FAIL Blog

'I haven't had a sick day in nine years': Boss forces employee to come in so he can decide if she's actually sick, she gets him sick

Being sick comes with the territory when you are a literal human being. If employers can't accept that reality, then they shouldn't be your employers. To continue with that concept, anyone who brags about not having taken a sick day in nine years on the job clearly has a poor grasp on their work-life balance and their general well-being. Once again, this mentality is reminiscent of the engulfing generational divide that has come to plague our workplace environments and culture. Who knows how to find a truly productive solution to this ideological chasm? It certainly will not come from young workers "sucking it up."

 

This brings us to our current story, in which an employee conflicted with her boss over the issue of taking a sick day. She shared her story via this thread on Reddit's r/MaliciousCompliance subreddit. Essentially, after developing a rough cough and cold, her boss insisted that he see her in person in the office to determine if she is truly sick enough to take off work. As one of the only younger female employees in the company, she felt uncomfortable and complied with her boss's completely unnecessary order. 

 

Over the next couple days, the Redditor kept on having to come into the office when finally, her boss said she could just stay home until she felt completely better. However, because of his stubborn shenanigans, he ended up getting sick from her. That's what you get for being ridiculous! Hopefully, this means no one has to hear about his "nine years with no sick days' streak ever again…

 

For more stories like this, check out this post about an employee who was shamed for leaving early despite having to come in early all the time.

Like what you see? Follow our WhatsApp channel for more.

Posted by BenWeiss
Advertisement

Stay up to date by following us on Facebook!

Tags

sick days employee toxic-workplace job sick day malicious compliance work toxic-boss Office Horrible Bosses reddit thread Reddit toxic-work-environment

Next on FAIL Blog

Scroll down for the next article

Comments

Advertisement

Hot Today

'I won't have someone gaslight me': Customer gets snippy with retail manager, manager tells him to "call customer service yourself" 1
'The company dangled an unreachable carrot': Employee laments their impossible targets that were only designed to make their team work harder for nothing 2
'He agreed to buy me replacements... then backtracked': Brother refuses to cancel sibling's debt after his kids ruin expensive art supplies 3
25+ Employees share what their job doesn't allow them to tell customers: 'Black Friday sales are not really sales' 4
Client micromanages truck driver over delivery, trucker sends dozens of pointless photos for revenge: 'You want updates, I will give you all the updates' 5
21 Landlord Special Memes for Renters On Their Last Coat of Paint 6
20 Out of the box thinkers who were low key geniuses 1
25 Technology Memes for the Employees in Need of Tech Support 2
25+ Employees share what their job doesn't allow them to tell customers: 'Black Friday sales are not really sales' 3
44 Scrubby Nurse Memes for Snarky RN's Working Another 12-Hour Shift at the Hospital 4
'The three [Karens] were banned': Trio of entitled customers try to get sandwiches for free, guy behind them in line gets them thrown out for good 5
‘I was their “Cinderella"’: 19-year-old spa receptionist finally quits on the spot and walks out after finding a preemptive ‘write-up’ slip about herself 6

Follow The Laughs

Terms | Privacy | Security | DMCA Policy
Advertisement