In summary, an employee was disciplined by a company’s CEO for failing to address her as “Ma’am.”
The social media post went viral.
The handwritten punishment lines in corporate chat were requested by the CEO.
A company’s CEO and a senior employee got into an altercation at work that went viral on social media. The cause? As punishment for addressing her without “Ma’am,” the CEO allegedly made the senior employee write “I will not call you by your name” 100 times. Users began to doubt the CEO’s leadership style after reading about the incident in a Reddit thread.
The employee had been referring to the CEO by name for more than a year, the post stated. But as a punishment, the employee was suddenly required to handwrite the lines and turn them in before the end of the day.
To exacerbate the situation, the CEO allegedly insisted that the worker post the handwritten remarks on the group chat for the business.
The Reddit user remembered the original post and recounted the story based on a friend’s experience. “You won’t believe what happened to my senior today.” Why, they wondered, wasn’t a straightforward private discussion sufficient? “She could’ve just warned her privately.”
The CEO’s actions were criticized on social media as being archaic and degrading. One commenter wrote, “Name the company,” while another one added, “Your friend just missed their shot at the most legendary job resignation story ever.”
Not everyone, though, supported the employee. The worker is an idiot. He could have published this to LinkedIn along with the firm name and written the top 100 reasons to quit,” one user commented.
Another person commented, “The CEO treated that senior as a child, but why does the senior call her by name if they already know that she is uncomfortable being called by her name?”
Though opinions differed, most people agreed that the CEO’s actions were unacceptable. Some online users suggested that respect, not school-style discipline, should be promoted in professional settings.
