People Expose Their Idiot Bosses

Posted by S. Aji

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Let’s face it, hardly anyone really likes their boss. Still, there are the regular old annoying bosses, and there are bosses who take being an absolute idiot to another level entirely. Some bosses suck because they don’t understand boundaries and think their employees should be at their beck and call 24/7. Other bosses are far worse, actually breaking the law and taking advantage of the people working for them. And then there are those employers who are just plain stupid. This list is dedicated to those who are so dumb it makes their workers question whether they should be allowed to hold positions of power at all.

SOURCE: Reddit by u/andrewsmith1986

An 80K Mistake

This HR employee spilled the tea about their former boss’s thoughtless oversight, which ended up costing the company $80 thousand dollars! Apparently, their boss chucked over seven years of employee files, medical clearances, and I9 forms (aka Employment Eligibility Verification Forms) in the trash because she didn’t like the office to be cluttered and “hated paper.”

SOURCE: Reddit by u/elaxation

The worst part is that she didn’t even make computerized records first, not that they would’ve been permissible for auditing purposes. The company underwent an audit and received an $80,000 fine from the government for a mistake that any HR intern or someone capable of searching “how long must I retain employee files legally” would’ve avoided making.

Trains, Planes, and Automobiles

Some employers are so helpless they need a full-time babysitter instead of employees. One individual shared that their boss made them come over to their house, which was three trains away, to "fix" their laptop. They arrived only to discover that there was a problem with the mouse settings that took five minutes to fix.

SOURCE: Reddit by u/Ricky_RZ

How dependent does an adult have to be to need another person to come over and right-click for them? The only people we should be helping to do basic things on the computer are our own grandparents. A boundary has been crossed when an employer expects you to come to their house at the drop of a hat, no matter the hour or the distance.