'Serves him right.': Controlling factory manager left high and dry after being disrespectful to underpaid supervisor who no-shows while he's on vacation, sales come to a halt

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Aug 30, 2025 10:00 AM EDT

This factory supervisor was hired because the management thought she would be easy to push around. At first, like anybody, she was nervous and just trying to do her best and keep her job. However, after months of being underpaid and disrespected, she decided she had enough. Turns out this employee was actually very smart and ready to hit them with an epic plan of professional karma. She waited until the manager, who only allows himself and her to know logins and certain duties, went out of the country. With him far from the factory and unable to reach easily, she knew the factory was heavily dependent on her. So you know what she did? She simply did not come into work. She no-call-no-showed this controlling and mean factory manager. A simple move, but devastating for the business. Because, without her or the upper management, the company had to come to a halt. Nobody had any access to anything because this upper management was so controlling! She also made sure to not only not show up, but to completely ghost them. So if anybody reached out to her for help logging in to something or doing a task, they simply just had to not do it. A wins a win for the minimum wage workers!

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  • "The owner of my workplace sets crazy rules that backfire"

    I work part time contract because the Owner says I am too much money. I need the work so I work 3 days a week.
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  • The Owner is obsessed with control and secrecy even if it means destroying his business. We work as a vendor for retailers.
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  • He doesn't want anyone knowing what our factories are because he wants to control the communication with them.
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  • He does this through one girl who works there who he knows won't divulge the factories and he feels he can easily control
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  • and he berates her in another language we can't understand. He pays her like 45k a year and she makes everything happen.
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  • Well she just never showed up again and told no one last week. The Owner is away in another country.
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  • And now no one has any contacts with anyone in production at all. Sales cannot present anything or cost anything.
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  • Product cannot give feedback or approvals. Orders do not go through. No one has an email or contact lol.
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  • We make boring whatever items that are super easy to source. I could work with someone on Alibaba to make this stuff.
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  • He could have had employees sign a non disclosure or something. But he prefers total singular control.
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  • He hired an impoverished girl a few weeks ago to help with some other things.
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  • She makes minimum wage and has never worked in a business in this country.
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  • He just called her and told her, ' Do 's job.' And hung up. She can't even get into her email and is scared she will even lose this gig.
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  • We hope we're not the first person to tell you this, but if you are being extremely disrespected at your job, then quit. Or if you're not in a place to quit immediately, start looking for a new job, because you deserve better.

  • Historical-Pat... Convince your fellow employees to quit and start your own business together to compete against him.
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  • KarloffGaze Serves him right. If he wants all the control, he needs to be around ALL the time. He made himself indispensable alright.
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