Daughter Refuses to Work At Stepdad's Toxic Company, He Retaliates By Canceling Her Interview Behind Her Back

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Sep 30, 2022 3:00 PM EDT

The line between toxic workplace and toxic family dynamic is as thin as can be in this story!

 

This thread was posted to Reddit's r/AmITheA**hole subreddit by u/MrsStewart21368, who shared a story about having to intervene between her 23-year-old daughter and her husband over where she wanted to work. Apparently, her husband's workplace has a toxic, misogynistic culture. That's how the daughter felt every time she visited the office, so she decided that she didn't want to work for her stepdad and especially in a place like that. Makes sense. The story should be over now, right?

 

Wrong! The daughter had an exciting opportunity lined up at a prestigious company but later called her mom crying because her stepdad straight up logged into his stepdaughter's email and canceled the interview. That is psycho-level manipulation! The kind of thing you see in a creepy movie about a controlling father figure? Wait a minute…

 

We've seen plenty of instances of family drama recently. Take a look at this post about a woman who called her Mom out on being a sugar baby, and keep scrolling below for the full story and the best comments!

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    Font - AITA for flipping out at my husband for cancelling my daughter's job interview? Not the A-hole My daughter "Mia" is 23 years old. She's a college graduate and recently started looking a job. Her stepdad, my husband has been begging her to come work at his company but she refused because she said that most employees there are men, and that they make uncomfortable comment about women and they make her feel uncomfortable (she went tk the company many times and was feeling uncomfortable) she
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    Font - My husband insisted and basically gave her a "pros list" that he though is enough to make her reconsider. She still refused. Her best friend found her a job opportunity at a company that's well known in our area and Mia was excited beyond measure. She even went shopping for new clothes just for the interview. However, the day of the interview, I got a call from her crying saying her interview was cancelled. I was confused thinking something must've gone wrong but she said that her stepdad
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    Font - We're still on non speaking terms but he occassionally threw in how he just wanted what's best for the whole family but now Mia missed an opportunity to work with a respectable company and gain the benefits that'd help her progress in her career.
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    Font - reckless150681 19 hr. ago. edited 15 hr. ago 62 2 Certified Proctologist [26] NTA. Your daughter is an adult, she gets to make adult decisions. One of them is not working for her stepfather. See if she can't reschedule that interview. Something to the effect of: "Good morning [person], My profuse apologies for the previous e-mail and confusion. This account was accessed by somebody who does not represent me and should not have the authority to speak on my behalf. I have taken steps to sec
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    Font - stop_spam_calls. 19 hr. ago. edited 16 hr. ago Please encourage her to do this OP. If she needs a witness, ensure her that would back up her statement if need be. NTA. But seriously your husband sucks and so does his company. He created a company with an environment that is super misogynistic and straight up toxic for women. Birds of a feather flock together OP. He is giving off super creepy and very controlling vibes. 4.3k Reply Share
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    Font - Fruitfurnishing . 17 hr. ago The fact that the man who created a company with a misogynistic environment then thinks he knows better than 23 year old woman what job she should have tells me everything I need to know about this man. 4.6k Reply Share
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    Font - One_Ad_704 16 hr. ago Not to mention Mia probably doesn't want to spend the next 5-10 years trying to change the culture at stepdad's company. It isn't Mia's responsibility to change the culture of the company and "make it better" - that is the CEO's job. Reply Share 230
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    Font - murphyg5 16 hr. ago Parta ipant [1] I love how rather than fixing the problem he has been told about many times, he is just trying to manipulate this poor woman into being harassed at work continuously... 294 Reply Share :
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    Font - FatBloke4 17 hr. ago He is giving off super creepy and controlling vibes. His refusal to accept multiple "No"s from a young woman is disturbing, as is his obsession to have Mia working at his company. 1.1k Reply Share
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    Font - Shazam1269 - 16 hr. ago Gee, I wonder why there is a misogynistic culture at his business? What a complete and utter botard. 579 Reply Share
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    Font - 160 flaxon 16 hr. ago edited 14 hr. ago Gee, I wonder why there is a misogynistic culture at his business? The part that got me is that she told him that his employees do and say things that make her feel uncomfortable, and his response wasn't to take action to create an environment where a woman doesn't have to worry about her safety or harassment from her male peers. Instead he came up with a list of reasons it would be ok for her to go into that environment and endure that treatment da
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    Font - mknsky 15 hr. ago And he's now ensured that she will never, ever wanna work for his company and/or interact with him in general, company or no. 93 Reply Share
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    Font - Writerofworlds. 16 hr. ago Don't forget, he kept claiming it would be best for, as if he knows better and she doesn't. Every time I read that in the OP I shuddered and changed it to "best for me" cause I wager he would over work and under pay her, while not doing anything about the misogyny she would experience on a daily basis (and likely deny it's even happening).
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    Font - Kitra-Pulse 17 hr. ago Her daughter should also go to the police and report her step father for impersonating her / identity theft, causing loss of income. 270 Reply Share
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    Font - Silent UntilProvoked 15 hr. ago Sadly, I don't think police could/would do anything. That's not something police care to fill out paperwork for, even though they have nothing better to do other than their job, but yeah... As I've learned many times throughout my life, women get less protection from creeps than the creeps get slaps on the wrist.
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