Boss cheers and claps after employee puts her 2-week notice in: 'She has been one of the worst, if not the worst, bosses I have ever worked for.'

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Emmy Pratt • Senior Editor
May 7, 2026 8:30 PM EDT

Who does she think she is?

A lot of people think that a "good employee" will be good no matter what environment you put them in, but that's simply not true. Many internally motivated people in the workforce lose that motivation when they realize that those around them are unwilling to give them the freedom to use their ambition, stifling it instead. Nobody can be completely internally motivated. Everyone wants their boss to recognize when they've done a good job, and if a great employee never gets a pat on the back, promotion, or raise, they are not going to stay at that company for very long.

It's really hard to work for someone who expects the world of you when you're not willing or able to give them the world. Employers and employees alike should figure out in the interview process whether 12+ hour workdays are feasible. If an employer needs employees willing to put in 12, 14, or 16 hours of work, they shouldn't try to force that kind of lifestyle on employees who are only willing to work 8 hours a day. If they try to force a 9-5er to work 24/7, they're just going to make them resent the job and quit, and that's not good for anyone involved. 

The boss in this story wants everyone around her to be as intense about her job as she is, and can't wrap her head around the idea that you can't force motivation onto people. Her employee quit because of her inane demands, and both of them couldn't be happier about it.

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  • A woman joyfully dancing with arms raised
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    Cruel boss jumps around and cheers after finding out her employee put in her 2-week notice. 

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  • I put in my two-week notice and my boss went to the bathroom to cheer and clap.

    This week I finally put in my two weeks notice at a job I hate. My boss went into the bathroom and clapped then audibly cheered. She has been one of the worst if not the worst boss I have ever worked for. She talks cr p under her
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  • breath where we can still hear her. Says we use the bathroom too much. This job is her life while me and my co-worker have a life outside of work. She's unmarried with no kids. She expects us to work late and judges us for taking a lunch. She has us work 12, 14,
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  • Two confident colleagues in smart casualwear and eyeglasses discussing financial news or projects of their company by cup of coffee
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    Two employees take a lunch break together, much to their boss's chagrin.

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  • 16 hour days, weekends and wishes we could work holidays. I'll admit I have made some mistakes which she brought up. One being the week after I started. It's hard not to when
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  • there are a million things that come up on top of my regular job duties. I finally found a new job. I'm so glad to be leaving.
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  • ETA: I didn't mean to imply that her not being married and having no kids is why she is the way she is. I have no kids and am not married. I don't mind working hard or working extra every once in a while but it got to be way too much.
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  • MJblowsBubbles Congratulations on your new job! I'm glad you are out of that toxic environment.
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  • randamnthoughts2 OP Thank you so much. I am too. Comes with a little pay bump too but at this point I would've taken anything to get away.
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  • heatherlj88 I hope you also went into the bathroom cheered!
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  • randamnthoughts2 OP Dang, I should have. I was just a ball of anxiety
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  • GullibleCrazy488 Do it on your last day just before you walk out the door for the final time. HI, I'll join you.
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  • JPKtoxicwaste I am looking forward to the days when you are not destroyed by anxiety every single day going to work. Or destroyed by anxiety just thinking about the next time you have to go to work. I have been there and it is such a huge life changing experience. It's like getting out of an ab_ive relationship. Like putting down a huge heavy load you have been carrying and once you walk away you feel like your feet barely touch the ground. I wish this for you. Go forward and prosper, friend. Yo
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  • Only Tip9560 Is you notice period contractual? If not, I would have walked straight out after that.
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  • randamnthoughts2 OP No, it's not but at that point I hadn't gotten another job yet. I just couldn't take it anymore. But I had an interview yesterday and was told I got the job last night. I don't want to screw over my co-worker so I'm going to work the two weeks and be done with them
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  • Tirno93 If a workplace can't cope with one person missing that's the employer's fault, not the missing employee. You should be prepared to walk out the moment they push your button
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  • climabro What a miserable person
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  • randamnthoughts2 OP She really is. In her performance review they said she can't keep employees. Now I know why
    via u/randamnthoughts2
  • TheCrimsonSteel If they do exit interviews, and she's not part of it, feel free to confirm every criticism they gave her in her performance review, especially why you're leaving
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  • randamnthoughts2 OP I'm waiting until my last day to do the online exit interview then I plan to be completely honest
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  • Young confident businesswoman in eyeglasses sharing her ideas of developing new business perspectives with colleague by cup of coffee
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    Former employee exposes their cruel boss's antics during their exit interview. 

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  • Turridunl Have a farewell drink with your colleagues and don't invite her.
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  • curious382 Ignore. Maybe she was celebrating her bathroom achievement. Maybe she was "accidentally" trying to goad you. You're on your way out. You don't have to focus on her personality flaws.
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