Entitled boss shuts down employee then goes on vacation, returns to his consequences: ‘I have never been so excited to attend a Monday morning [meeting].’

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Jun 18, 2025 1:00 PM EDT

Well, well, well, if it isn't the consequences of your actions. Too many times entitled upper management gets away with being the biggest reason for all the issues in the company. Is there like a course all bosses take that teaches you how to blame your employees for everything even though it was clearly your fault? Because it feels like there is… In the case of this entitled boss, however, the consequences came back in a most glorious fashion. 

 

You see, he called out an employee for asking a question that actually very much needed to be asked. He basically said it was a stupid question and "moving on." But this guy made a big mistake—he went on vacation right after. You see, the project was almost finished, but then BAM—the thing the employee questioned happened and the entire project got lost. The higher ups were very upset, but the manager wasn't there to pivot the blame. So a long email chain went on explaining by multiple employees how it was his fault and he was on vacation, so he never answered one of them. 

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  • Now, he's back from vacation and going to get quite the earful first thing in the morning. The employee who got called out for the “stupid question” is SO excited to be vindicated. 

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  • “Don’t ask questions.”

    A new policy at work is we can't talk to coworkers in other departments and we are not allowed to fix their mistakes. Math error? Nope. Typo? Nope. Can't open the attachment. Never.
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  • We have to go to our manager who goes to their manager who goes to the coworker and then the process reverses. Oh and we're all in different time zones, some folks work in Hawaii others in Beijing. Some
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  • managers English is so bad, you can't understand them. 12 hours is the average time to get a math error corrected like "the chart on page 6 is showing the result of 200 divided by 16 instead of 26. Please correct." Seriously, this
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  • was the nature of a 14- hour delay last week and I was told it was "close enough." Mind you, we do precision work. The managers told us to stop asking questions because it delays the project.
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  • "Just go with your gut. If it's wrong, it's not going to come back on the team. Use the figures you're given." Sure, Jan.
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  • We had a big complex project and the documentation we received was absolute sh. I pointed out a specific problem in the document, something contradictory and requested a meeting with someone in that department to discuss.
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  • During a team meeting, I was called out in front of my peers for asking "needless" questions. Okay, and f you.
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  • The Manager decided to take a few days vacation right as we finished and then prepared to start another "urgent" project. We had multiple questions that literally stalled the new project, but it never floated to the top of the punch bowl at this party.
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  • That's because the unthinkable happened. The big complex project was kicked back for doing the very question I raised in the meeting.
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  • "Clearly, the team didn't understand, so why didn't you go over it? The documentation is not clear on this matter and someone should have raised the issue instead of just bumbling ahead."
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  • It was beautiful to read the email chain chewing their out knowing my boss wasn't there to conceal this epic f The team knowing how bad management failed while also vindicating me is just icing on the cake. A
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  • couple coworkers reached out to me thanking me for forcing the issue in the meeting because this cannot come back on us. Higher ups are ped. The entire project had to be reworked, adding two days to that while the new project is stalled.
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  • Greg is due back from his vacation and I have never been so excited to attend a Monday morning stand up. I only hope he checked his email this weekend and it ruined his vacation. If only we were allowed to ask questions...
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