New employee complains to HR about ‘unprofessional’ behaviour by boss. Receives termination email the next morning

Toxic workplaces drain the life out of you. Employees toil hard, commuting through daily traffic, reach the office on time, stay glued to their laptop screens relentlessly, barely get time to eat food and often have to devote extra hours to finish tasks. Amid this, many have to juggle meetings and deadlines, leaving them totally exhausted at the end of the day. But what sometimes adds to the menace is misconduct by seniors, bosses and managers, which ultimately leaves you broken. Recently, career counsellor Simon Ingari shared one such story of an employee on his X-handle.

Female employee complains about misconduct

In the post, Simon Ingari recounted the story of a female employee who joined a new company. After one month, she approached her HR manager, complaining about her supervisor. When the employee informed her HR that she would like to report a recent incident that happened with her, the HR appeared enthusiastic and told her that the company encourages professionals to speak up.


The employee then revealed that her supervisor has been showing unprofessional behaviour towards her. When the HR asked her to elaborate further on the matter, the new joinee shared that she felt mistreated by her supervisor. Hearing the employee talk about her situation, the HR expressed his apologies and asked her what action she took against the incident.

Female employee laid off soon after

To this, the employee shared that she tried pointing out the mistreatment to his supervisor on several occasions, but according to her, he did not seem to listen. That’s when the HR asked the professional whether she had reported the incident anywhere else. The employee confessed that she was speaking about the issue for the first time to the HR.

After the conversation, the HR told the employee that he had acknowledged the employee’s distress and would take the ‘most appropriate action’. But what happened the next morning showcased the brutal reality of most corporate cultures. The employee woke up to a termination email from the company. Ironically, the reason cited for her layoff was ‘poor attitude’.

The post concluded with Simon Ingari claiming that perhaps no action was taken against the supervisor, ‘who probably continued taking advantage of other female employees.’