The manager faces extensive resistance to the social media after pushing employees to work on a pre -approved time off, and even threatened to hit her bonus if she fails. The incident came out after a British expert at Ben Askins shared images of text exchange on Instagram.
While the identity of the manager and the employee was maintained anonymous, the story hit the chord online. Askins also posted a video about the situation on Tiktoku, which has since won more than 27 million views, and thousands condemned the manager’s behavior as “mad”.
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What did the boss say?
The problem began when the manager sent a team member and asked her to enter a colleague who would not come to work that day.
“Hey, Jasper won’t come today, so you have to handle the presentation,” the message read.
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The woman replied and reminded her manager that she had a day off. “Sorry, I can’t. Today I got for plans with the kids. I’ll come back on Monday,” she replied.
What happened next?
The boss’s response was stunned: “It wasn’t really a TBH request. I need you by 11:00.”
The employee pushed back and explained that he was working overtime and deserves an approved holiday – especially to spend time with his children. But the manager remained unsuccessful.
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“One day there’s not much to ask. I can cancel your day off and expect to be at 11 am,” he wrote.
“It does not feel very fair,” she stressed, emphasized and stressed that another colleague was simply at Brunch, while her family time was ignored.
The boss then sent the finals, the eyebrows increasing the message: “We will not lie. I decided what is fair. We will have an interview about our commitment when you are today. If you are not here, it is based on your bonus.”
As the Internet reacted
The exchange quickly attracted outrage online, with many expressing distrust of the dominant tone of the manager. A large number of commentators urged employees to escalate the matter to human resources and call the behavior of the boss unacceptable and toxic.
“The first text message should not be answered. It’s so simple,” Instagram commentator wrote.
“I am confused why people even react on days off, all working devices will turn off and each sent to privacy will be ignored,” another said.
“I hope it was reported HR,” the user added.
“That’s so rough,” another wrote.
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