'Have a good life': Employee quits job after boss scolds them for sitting down

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Apr 24, 2023 3:00 PM EDT

I can't imagine how this boss retains any of his employees if he can't even keep the top performer on the team! 

If you're a great boss, you encourage your team to shine, bring out the best in people, and don't need to micromanage. If you're just an okay boss, maybe you have some flaws, but your employees just have to work around you. Then, there's horrible bosses like this guy, who are just rotten to the core, and don't care about their employees in the slightest. 

In this text conversation shared by u/hestolemysmile, their boss reached out to them one night after a shift. This boss has important business to attend to, such as watching the cameras to see if the employees were sitting down. Surely there are better uses of one's time than to watch for someone to sit down. Especially for this employee — who actually had a fool-proof excuse why sitting was necessary — this boss didn't think through what would happened when they sent that message. 

Next up, these people attended some super awkward and cringy weddings, and they soon realized that the marriage wouldn't last long. 

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    Font - r/antiwork. Posted by u/hestolemysmile 29 11 2 3 13 2 25 2 2 10132 26 5 2 32 1053 30 3 4 8 11 3 4 61057 $2 17 7 S 1093 10 3 2 76 today! Off to hunt for a new opportunity, wish me luck :) F 13 VOTE 68 7 4 5 Quit my job last night, it was nice. to be home to make the kids breakfast and take them to school
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    Product - Spectrum LTE < 7:47 PM IVAL Boss Text Message Today 7:20 PM Good evening Me I was reviewing the cameras from our shift today and noticed that you were sitting on a stool for the majority of your shift. This is completely unacceptable behavior and we will be discussing it tomorrow before shift. 34% I cleared it with Lead I have 2 broken bones in my left foot (doctor documented). Aside from that - I packed 240+UPH for the entirety of my shift, 12 full hours. I'm not sure if you're aware,
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    Terrestrial plant - I'm really not appreciating your attitude. You could have just said the first part where it was cleared with another lead instead of being disrespectful. This type of behavior isn't going to get you anywhere here. Hey, thanks for wasting my precious off time with some garbage you didn't bother to investigate beforehand. Seriously - 240+ UPH - what you claim to be the pinnacle of performance there, I achieved it, and I get grief because I was sitting while doing it. You guys n
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    Sky - We don't need to rush to you leaving. Let's talk in the morning and we can sort this out. No thanks. Have a good life.
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    Font - Tory Disappointed-hyena Handled beautifully. Hard to ever know what's real on this site but if real this is the most perfect response I have read yet
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    Font - RetdSgrDaddy I am lucky enough to work in a union shop. If my boss contacts me after hours about some nonsense then hey, that's 3 hours pay.
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    Font - SlapHappyDude Does your boss have a boss? I'm sure they would be interested in this exchange.
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    Font - lukasbradley OP -- If you REALLY want to change how workers are treated, I would highly recommend you write a quick letter/email to their superiors, and include this conversation. Without that information, your manager can just say "they had a bad attitude and just quit! people don't want to work nowadays!" And the next level of management will be none for the wiser. People at higher levels care WAY more about performance than anything else. Your note would be impactful. Don't look for re
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    Font - Bunnywith Wings Oh yes. They just chased off a high-performing employee in the middle of a nationwide labor shortage. Would love to be a fly on the wall for that conversation
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    Font - tiwuno A+ example "people don't quit bad jobs, they quit bad managers". Sounds like this manager is doing his best to drive away good employees.
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    Font - Grimey_Rick my favorite is how he calls his response "disrespectful" when all he did was plainly state facts and ask a question
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    Font - SA3960 2 yr. ago lol the backpedaling is precious: 'YOUR INSOLENCE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED!' 'Screw this. I quit.' 'No, no. Wait! Please don't leave! We can talk in the morning!!' Keep up the pressure. It's working.
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    Font - Unnecessary_Timeline I think he got scared. He realized he'll have to show these texts to someone in order to show OP has quit, and he knows he's the in this exchange. a
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    Font - tobotic green red I wonder if boss man was sitting on a stool when he was reviewing the CCTV footage.
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    Font - Sigao It still perplexes me why they care if you're sitting if you get the job done. Especially if you do it to their highest expectations as you have. Idiots.
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    Font - SoulKeen Lmao how he got offended
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