Terrible bosses who got publicly shamed for being jerks
If you’re in a leadership position—be it as a boss, manager, or CEO—it’s your duty to lead your team with respect. Treat your employees badly, and don’t be shocked when they turn to the internet to air their grievances. These days, public accountability is a powerful way to keep things honest.
Keep scrolling to meet some bosses who absolutely earned being called out.
This Filter Is Anything But Clean
A Reddit user posted this photo revealing the state of the drinking water filter at their office.
Instead of getting it replaced, their boss insists it’s still working fine. Yikes…
Our Thoughts Exactly
This cat looks seriously annoyed—and for good reason. Its owner’s boss kept bragging about a five-dollar bonus for weeks, only to suddenly slash it down to just one dollar.
Looks like this kitty won’t be enjoying any fancy treats anytime soon.
There Was Plenty Of Room
Someone chose to install these two urinals way too close together in this workplace restroom.
Oddly enough, there’s a good amount of empty space just to the right of the second one.
How He Parks Every Day
This boss shows up in a big GMC van and takes up two parking spots every single day.
He’s either a terrible driver who shouldn’t be on the road—or he just couldn’t care less about everyone else.
Nobody Charges For Free
If you’re working somewhere, being able to charge your phone should be a given.
That’s just basic common courtesy. Honestly, this sounds like a terrible place to work.
Time To Get A New Pole
This warehouse pole looks like it’s barely hanging on. Since it supports the roof and clearly poses a serious safety risk, it might be time to replace it.
But the boss doesn’t seem to agree.
A Whole Pie
Someone brought a pecan pie to work to share with the team, but when she went to grab it from the fridge, it was nowhere to be found.
After searching around, she finally located the dish—completely empty—sitting on her boss’s desk.
The Messiest Cord Situation
This boss seems to think it’s perfectly acceptable for the cords under their employees’ desks to be a tangled mess like this.
Seriously, how many gadgets does one person need? This setup is pure chaos.
How This Boss Eats Her Fries
Each morning, this boss grabs a McDonald’s breakfast sandwich and fries—and this is how she tears open the bag to get to them.
Why not just lay the bag flat like most people would?
Well, That’s Spooky
This boss thought it would be funny to scare his employees by putting this creepy doll in the bathroom.
And it wasn’t even Halloween. That’s just wrong—she’s seriously creepy!
Glitter Everywhere
This employee was assigned to open her boss’s mail during the holiday season.
He received a bunch of Christmas cards filled with glitter—now she’s the one completely covered in it.
It Still Works
This boss claims the cabinet still works, even though it’s barely staying up—literally hanging by a thread.
The only thing holding it up is a string tied to a nearby staircase.
A Crime Against Pizza
This person works at a pizza shop where the boss doesn’t allow him or his coworkers to take home any leftover pizza.
Instead, everything gets thrown away at the end of the day.
A Very Strange Box
A Reddit user shared a bizarre image online with a curious caption.
“My boss has a chest filled with random items she likes. On my first day, she told me, ‘Look in the chest when you’re ready.'”
It’s Been Replaced
Reddit user BrokenDice16 shared this photo and explained what happened with their boss.
“I leave work for one day, and when I return, my boss has replaced my large monitor, which I use for making prototype models and engraving products, with this tiny one.”
Quitting Time
This person requested time off, but her boss refused to grant it—even though she was fully entitled to paid time off.
She decided to quit and go on vacation anyway.
A Good Reason To Quit
This person quit their job because they were assaulted at work and their boss won’t fire their attacker.
This is horrible. Everyone deserves to feel safe in their place of work.
A New Standing Desk
This person came back from vacation to see that his boss had replaced his desk with this dresser and piece of glass.
He also replaced his desk chair with a saddle chair.
The Worst Way To Text
The worst answer you could possibly give to a question that isn’t a yes or no question is a yes or no answer.
“Yes” does not give this person any information about when they should call.
That’s Soap
This boss likes to make soap in his spare time.
He brought in this gross soap to work and left it in the employee washroom. It does look frighteningly realistic.
Not How You Cut A Cake
This boss thinks that it’s perfectly acceptable to cut a cake like this.
Although, the employee who posted this photo did mention that all of the slices were remarkably even.
The Thing About Tips
Tips are supposed to be given to employees as a reward for them doing a good job.
At no point should an employer get their employees’ tips. We hope this sign is displayed for customers to see.
The Worst Gift
This Reddit user posted this photo online along with a caption explaining how weird this was.
“My boss gave this to me and told me he was thinking of me…(I’m pretty sure it’s human skin)”
The Grossest Spoon
This spoon is not rusty. It’s covered in dry tea.
It belongs to Reddit user kimberlyautumns’ boss. He uses it to drink tea three times a day and never washes it.
Another Bad Text
What is it with bosses and responding “yes” to texts that are clearly not yes or no questions?
Which one of those options is it? Is he going to just take them, or what?
He Has To Point
This boss is not capable of pointing without touching.
Look at all of those finger marks on this television screen. Somebody needs to get this guy a laser pointer, stat.
He Censored Her Cleavage
This woman explained that her boss made her cover up her cleavage at work by putting duct tape on her shirt.
It can be hard for us big-chested ladies to hide “the girls” with low-cut tops like this one, but this is where undershirts come in handy!
Time To Quit
These employees found a hidden camera in the bathroom at work, which means that their boss has been spying on them all totally illegally.
They all decided to quit at the same time.
It’s All Gone
Reddit user threedogcircus posted this photo and explained what their boss did when they were away.
“Back in the office for the first time since March 14th and my boss THREW AWAY my filing cabinet with ALL MY PERSONAL STUFF AND WORK FILES in it and replaced it with this… WHY??!”
How Lazy Can You Get?
This boss decided to throw out the box that his printer came in by just plopping it on top of a very small garbage bin.
That bin could fit inside the box.
How This Boss Opens Coffee
This boss thinks it’s a totally acceptable thing to do to open bags of coffee from the top, even though they clearly have an easy-pour spout.
This is not okay.
Bread Keeps Going To Waste
This boss always buys himself a loaf of bread to keep in the work kitchen, but he never eats it, and it always goes moldy.
This is so gross to look at.
