Entitled boss spells company name wrong in his emails for years, fed up employee reports it anonymously to the board of directors: ‘He lost his credibility’

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
May 14, 2025 7:00 AM EDT

If you have a good working relationship with your boss, and said boss is a reasonable person, you would never think twice before correcting them about a mistake they made on the job. After all, you're all there because you want to do a good job, you all want the company to succeed, and you all want the team to benefit from the success. This means that you are all there for each other, even when you make mistakes, and that should apply to the boss as well as anyone else on the team. And if the boss is a good boss, they should be able to listen to others voicing their mistakes, and correcting them without letting ego get in the way.

However, as we all know, most bosses are not reasonable people, and they definitely do not enjoy when their employees comment about their mistakes. This leads many employees to keep their mouths shut when they notice something the boss is doing wrong, and no one dares to ever correct them. Which is what led the employee in the story below to take action in a different manner.

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  • When the employees in this story noticed that the boss is spelling the company name wrong in his emails, nobody wanted to be the one to point that out to him. This led one brave employee to show this mistake to the board of directors, in an attempt to damage the entitled boss's credibility.

    Keep reading to find out if it worked.

  • 01
    "Nobody has dared to speak up to him"
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  • 02
    If my boss is a horrible toxic person, should I tell my boss he's been spelling the company name wrong for over a year in his signature, and his regards is spelled reghards?
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  • 03
    My boss was heralded as our savior when he was hired, and he's been here for slightly over a year. Since he's been at our company, he's done nothing but create a fear
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    based controlling culture where every speak-up is met with harsh punishments. Lots of people who've been here a long time have left, and those who haven't are thinking about it.
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    He's also aloof, quick to judge, and acts before understanding. He thinks quick and decisiveness is key to looking good.
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    So it's been a year since he's been using the wrong company name in his signature, and his regards is spelled Reghards. Nobody's dared to speak up to him but everyone knows.
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  • 07
    I have been a long term employee here and I like what we've built, and I hate to have one person ruin it all? Should I just tell him?
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  • 08
    Petty revenge time.... I sent an anonymous email to our board of directors and they told him instead...... there is a serious loss of credibility for
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    him now, and he's scrambling to find out who whistle blew. I am just keeping my head down and pretending to work hard.
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  • 11
    CoderJoe1 Don't tell him. Have no reghrets about it.
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  • 12
    No_Description2301 This was the perfect response. I had a boss like this and he was a nightmare. I ended up ratting him out to ownership. They decided to talk to
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    some of our customers and by the end of the week he announced his "retirement". Things are much better now.
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  • 14
    blerieone Best thing you could've done OP, there's no thanks from people like that. Keep it up he'll soon be gone
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    laurajosan How do you send an anonymous email? Asking for a friend.
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    RevolutionFriendly56 OP You sign up for a Gmail account and pretend to be someone important, like an important customer.
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  • 17
    rpillbpills Keep on keeping your head down. Don't tell anyone anything. Let this buffoon keep being a buffoon. Hopefully, his superiors have a keen eye on him and will eventually document enough of his behavior to finally make the big decision.
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    III_Industry6452 You made a good choice to just let the directors know anonymously.
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  • 19
    RiverBlueMine nah, move in shadows and be petty. Let EVERYONE see how stupid he is by just letting him continue on... and get a new job if possible...
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    l_aim_to_sneeze Once I told my manager that it was "rote memorization," not "rope memorization" in a one on one meeting in a very polite manner. I said I was just letting
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    her know before her other one on ones. She made my life a living!!l after that and torpedoed 2 promotions I was up for. NEVER let your boss find out about this
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