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Am I the Jerk?

Entitled Boss FORCES US to WORK even if we CAUGHT COVID...so we all banded together AND GOT REVENGE

Am I the Jerk?

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Society & Culture, Relationships

4.83.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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0:00.0

My entitled boss forces his employees to work while they have COVID-19.

0:04.7

And even though I tried to warn him several times, he still decided to shift the blame on the

0:09.2

people getting sick and claiming that we were all getting sick just to prove a point.

0:13.4

So me and the rest of the office decided to get petty, and we reported him to the state,

0:17.9

resulting in several fines and many surprise inspections. Here's what happened.

0:22.4

So I'm paralegal in a large metropolitan city in the United States.

0:26.3

And at the time of the height of the COVID-19 pandemic,

0:29.5

I worked for a decently sized personal injury firm. Despite having the largest caseload and

0:34.5

the laziest and most toxic attorney in the firm, our boss decided that I would be the COVID

0:39.5

captain, meaning I had to have every employee, higher-ups, and boss included.

0:44.0

Fill out a COVID questionnaire every morning when they came in, as well as take their temperatures.

0:49.1

Everyone complained and moaned about how strict I was enforcing the rules.

0:52.8

But for a few months, we did well with keeping our office COVID-free. When the holidays were

0:57.3

approaching, I advised my boss and the other managing attorneys in a meeting that because everyone

1:02.6

was going home to see their families over the holidays, we should have everyone work from home

1:07.6

for the first 10 days of the new year, just to try and prevent the high possibility,

1:12.0

as well as the high probability that there might be some kind of outbreak.

1:15.4

My boss smirked and said he didn't even see a reason to. As even if someone was COVID positive,

1:21.2

they can just work from home and the rest of the office can still come in.

1:25.0

I pointed out that while that would be ideal, if one of the attorneys came in while positive,

1:30.2

and sat in their office, all the other attorneys including himself would be exposed,

1:35.2

because all the offices were on the same wall, meaning the air vents in those offices all shared

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