Worker Asks The Online Community If They’re In The Wrong For Sharing An Overheard Conversation Between Their Boss And An Intern, Resulting In Over 2 Dozen Employees Quitting

From the very start of our career journey, we get taught that we must always put our feelings and emotions aside on a dusty shelf when dealing with a job. It is believed that feeling anything other than that energized “I’m ready to do anything” sensation could affect a company’s dynamic and, of course, what management would want their employees to actually act like humans?

Most of us are so used to bottling up our emotions until we literally burn out that it ends up leading to a bunch of issues in our everyday lives, which essentially could’ve been easily avoided. However, these days people are not afraid to raise awareness of things that make us feel less human—so there is hope that one day, workplaces can finally become safe for all of us.

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A company that promotes an unethical work environment usually doesn’t last long

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But for now, this real-life story that fits into a similar category was posted on one of Reddit’s famous communities, asking online users if the Redditor was wrong for doing what they did. The post received 11K upvotes and a gripping discussion.

This is the story of how toxic and selfish work relationships can lead to mass quitting

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The OP began their story by sharing how the company that they worked for at the time was showing signs of being rather corrupt and amoral.

The organization decided to cut its employees’ salaries, although it promised certain things such as a 10% bonus and an increased wage. But unfortunately, it reneged on its promise.

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As a result, 20% of the department decided to quit. However, the OP wanted to stick with the company at least until the next year.

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Although the OP’s plan failed when they happened to overhear an infuriated conversation that their boss and an intern were having, where the intern was asking for some time off due to a very saddening and personal circumstance.

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This situation was a breaking point for the OP, and they immediately sent out their resignation letter.

Besides, considering that the management was already showing multiple signs of disrespect towards their staff, the OP decided to also mention the humiliating conversation that they happened to eavesdrop on.

Since the resignation letter was sent to the whole company, as is standard procedure for this organization, other employees instantly emailed the OP back, anxious to know what manager could’ve done a such thing.

And as a respectful employee, the OP personally shared the manager’s name with whoever was concerned by this situation and the staff realized how unprofessional and disappointing the company actually was.

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Appropriately, people were shocked and started sending resignation letters, which resulted in the company losing over 24 employees on top of those 20% that quit before all of this happened.

In addition, the company decided that they hadn’t been nearly cruel enough and began shutting down the staff’s emails before they left, so there would be no possibility of linking their LinkedIn or leaving phone numbers.

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Management topped it off by scolding the OP, as he was at risk of losing his job. But the Redditor made sure to point out that they don’t empathize with him.

Needless to say, this whole situation is something else, as you would think that people have at least a little bit of common sense in them, especially when it’s someone that people often look up to.