Boss targets employees one at a time until they quit, leading targeted employee to push back and look for ways to stop her: ‘I'm writing to the board’

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Jun 29, 2026 12:00 PM EDT

Have you ever had a boss who made you want to buy them a "world's worst boss" mug?

Surely, we all had a few of those. Some bosses make it their personal mission to create the most hostile workplace environment for their employees, just because they enjoy the power they get to hold over others. Instead of using their influence for good, to actually create a safe space for people, a kind of office where workers truly enjoy arriving every morning, they do the exact opposite. Mainly because they know they can get away with it, because who in their right mind will risk their job to stand up to the boss?

I'll tell you who, brave people like the employee who shared the story below. This employee bore witness to some awful behavior by their boss and decided to stand up to her. They had to watch as one employee after another had to quit because of her, while no one else dared to stop her. She constantly targeted employees she knew had no leverage on her, who wouldn't be able to make her stop, while anyone above her stayed out of it, time after time.

Only one employee was brave enough to push back, but to no avail; the situation remains the same.

Honestly, I wouldn't blame anyone who decides to quit when dealing with this kind of boss every single day, but quitting is giving her exactly what she wants. She gets to keep her job while chasing others away, and maybe it is time to put a stop to it all. To stand up to the problem and chase her away for good.

So, the employee now turns to the wisdom of strangers on the internet to seek advice. Is there anything they can do to get this boss to stop? Is there anyone they can involve who can get her out of the office?

Keep scrolling for the full story!

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  • My old boss bulied people one at a time, and every time someone quit she just moved to the next victim. Nobody stopped her.

    I freelanced for this nonprofit for like two years and honestly it took me embarrassingly long to see how fed up their playbook was.
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  • Woman holding a ‘World’s best boss' mug
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    Woman holding a 'World's best boss' mug

  • So the woman I reported to, she always had one person she was going after. Like there was always a target, and once that person finally broke and quit or got
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  • pushed out, she just moved onto the next one. And looking back it was so obviously never random. It was always whoever was the most
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  • isolated like the junior hire or the remote contractor, or even at one point lol someone who was literally off on sick leave.
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  • And it was the same playbook essentially. she'd make you look stupid in meetings, sc_w around with your pay and literally break employment law, which is f. king
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  • insane. nobody really did anything because the people she picked were the people with ZERO leverage, no one above her willing to step in.
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  • I was the one dumb enough to actually push back lol. And shocker, they soon 'moved in another direction' lol.
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  • Serious workers during a business meeting, presented by models.
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    Serious workers during a business meeting, presented by models.

  • Anyway this persons still there. and that's ping me off. also I was working from another country so there's basically nothing I can do legally even if I wanted to, and
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  • meanwhile she's just sat there still doing the exact same thing to some new person right now as I type this.
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  • so I guess what I'm actually asking, what the h l can I do? I was thinking of writing to the board but will that even do anything? |
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  • just don't wanna waste mytime. Oh also a couple other people have said that they'd write something too, so it wouldn't be just me.
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  • Farmgirlmommy My boss at a nonprofit did this. The day she fired me without cause for standing up I wrote to the board. The next day they showed up and
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  • fired her in front of everyone I'm told. Didn't save my job but was very satisfying to hear.
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  • pumpkinzh Definitely write to the board maybe a joint letter with some others so it doesn't look like you're just bitter after being sacked.
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  • Seek legal advice for unfair dismissal. Make sure you have specific examples of incidents.
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  • Dramatic_Lab_103 Document everything. And after you document a few you hope she targets you. Lawyers love that s' 't lol
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