15-year-old poultry farm supervisor gets talked down to because of his age, ‘promotes’ mean employee to waste duty: 'As it turns out, you still don't want to [mess with] your boss even if he's 15.'

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Jul 3, 2025 3:00 PM EDT

Remember when you first started working? It was most likely a very part-time gig that doesn't require any prior training. There are many rules and regulations about a minor on the job. However, when it comes to farming, in the U.S. at least, rules tend to be a little more relaxed. We're not hiring 14-year-olds to run heavy machinery (that I know of…)! But apparently we are hiring them to manage poultry farms. Chickens are cute and all, but they can be a lot of work and it takes a whole team to care for a large amount of them. And the way things are in the U.S. right now, yes, teenagers are being hired as supervisors… 

 

But, this isn't about the politics of it. We're here to congratulate this 15-year-old chicken farmer manager on his first successful professional malicious compliance! 

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  • He was promoted to supervisor because he was doing such a good job, which is why people should be promoted. However, since he is so young, he gets talked down about behind his back in a more severe way than the usual manager. So when he overheard one employee doing just that, when she asked for a raise, he gave her just that! Oh, she got a high hourly rate, but she also got the most hated job on the farm… 

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  • "Girlboss meeting her boss"

    I've been working at a poultry farm for about a year now (it's legal for 14 year olds to work in agriculture in my state), and I was always a hard worker who, in spite of my personal and brief
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  • legal troubles, was very productive and intuitive. As a result, I was very well liked by the management. The owner of the farm eventually acquired some more land, and
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  • the manager decided to break it down more, and appointed me as one of the assistant supervisors of the newly acquired chicken coops. I had this really annoying coworker who
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  • was always whining about "the patriarchy holding her back" and not being paid as much as the other workers. (She was just really lazy and spent all her time on her phone.) I
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  • overheard her trash talking me to a coworker, saying that she would have gotten the job, but that the owner passed her over because I'm as k-up.
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  • Later that day (she didn't think I had heard her), she asked me for a raise (she thought I was easy prey because I'm young). I planned just to turn her down, but I had a better idea.
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  • Unfortunately for her, the guy who got rid of the waste had just moved out, and he earned about 3-4 dollars an hour more than the other workers.
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  • So I assigned her waste duty. We still work together, I'm still her (assistant) supervisor, but she's gotten real quiet about my management skills. As
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  • it turns out, you still don't want to screw over your boss even if he's 15. (Yes I know most feminists aren't like that. I'm just telling the story as it was)
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  • MistraloysiusMithrax Talk hit, get hit. Also how cool are you that you still technically gave her higher-paying work. She can't say you didn't give her what she deserves, either way lol.
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  • Dr-Moth Just be careful that MC when you're in a management position doesn't become workplace bu ying. People should feel free to ask for raises or other requests without being punished for it. Having your team complain about you behind your back also comes with the
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  • management role. Accept it will happen and ignore it. If they do it in your face, then talk to them about it. If they persist, then you can take disciplinary actions against them. If you find an employee has gone quiet, it rarely means that they're happy with your authority, it often means that they're now job hunting.
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  • Illuminatus-Prime Eggcellent eggzecution!
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  • ZookeepergameLoose79 Man that's funny. I have no qualms with a younger boss, but every older boss I've had falls into boomer or boomer lite mentality. Love to see this MC, and she got the raise she wanted. She should be happy!
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