'The general manager was inundated with complaints': Inexperienced boss cuts hours, files complaint with HR after boss yells at her

Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor

Jul 26, 2023 5:00 PM EDT

This boss thought she knew how to run weekend shifts, but she was mistaken. In most lines of work, weekends are the busiest days of the week. School is out and many office workers have weekends off, leading customers to stream into business places.

At this OP's place of work, they had a boss who clearly didn't think through her plans. As u/Oncewasaworker writes, their boss Karen was hired through some vague relationship to someone in the company. Despite her role as a manager, she seemed to lack certain critical skills, like scheduling an adequate amount of people to cover a shift. This led to the company's second-biggest department being understaffed during a busy day. That's why it's not a great idea to hire someone just because you're related to them. It might be an easy way to fill a job, but I imagine the hiring manager lived to regret hiring this woman when she was so clearly unqualified to manage these departments.

Check out the story below, as well as commenters who loved the tale (and took issue with Karen's punishment). Then, these designs are so bad they should really go back to the drawing board and create a whole new design.