Boss supports new employee by holding off woman's promotion after she screamed at her

Sometimes, a person might find themselves in an office with a very attentive boss. Such bosses might also be working to make the workplace as fair and equitable for everyone as possible. In a similar scenario, a boss held off a promotion of a woman who was being snarky to a new employee while telling them how to do something. The story was shared by the boss, u/Ukcheatingwife, on Reddit and many people took to the comments section to support the person.

"At my company, we’ve recently had a position come up for a supervisor in our warehouse. I wanted to promote from within, so I put a notice up that anyone is welcome to apply and I’ll consider everyone. It’s an extra £5 an hour, so I had a lot of people apply," the person shared. "I’ve also been recruiting in the warehouse as it’s got busy and took on another 10 members of staff. I always try and pay £5 an hour above market average to make sure I get better applicants, but it also means I get a hell of a lot of applicants. Hiring these ten people meant sifting through over 1000 applicants." Eventually, the person found the ten applicants they were looking for and they were great. 

 "One of the new starters is quite a timid woman in her early 20s. On her second day, she asked one of the other women who worked there, named Heather, where to put a certain item once it had been unpacked. I was walking past when I heard Heather let out a big sigh and say, 'I told you this yes ter day, you to f*** ing learn,'" while clapping after each word. "I was fuming. I hate it when people type like that on social media, but to hear one of my more senior employees talk to a young new starter like that on her second day really pissed me off." The boss immediately called the woman in their office. "I was honest with her and said that out of all the applicants for the supervisor role, she was in my top three I was considering, but I will now not be considering her at all. She asked why and I told her. I said after what I just saw, I believe she will be the type who would let any sort of power and authority get to her head and treat people cruelly."

"I said she was just asked a simple question by a new starter and she proceeded to embarrass her and belittle her in front of other coworkers and that is not the sort of person I want supervising a team of 20," the boss expressed. "She was so angry and has since lodged a complaint saying it’s unfair she’s no longer being considered for the job and she feels she’s being victimized for the way she communicates." The boss shared that they don't feel that they did anything wrong by not giving the person that job, but maybe the reason shouldn't have been shared. People took to the comments section to support the boss.

u/naeviie_ wrote, "It wasn't petty, it was direct. Her inability to communicate in a professional and respectful manner is the exact reason she's being passed up, and if she has any brains at all, she'll take that to heart." u/Eaterofkeys commented, "She's showing ongoing poor professionalism and poor judgment by complaining to HR about this. She was given direct, immediate, private feedback from a superior at work and is reacting very badly." u/RebeccaMCullen remarked, "Heather's attitude if she ever moves up, is the kind of attitude that would cost the company money. She let her colors show when she thought she could get away with it."