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It seems like every day there’s another story online of a toxic supervisor or manager who makes their employees’ lives hell. So when you manage to find a boss you actually enjoy working for, you’ll likely cling to them as hard as you can. And anyone else, who’s forced to abide by a strict dress code and be no more than 10 seconds late each morning, might be a bit jealous…
One accountant who loves his laid back boss recently shared on Reddit how drama ensued in his office after his firm merged with another whose boss kept them on a tight leash. Below, you’ll find the full story, as well as some of the replies amused readers left.
After two accounting firms merged, this employee immediately picked up on hostility from his new colleagues
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So he decided to dangle some bait in front of them, and it didn’t take long for the office drama to ensue
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Joe Publique Joe Publique Community Member Follow
Lol, this is NOT good nor is it ‘malicious compliance’. Sensitive information deliberately left on an unsecured computer in a public space? Live payroll data? In a spiteful passive-aggressive act of pettiness? Sounds like OP has worked in the same ‘laid-back’ place for too long and has learned A LOT of bad habits which they mistakenly believe are standard industry practice. Why is OP angry? Because there's a dress code now, or they have to deal with people they don't like at work? Grow up. Stinks of professional misconduct and the company has every right to dismiss OP on the spot for negligence. In some places, what OP did is a criminal offence.
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LuckyTanuki LuckyTanuki Community Member Follow
Grow up? Stinks of professional misconduct? Know what really stinks of professional misconduct? People going through your personal belongings when they have no right to. And even worse, the company not taking any measures to stop them despite being told about it. With practices like that, hopefully the whole company burns down.
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Bored Birgit Bored Birgit Community Member Follow
I worked in payroll programming for 20 years. Always sensitive data. There are several features to save your screen when you leave - like lock screen, put a password on screensaver, checking out your user and others. Minimizing the screens is NOT a sufficient safety procedure, it nearly invites to snooping. And would have been a valid reason for job termination.
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LuckyTanuki LuckyTanuki Community Member Follow
Did you miss the point? He clearly KNOWS about data protection methods... He didn't use any on purpose to f**k over the people making him do something that's not his job. And from the sounds of it.... I HIGHLY doubt he gives a s**t about job termination considering that he is the only one who knows how to do what he does, and is clearly having problems with other coworkers that AREN'T getting solved.
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Dre Mosley Dre Mosley Community Member Follow
At my job, this act would have lead to termination. I work from home and my job is in Worker’s Comp where we deal with patient data, and even working remotely in our own homes, we’re expected to keep our computers secure, not even our babies should be seeing the info we’re dealing with.This was a petty act on your part and you should have been reprimanded at the very least. Discussing or revealing salaries is never encouraged.
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Israel Martinez Israel Martinez Community Member Follow
Except, he never discussed or revealed them ... he left that for somebody else to do and shoot himself in the foot doing so ...
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Joe Publique Joe Publique Community Member Follow
Lol, this is NOT good nor is it ‘malicious compliance’. Sensitive information deliberately left on an unsecured computer in a public space? Live payroll data? In a spiteful passive-aggressive act of pettiness? Sounds like OP has worked in the same ‘laid-back’ place for too long and has learned A LOT of bad habits which they mistakenly believe are standard industry practice. Why is OP angry? Because there's a dress code now, or they have to deal with people they don't like at work? Grow up. Stinks of professional misconduct and the company has every right to dismiss OP on the spot for negligence. In some places, what OP did is a criminal offence.
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LuckyTanuki LuckyTanuki Community Member Follow
Grow up? Stinks of professional misconduct? Know what really stinks of professional misconduct? People going through your personal belongings when they have no right to. And even worse, the company not taking any measures to stop them despite being told about it. With practices like that, hopefully the whole company burns down.
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Bored Birgit Bored Birgit Community Member Follow
I worked in payroll programming for 20 years. Always sensitive data. There are several features to save your screen when you leave - like lock screen, put a password on screensaver, checking out your user and others. Minimizing the screens is NOT a sufficient safety procedure, it nearly invites to snooping. And would have been a valid reason for job termination.
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LuckyTanuki LuckyTanuki Community Member Follow
Did you miss the point? He clearly KNOWS about data protection methods... He didn't use any on purpose to f**k over the people making him do something that's not his job. And from the sounds of it.... I HIGHLY doubt he gives a s**t about job termination considering that he is the only one who knows how to do what he does, and is clearly having problems with other coworkers that AREN'T getting solved.
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Dre Mosley Dre Mosley Community Member Follow
At my job, this act would have lead to termination. I work from home and my job is in Worker’s Comp where we deal with patient data, and even working remotely in our own homes, we’re expected to keep our computers secure, not even our babies should be seeing the info we’re dealing with.This was a petty act on your part and you should have been reprimanded at the very least. Discussing or revealing salaries is never encouraged.
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Israel Martinez Israel Martinez Community Member Follow
Except, he never discussed or revealed them ... he left that for somebody else to do and shoot himself in the foot doing so ...
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