what happens when people without qualifications, education and training become bosses.
Since I earned my Master’s degree, I’ve experienced the barely graduated high school boss who managed to rise a little bit through the ranks very slowly over a couple decades and sneers at college graduates who generally advance in a fraction of that time.
Load More Replies...I worked for a large bank and would stay late almost everyday to cover for people who "can't stay late I have to pick up my kids" and I didn't have any to pick up. It got to the point where it was expected and when I couldn't stay one day because I had an appointment the c**p hit the fan. I was called out by my boss and quickly pushed back and let her have it. After 22 years with the company I wasn't about to take that from someone who was quite frankly promoted to the point of incompetency. I never stayed late again, I didn't bother to help the people with kids who had run to our manager to whine about it. I came in did my time and left right on the dot. Needless to say I don't work there anymore, but its their loss of 22 years of knowledge and a loyal employee.
Why didn't he call to let it be known he's running late? Could he have a response to be even later, or driving and calling or texting. Sometimes less is better. My children better be late than texting and driving.
Obviously the boss wouldn't have been understanding.
Load More Replies..."A leader shows what is expected from their employees by example. A boss just finds a bigger stick." ~Stan Flouride, 1998
That boss sounds like a jerk, they should have at least asked why he was late. Good thing he's looking for a new job, I hope he'll be respected there.
As a manager myself this is the exact opposite of what you should do! They should have had a quiet word with the employee. As it would seem to be a one off I would not even have raised it as an issue given that the employee puts loads of effort into the role. If it happened again then of course raise the issue, but do it tactfully by asking if they are OK etc. When I do my one to one supervisions I ask my staff if there is anything I can do to make their job easier, if we have staff meetings I will bake a cake as a way of saying thank you to them. If you show staff they are appreciated you will automatically earn respect and loyalty with a very rare exception. Proper management with treating staff like they mean something to you is key to creating a good team.
My husband's CO made his life miserable for other a year. He'd do all the work just for his CO to take credit, if something went wrong instead of taking ownership or working as a team to fix it he'd just blame my husband. Just treating him like a doormat, no leadership, the list could go forever. Well my husband retired and took a civilian position at the same place and guess who the boss is now? My husband! We were at my husband's retirement ceremony when the guy got news that my husband had officially taken the job. I feel blessed to have been able to witness first hand the look on that guys face in that moment. It was priceless.
I'm pretty sure I could miss a whole day of work and my boss wouldn't say anything. Typically I'm first in. Once I slept through my alarm and I managed to get in just before lunch. I went to tell my boss that I slept through my alarm and they said they didn't notice I wasn't in.... hmmmm
When I was a newspaper deliverer, the owners were terrible at running something like that. Their 20-something son was in charge of production, they blamed the carriers for everything; even things that weren't their fault, they didn't want you to have personal time after the route was finished in case you missed one, and you couldn't miss a route because there was no replacement. I got multiple letters from these people stating that if I did not make my customers a top priority that they would take my route away from me. This is after I told them that I would be starting later because my aunt was getting a kidney transplant and my sister could only help me after five pm. Another carrier's family had to do his route for a month after he died because that was the only way the owners would give them back his bond. The owner's excuse for this: he did not give thirty days notice that he was giving up the route. Now the paper is mailed weekly and the carriers got fired.
The family is grieving and the owner acts as if the late carrier is the bad guy. Heartless.
Load More Replies...Sounds like hearsay. The post wasn’t a witness to these events. Neither was I. Neither were any of us.
I am a self employed bookkeeper (I get no benefits & pay all my own taxes). One of the FIRST lessons HE needed to learn was that he was not my boss, he was in fact, my client. He had scheduled a meeting with his banking manager without telling me & then freaked out on me when I was unavailable to attend. He went so far as to say, "Maybe I just need to lower my expectations". For the life of me, I don't know why I didn't tell him to just go f**k himself there & then. Put up with that kind of attitude for another 3 years (and no - we didn't need the money that badly).
How would a "recent divorce" combined with "heart complications" make someone 13 minutes late? I'm on the guy's side but keep it "real", lady. Don't clutter the simple truth with red herrings and straw grasping b******t. It weakens the case.
