Manager lands employee in hot water with coworkers after failing to communicate tasks effectively and quits soon after, employee sends them a clever ‘parting gift’

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Lana DeGaetano • "Show me to me please."
Mar 12, 2025 9:00 AM EDT

When a manager takes it upon themselves to admit to an employee that they refuse to communicate effectively with their subordinates, you know you're about to witness some entitled behavior. Supervisors think they have the upper hand with their employees because of their title, but anybody can be reported to HR. Not to say that this happened in the story you're about to read, though… This manager took himself out to the figurative dumpster after realizing he admitted he is a terrible boss to a scorned employee.

However, this scorned employee refuses to let this go without the last word, naturally. The employee in question was shunned by their coworkers because of the supervisor's failure to communicate and divvy up tasks between employees, so the scorned employee decides to send them some light reading in the mail. Is this petty? Yes. Was it a waste of money? Heck no. Scroll to see the employee's big surprise.

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  • Managers underestimate the level of petty a disgruntled employee can reach. Now, some may argue that planning revenge is a waste of time and energy, but I say it's an art that is only perfected by a select few. If the employee is having a grand time enacting the perfect recipe for their ex-manager's imminent disaster, then more power to ‘em. Especially if it is well-deserved. I think it’s safe to say that this harmful yet very effective employee surprise is exactly what the manager in this story needs.

  • "He repeated that they were management and they don't have to tell them everything." PRIORITY MAIL
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  • "A parting gift"

    I had a very incompetent manager for almost 3 years. His communication was absolutely terrible, he would lie right to our faces, and if you brought something up to him, it was like you were talking to a wall.
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  • I work in a warehouse as a picker. During employee appreciation week, we had a really low case count for the day, and he pulled me aside and said I wasn't going to be picking, and that he had other tasks for me to do.
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  • Absolutely no problem. I'm doing these other tasks. I'm about 7 hours into my 10 hour shift. I notice people are kinda giving me the stink eye, and someone comes up and asks me what's going on.
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  • I realized then that he didn't tell anyone that I wasn't going to be picking that night. I relay the message to them. So everyone was kinda ped at me for no reason. I would have mentioned it
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  • to someone, but I thought he told people what the plan was. When I explained, everyone understood, but were kinda p ed that he didn't mention anything.
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  • The next day, I bring up to him that communication goes a long way, and everyone was pl me because he didn't say ed at anything to them about what was happening. He responded with,
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  • "well...we're management, we don't have to tell them everything." I expressed my concern that you need to let people know what's going on for the day so they don't think I'm just d ng around, and they
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  • were ped at me because they were uninformed. Again, he repeated that they were management and they don't have to tell them everything. He said this like 3 more times before I finally just walked away knowing I wasn't getting anywhere.
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  • I have countless other stories, but this one gets the point across. He quit this past Monday, so I decided to send him some reading material for his next adventure with a nice little note.
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  • EXTREME OWNERSHIP LEADWH Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALS Lead and Win (New Edition) (... This item is a gift Choose gift options Gift message 20 characters I hope when you run into the same problems at your new place of employment, you can read these books and grow. "Do the best you can until vou know better. From * Shorten message and sender name to 10 lines or fewer
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  • EXTREME OWNERSHIP LEAD WH Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALS Lead and Win (New Edition) (... This item is a gift Choose gift options Gift message you can read these books and grow. 20 characters "Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better." -Maya Angelou From * Shorten message and sender name to 10 lines or fewer
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  • IllustriousPain4... I like your style. Maybe I'll send some to my last boss Unfortunately I think the people that need these books are the ones that won't understand why they're being sent them
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