Employee walks out on job after boss continually threw things, yelled at her employees: 'She screamed so hard she would turn entirely red'

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JR Atkinson • Writer and Editor
May 28, 2026 9:00 PM EDT

Would you walk out of a job where you were getting yelled at?

For most of us, that is a pretty clear situation. No job is worth your dignity. If you're walking into work and being disrespected, there is no reason to continue going. That's exactly what the person in this story did, and they shared their experience over on the r/antiwork subreddit. You deserve to work with people who see your worth and want to reward you for your work. Even if you mess up, you don't need someone yelling in your face about it. There are other ways to deal with that, like adults. There is never any reason to take out your own pain and frustration on an unsuspecting bystander. If you're not a toddler anymore, which you probably aren't, given the fact that you have a job, then you have to handle your problems as such. You can't just expect that everyone is going to bend to your will and do what you want them to do. Intimidation is no way to lead; it only creates fear. If people only do what you want them to do out of fear, then that will not last forever. As soon as they get wise and realize that they don't have to work in an environment that doesn't encourage and reward them. The best bosses know how to lead with kindness, not with intimidation. The bosses in this story needed to learn that, but had a long way to go. 

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    A woman, representing an angry boss, yells at a male colleague

  • Just left my second job this year due to having a boss who screams and throws things, is this the new norm?

    Earlier this year, I left a job where my supervisor threw and broke items in a warehouse. He would scream at the top of his lungs because he thought that was the best way to get everyone to listen to him. He especially loved to do this while calling people "f'ing a- holes" and names I can't post here. I left because I felt my nervous system was always on high and I went to a Receptionist position in a doctor's office.
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  • This position was actually worse. The office manager would pull the staff into meetings where she would also scream at the top of her lungs and call everyone (mostly female staff) stupid *unt's
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  • She threw things as well and slammed her office door to assert dominance. She would scream across the office with patients present. She screamed the second you walked in, screamed about your appearance, and screamed so hard she would turn entirely red.
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  • The worst thing about this woman is that she had younger staff starting at age 16-17 and was telling them things like "You'll never find another job like this in medical you're too young" and "I dare you to try and find employment elsewhere.". She loved to make people cry.
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  • Is anyone else seeing an uptick in supervisors who scream at the top of their lungs? I am 45 years old and have no need for this type of environment so I just walk out. These supervisors are my age and it's quite bizarre to watch them fly off the handle.
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  • Commenters agreed that this was over the line.

    youngboomer62 Screaming and throwing things? Perfectly normal. For a 3 year old.
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  • The best employees know how to stand up for themselves, and that's exactly what this one did. They had lived enough life to know that they don't need to put up with yelling and screaming. That's kind of the bare minimum for working a job, and you should fight for it. Keep reading to see the full story here, and decide what you would have done in that situation. Then let us know what you think about it in the comments. There is a lot to parse through, so let the discourse roll.

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    A model representing an angry boss yells and wrings her hands.

  • fieldyfield Definitely not, and that behavior should never be tolerated
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  • abgry_krakow87 Those bosses ab ive and toxic AF. poor leadership and all they're going to do is run their companies into the ground. They have no business being in such a position.
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  • makeitgoaway2yhg It's not new. Plenty of industries with a clearly defined hierarchy (medicine, law) have this kind of behavior. I've worked under a couple, myself.
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  • Having said that, just because it's normal in certain industries doesn't make it okay. Document everything, draft a letter to HR (not because they'll actually do anything but because an employment lawyer will ask if you ever reached out to them), and keep looking.
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  • This is also an employer's market. They believe they're allowed to be terrible because their employees need the paycheck. This isn't about you. It's about them. It WILL turn around and karma WILL get them eventually. You just probably won't be there to see the karma, because you'll be in a better job with decent supervision.
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  • CancelThaNoise That's definitely not new, there have always been terrible bosses. I once had a manager at a restaurant about 10 years ago who cried and flipped over a table when his NFL team lost a game.
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  • thewharfartscenter_ That's why I walked from my dream job. The previous firm I worked for has an owner that thinks is her mission to take her personal rage out on her staff, and because of this, her BFF
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  • does it too. The day I walked was the day I got screamed at by both of them for saying "How was I supposed to know?" When asked why I didn't do something that required a psychic when I am in fact not one. I was told I woke her baby up when it
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  • was her and Brenda screaming at me. They've bled through 5-6 more of me in the last year, and they finally accepted that no one will work with them, but it's not THEIR fault.
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  • davidmitchellseyes What are you supposed to say about this in future interviews? "wasn't a good culture fit"? I've quit the last two jobs because of this as well and I WANT to say,
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  • "I don't respond positively to ab e" but I feel like employers see that attitude as a problem.
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  • salted_sclera I had a weird AF coworker try to scream at me. She thought if she screamed "how are you" I wouldn't confront her. I made her admit she was stressed with work. Funny enough, her
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  • and our boss connected after I told our boss what happened, she became buddy buddy with her, asked me why I didn't like (screamer) within earshot of her, and then one day (screamer) was in with HER
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  • MOTHER (screamer is probably 35 years old btw), and was at the table with boss and a director. Boss came out of that meeting crying, Imfao.
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  • Petrosinella94 My first job after university was with two managing directors who had drinking problems and anger management issues. I did just over a year before I got out... don't stick around.
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