If your heart is acting up and you have to pull over then that would make you late
Load More Replies...Id lost several Aunties and Uncles, my dog and two cats over a period of a few weeks and got marked down in my annual assessment for not communicating ( I was grieving), so i worked to rule, arrived and left on time, took lunch breaks , took sick leave etc., the company then had to hire an extra 3 people to do the work that I had been doing
Friend of mine had a job where the dept manager used to click his fingers in peoples faces. He clicked his fingers in my friends face and he calmly said "Do that again and I will have you dragged up in front of the boss and we will start discussing legal action" So the Dept manager threatened him by saying "How will you be able to do that if I sack you?" To which my friend replied "How long would you last when the boss has to fight a court case for unfair dismissal?" He worked there for 4 more years but he put in a complaint to the boss about the Dept Managers behaviour and he was out by the end of the following week.
Of all the managers, supervisors, team leads etc. I've worked with over the years, I'd say at least 80-90% I wouldn't trust to manage a child's birthday party.
I used to have a boss who had the rule that if you arrived after him, you were late. Many morings a large group of us would be sitting in cars outside 15 mins before normal start time. Other mornings he was already there giving us hassle and recording names for late arrival 10 or 15 mins before we were due to start. He paid no over time, no bonuses. I was on a 6 month probation where I was repeatedly reminded I could be let go with no notice, I checked and discovered this meant I also wasnt required to give notice. I got another job offered on a Monday, I thought about how I was going to approach it and told them I'd start Wednesday. On tuesday at lunchtime I told him I would be using the afternoon to clear my desk and gather my tools. He shouted and roared, told me I'd never get another job in the sector when he was done. 15 years later, I'm still in the sector, he is retired and he never managed to influence an single potential employer
If this post is about a "friend of hers", why are there two huge pictures of her and a long drawn out description. I'm thinking this post is BS, and just a way for her to get her name in lights.
Companies don’t care about you- they care about profits. Some companies will make it known very clearly that you are replaceable and could care less if you had been there for 2 months or 14 years.
I once worked for a two-way radio sales and installation company for 13 years. During that time I designed and custom fabricated flight helmet communications interface that the pilot of the crop dusting company could talk on the normal aircraft flight/traffic channels or flip a switch and talk on the business two-way radio installed in the crop dusters. During that time I had unfortunately embarrassed the owners son when I proved to be right about a system bid he was working on and asked me about. It wasn't long after that he called me up and asked me to turn in my keys and truck, they didn't need me anymore due to "customer complaints". I met the shop manager in my home town and handed him the keys. He did say that he had tried to save my job, but the owners son was adamant that I be gone. One month later they were calling me for schematics on the crop duster companies flight helmet mic and earpiece interface. I just laughed and said there were no schematics and hung up.
Our policy is you get dinged if you call in late or off if it is less than 2 hours before your shift. So basically, if your shift starts at 7am you are required to wake up every day at 4:45 so you have time to assess if you are sick, your car is in working order, etc. After that 5 am window, anything goes wrong and you're screwed. 1 minute or 2 hours late, doesn't matter. Same for if you start feeling sick at work, leave and get dinged.
If the boss only did this once then the employee could have talked it over with him. It is possible that something was going on in the boss's life--a divorce, maybe, or health problems--and he took it out on the employee. Unless the job itself is a horror then the employee could have been assertive and things might have gotten better for both of them. There are people and cats I am loyal too and that loyalty wouldn't vanish over one incident.
I still don't get why any of these ppl couldn't call to say they were going to be late. Even if you've never been late before that's not a pass to show up late with out notice. P.S. most people have a cell phone.....can't be that hard.
Humiliating someone in front of everyone because they are late one day, is not just a bad morning. It shows your character and lack of professionalism.
Load More Replies...A. Yes, you most probably were on several occasions. B. If you consider yourself retired now, you have not lived a full working life in a time that demands living three lives in one lifetime in order t make a measly monthly income for the many. C. Shut up, you are the problem. Because you have zero empathy and should not speak publicly with that moral defect.
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