'Enjoy an extra 100+ emails a day': Employee resigns, reroutes hundreds of daily spam messages to boss's email

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Apr 9, 2024 4:00 PM EDT

Always be careful how you treat your employees because if you treat them poorly, karma certainly will rear its head. If the number of satisfying quitting stories we have told right here at FAIL Blog serves as any indication, it's that people with bad bosses are not going to leave their jobs quietly. In many cases, it is up to them to stick it to their bosses while they have the chance. 

Here, we have an employee who, among other responsibilities, was tasked with receiving dozens of sales calls and sifting through hundreds of emails every day on the job. So what happened when they finally decided to quit on their boss? Well, it was time to make sure someone was going to be receiving those calls and emails. Why couldn't that person be the one who made working at the company a living nightmare? 

Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions from folks in the comments section. For more, check out this post about a manager who got in trouble for participating in their restaurant's tip pool.

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    r/r/MaliciousCompliance • 2 hr. ago little-blue-ghost Treat your employees like garbage? Enjoy an extra 100+ emails a day. S
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    I'm finally leaving my toxic job for a better opportunity. My narcissistic boss treats everyone under her like and is generally r, condescending, and miserable to work for.
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    We work in a field where we are constantly bombarded by salespeople, many of whom are extremely persistent and borderline r. I sometimes get over 100 emails a day from such salespeople (not to mention phone calls)
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    but I have specific rules set up in my Outlook so that they mostly go straight to my junk folder. My boss is not so good at Outlook or technology in general, so she does not know how to do this. (She would often scream at me to find emails for her because somehow she could not even figure out how the Search function worked.)
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    When I resigned, she told me to notify "every representative I am regularly in contact with" that I am leaving and that she is the new point of contact until they find a replacement for me. I've spent the last week providing each and every salesperson with her email and direct dial. Good luck getting rid of those!
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    Tracy MinOB • 2h ago You can set an out of office reply with her email also! :)
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    • little-blue-ghost OP 2h ago Already done and ready to go when I leave lol. I'm thinking about setting my outgoing voicemail to something similar, though I'm not sure how long they'll leave my phone and email active.
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    originalmango • 1h ago And direct dial number. And cell phone number.
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    • BajaGhia 2h ago Make sure they check up on her cars extended warranty too!
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    gumby_dant 2h ago I genuinely am curious about why screaming at someone is not a "one strike" offense for your average adult employee. Especially in this economy. I'd rather go flip burgers for a good person than be the target of someone's immaturity and rage.
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    YoritomoKorenaga • 1h ago If you find a good person to flip burgers for who's hiring, I'm all ears. In my experience, the more "menial" jobs like that are among the worst as far as management goes.
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    There absolutely are good bosses out there. But good bosses will generally get a lot of loyalty from their staff in return, so turnover will be significantly lower. Bad bosses will have much higher turnover for exactly the reasons you described. Ergo, if the job market has a hypothetical 50/50 split between good bosses and bad bosses, the majority of the job postings will be from bad bosses, because of their much more frequent need to hire more minions to yell at.
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    Many, many people can't afford to just quit a job without having another one lined up already. And rhe person working for the screaming boss probably thought it would be an OK place to work when they accepted the offer, so as they go through the job listings there's always a question of "Is this going to be another place where I just get screamed at every day?"
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    gumby_dait • 59m ago Cogent analysis.
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    speculatrix Chef's kiss! 2h ago
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