'I thought we were friends': Engineer accidentally catches boss playing video games, boss gives the cold shoulder

One dude asked for help regarding this super awkward situation with their boss, writing, "Honestly, if I wasn't terrified of getting fired… I'd would find this situation funny [and] hilarious."

U/KingMoosytheIII wrote to r/cscareerquestions with an interesting modern-day work situation that arose with their boss. As an engineer working underneath a senior engineer, the OP thought they had a pretty good relationship with their boss. The OP writes that they had a good rapport and talked about their lives quite often. However, the OP unfortunately is learning that the workplace isn't quite like real life, and lots of people implement strong work and life separation policies.

In the comments, people mainly blamed the OP here. OP seems more naive than bad-intentioned. It seems like a stretch that they would get fired for recording their boss playing video games. As some commenters noted, the boss might immediately feel like OP is holding this over his head, which wouldn't be good for their power dynamic.

After you scroll through this awkward work interaction, check out this person who was scammed into an interview, and sent the interviewers a strongly worded message about their experience.

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