Furniture store manager makes employee apologize to lying customer, gets held back from promotion 6 months later because of their feedback: 'Sometimes you just have to accept being wrong'

Managers should always be cautious about how they treat employees, because they never know when it might come back to bite them.

Almost everyone in the working world has had the displeasure of working for a boss who let power go to their head, making their job much more miserable than it needs to be. They micromanage things that don't need their input at all, ignore any and all critique, and usually take a parental 'because I said so' attitude to the way that they act towards their subordinates, even if they end up being wrong. While of course, the primary function of a manager is to manage, there is a difference between doing that successfully and overruling everyone else simply because they have the authority to.

Although people can often get away with a lot when they are in a position of seniority at work, it is unwise to think that they will be infallible forever. So long as other employees have a voice, they are capable of using it in a way that may end up having some unfortunate consequences for their annoying boss. A lot of terrible managers benefit from the fact that their work style often drives people to find another job, leaving them with a fresh crop of individuals to terrorize without consequences. If these beleaguered employees stick around long enough, however, they may just find the opportunity to take revenge. Occasionally, the professional environment actually provides the appropriate opportunity to do something like that.