Always, always, always put everything your boss promises you in writing. Get to know the details of your company’s policies and leave a paper trail of any important verbal agreements between you, your manager, boss, and HR. Doing just those two things can save you a world of trouble down the line and you’ll sleep better at night.
That’s the message that redditor u/ClubWag, who used to work as a community pharmacist, sent the r/MaliciousCompliance subreddit and the internet at large. They explained how their boss—the ‘Bossman’—tricked them into believing that they got a promotion. A promotion that the boss promised in exchange for not asking for gas reimbursements while on the job.
Well, things took a very dramatic turn once the redditor decided that enough was enough and that it was time for some sweet payback. Though the Bossman wasn’t going down without trying to intimidate the heck out of them. You’ll find the full oh-so-satisfying work revenge story below, dear Pandas, so scroll down, and let us know in the comments what you think of it all.
A former community pharmacist learned some very harsh lessons about trust at their old workplace
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They explained the lengths that their boss went to in order to trick them over the years
When the truth came out, the redditor started putting their plan of revenge into action
Image credits: Yan Krukov (not the actual photo)
In short, the redditor’s boss made a lot of work-related promises that turned out to be flat-out lies. Nobody should have to deal with something like that. And u/ClubWag had the perfect response. In fact, it was a maliciously compliant response: they retroactively filled in all of the mileage reimbursement forms because they weren’t bound by a statute of limitation.
That amounted to over 21k dollars that had to be reimbursed. Non-taxable, of course, which was the cherry on top. However, the big bad Bossman tried to intimidate the employee and even threatened legal action. That didn’t turn out so well because the redditor had proof, in writing, of the boss finally admitting that for the past two years, the employee wasn’t given the job position that was verbally agreed upon.
It’s not just the sense of justice and the money that were the redditor’s rewards. They also got to spread the word about the reimbursement policy to a lot of colleagues. Meanwhile, this entire nasty situation actually got them to make a great career move and actually surpass their boss.
Earlier, financial expert Sam Dogen told Bored Panda about the importance of leaving a paper trail and knowing how to manage your manager.
“Managing your manager entails keeping him or her abreast of what you are up to. It means highlighting your key wins and reminding them at the end of the year about what you did in the first half of the year,” he told us.
“It is very important to keep everything in writing. Over time, we tend to forget our interactions. By keeping things in writing, we can better remember situations and better argue for ourselves when it comes to asking for a raise and a promotion,” he said that this can help us when asking for a raise or solving any work-related issue.
Meanwhile, Eddy Ng, the Smith Professor of Equity and Inclusion at Queen’s University, explained to us that a strong leader is someone who always does the right thing and uses their principles and morals to guide their actions.
On the flip side, a weak leader is someone who dithers or only does the things that end up making them popular. While a strong leader is humble, a weak one might be insecure and egoistic.
“The notion of servant leadership is gaining attention in the workplace. Although it is associated with many of the strong leadership traits such as empathy, selflessness, and humility, the focus is on the leader’s propensity to serve (or support) their followers. Servant leaders empower and lift up followers (employees) to motivate and fuel their passion,” the professor told us.
Here’s what people had to say after reading the riveting story. Some of them shared their own similar experiences
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