'Screenshots live forever': Boss shares tone-deaf anecdote about making employees stay late on Christmas Eve, internet takes the side of her employees

One boss shared what she probably thought was an encouraging tale of… making her employees work all day on Christmas Eve. 

I know what you're thinking: what could possibly be positive about making your employees work the whole day just before a major holiday? Many people depend on that day to travel to their family's houses, hop on a flight, or just need time to wrap up some last-minute gifts. And I know, I know, the employees are getting paid to work a full day… but it's just a nicety that would make workers feel seen and appreciated. 

This boss wrote out the braggadocious post below, in which she describes letting her employees take half days on Christmas Eve most years. But then one employee had the audacity to simply ask their boss what time they'd be working until that day. That triggered the boss into making her staffers work until 5 PM, instead of 12 PM. Not only did this boss think that was an appropriate way to lead her team, she then turned it into a pseudo-inspirational LinkedIn post. And Twitter user @AKBrews captured the screenshot of her post--- before it was removed in under 24 hours. But @AKBrews tweet has been seen 977k+ times, so it's not exactly gone forever.

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  • The boss did make another post on her LinkedIn page explaining that she regrets the incident, but she also didn't overtly apologize for it. Just imagine how her employees must feel reading her original post…

    Screenshots last forever though, and I wouldn't be surprised if this shocking story of a boss acting tone-deaf starts circulating each holiday season. If the boss thought this post was so great that she wanted it to be shared, she got what she wanted, as the post has generated hundreds of LinkedIn and Twitter comments. 

    Check out the post that the internet is up in arms about. Then, this contractor got back at a company that took money from him. 

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    KRAMPUS QENNY @AKBrews This is the type of unhinged garbage your employer reads and then pats themselves on the back for letting you take Christmas off.
    Via @AKBrews
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    Here's the post that got the internet riled up:

    Kate M T 19h. Edited • 2nd +Follow Many Christmases ago, M would work right up until Christmas Eve. In the office - I know, god forbid. Those who wanted that time off, of course, had annual leave approved. But the rest of us would huddle into the office and work as if it was a normal day.
    Via @AKBrews
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    Anyone who knows me, knows that my bark is worse than my bite, so when the clock hit 12pm, I'd quite often tell my team, "pack up and go home. Merry Christmas." And I guess it became our very own M R tradition. Yes, you'd have to come in on Christmas Eve, but you'd get a full days pay for half a days work. Better than any present Santa could leave under the tree in my opinion.
    Via @AKBrews
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    This all changed in 2022. I was sat in my office, buried with end of year client requests and I heard a quiet knock of my door. "What's up?" I said to the employee who was planning to work on Christmas Eve. "I was just wondering what time we're finishing this
    Via @AKBrews
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    And then it hit me. What had started out as a gift from me to the team who'd got us through the year, had became an expectation. My face dropped as it dawned on me that it had become the expected rather than a gift and those who had taken it as annual leave, were using a whole day, when these guys were only using half and still planning for the afternoon as personal time.
    Via @AKBrews
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    Well. We worked until 5pm that Christmas Eve. Employers *want* to give you nice things that are not wrapped up in any HR bow or part of your offer package. But it becomes really hard to do that when people expect it and don't appreciate it as a benefit.
    Via @AKBrews
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    So employers - if you do anything, good or bad, remember to always set expectations. And employees - if your employer does something nice, remember to be nice back. Employment is a 2 way street. So is kindness.
    Via @AKBrews
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    Twitter users could not believe what they were reading

    Las Pasiones de Gundam @Egregious_XII I always wondered why bosses wanted to be in the office on Christmas eve. Don't they want to take off early and be with their families too? But then I realized that most of them are just miserable people.
    Via @Egregious_XII
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    SassyMétisChick @SassyMetisChick She deleted the post
    Via @SassyMétisChick
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    KRAMPUS QENNY @AKBrews screenshots live forever.
    Via @AKBrews
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    miketee @Miketee110 I won't be able to sleep knowing the pain she suffered by employees expecting something they have gotten for years to happen.
    Via @Miketee110
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    omgsoerin @omgsoerin Yeah, but she doubled down with another
    Via @omgsoerin
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    Shaun @ThatPacman Dude The fact she's doubled down on linkedin and is getting roasted in the comments is *chefs kiss*
    Via @ThatPacman Dude

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