Boss plays favorites with employees and pays the price when entire office strikes back by skipping his training meeting: 'He completely lost it in the team chat'

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Isabella Penn
Jan 22, 2025 6:00 PM EST

There's nothing worse than watching your boss blatantly play favorites. You put in the hours, stay late, and volunteer for extra work, only to see someone else (usually less deserving) get all the praise and opportunities. It's not just unfair; it's extremely infuriating. I once worked for a manager who practically rolled out the red carpet for her so-called golden employees. They got the big, exciting projects while the rest of us were stuck handling the grunt work. One time, I pitched an idea I was really proud of, only to have it ignored. A week later, one of her favorites pitched pretty much the same exact thing, and suddenly, it was brilliant. If you've ever felt that kind of frustration, you're going to love this story. Let's just say the boss who played favorites didn't exactly come out on top. Sometimes, karma works overtime, and boy is it satisfying. 

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  • Boss played favorites but soon realized he was nobody's favorite

    I work in a fairly small tech company, and a few months ago, my boss decided to schedule 1- on-1 meetings with everyone on the team. These meetings were supposed to be about how we felt about the company, our roles, and where we saw ourselves in the future. When it
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  • was my turn, he asked me about my future plans, and I mentioned that I wanted to eventually take on client-facing responsibilities. To prepare for that, I asked if I could shadow some of the client meetings he attended with the higher-ups. I figured it would help me get a feel for how those meetings worked so I could handle clients on my own someday.
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  • He seemed supportive and agreed to it. During a follow-up meeting, he announced that a few of us—including me―would start shadowing him at upcoming client meetings. He even mentioned a big one with a company called NT(fake name).
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  • However, he never gave me the exact date of the NT meeting, so I assumed it was still far off. Fast forward a few weeks, and one day I noticed my boss and the others he'd mentioned weren't in the office. When I
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  • asked around, I found out they were at NT's office, attending that meeting. Without me. Now, I wouldn't have been so upset about being left out if my boss hadn't already thrown me into the deep end during a previous client meeting. It was
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  • my first one ever, I had no experience, and I was essentially left to sink or swim. Spoiler: I sank. Afterward, he told me something along the lines of, "Any further failures like this will cost you your job." I was furious. He burned me by
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  • giving me no guidance or support, yet chose to nurture the others and include them in opportunities I'd explicitly asked for. It felt personal. That's when I decided I wanted to get back at him, even in a small way.
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  • The opportunity came when he planned to run a technical bootcamp for the whole team. He was ridiculously excited about it, hyping it up for weeks. To make it happen, he even left his sick wife at the hospital so he could be in the office to lead the session.
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  • The day of the bootcamp came, and I simply didn't show up. I was ready to take whatever backlash came my way for skipping it, but to my absolute delight, no one else showed up either. Not a single person.
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  • He ended up alone in the office, having neglected his sick wife for a bootcamp no one attended. He completely lost it in the team chat, ranting about how much he does for us and how we give him nothing in return. It was glorious. I couldn't have planned it better if I tried. For once, it felt like the universe was on my side.
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  • Don’t you just love it when karma works its magic? Especially when it’s against an entitled boss who thinks their hefty salary and fancy title makes them untouchable (clearly, it doesn't). You just know the whole office was buzzing about this for weeks—it’s the ultimate foundation for true office friendships. Speaking of work besties, have you checked out our coworker weekly meme series yet?

  • SecretOscarOG Id say hey I'm sorry I was at home preparing for the next client meeting
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  • lamthegreenheather Tell him if it happens again he will lose his job.
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  • MasterpieceNo5217 Sorry my wife/husband/partner was sick and I didn't feel it would be right to leave them alone without care and support.
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