#Good Boss

[colby-jac-cheese]

My boss: OK what music should be have today? *looks straight at me*

Me immediately: you don't want to ask me that, my first thought is musicals

Him: you're right, I don't wanna ask you. I hate musicals. We'll do rock. . . Maybe some Heathers and beetlejuice.

Me: :D can we have starkid? :D

Him: I don't know that one so no.

Also him 5 seconds later: . . . Meant to be yours . . . Here *hands me his phone* pick your favorite beetlejuice song

[lightthewaybackhome]

When someone writes your boss a fairly horrible and long complaint about you, you humbly go to him to deal with the complaint, and he laughs and laughs, tells you peoole are ridiculous and need to get a life, then you brain storm about how to better handle expectations, and life goes on.

[thoughtsfrombehindthecounter]

I've been fighting off a cold for the last 2 weeks but I must look and sound like hot garbage. My boss came in for coffee and very gently asked me if I need to leave early. As stressful as this job is sometimes I would straight up die for my boss.

[starwolf999]

Lmao, someone walked into our office and was asking for help finding someone to set up a monitor for training in another room. My boss came out and the lady was like 'yeah im sorry i dont remember who im supposed to ask for and i dont know who you guys are' and my boss said 'oh this is foster care!' And they both laughed and i said 'if youre looking for tec support they are at the other end of the hallway' and she said thank you and left.

Then my boss was like 'hey im proud of you for not offering to help her yourself' and i was like lmao i was thinking about it 🙃

[monsieurenjlolras]

you've heard of "quiet quitting," now I'd like to introduce you to the next level, The French Work Ethic:

Do exactly what you're paid for and nothing more

Absolutely refuse to be available to contact when you're off the clock

Never prioritize work over your own health, wellbeing, or family because that would be insane, it's just a job.

Have a little glass of wine

Take as long as you feel like for lunch

Deeply understand that work doesn't matter

Make sure your boss knows they're always your second priority ❤️

[glitter-stained]

Random goon: Hey boss, were you the one to pick that name as an alias? And why this one?

Red Hood : I used to have another name, before... A long time ago. But that person is dead now. I get to choose for myself now, they can't take that from me. I won't let them.

Goon: Huh.

***

Random Goon: Say boss, why do you never take off your shirt in front of us?

Red Hood: Well uh, I actually have that really fucked scar on my chest and I'm not comfortable with...

Random Goon: Don't worry boss, we get it, you don't have to explain yourself to us.

***

Red Hood, high on some toxin: God, I wish my family...

Random Goon (on boss-sitting duty): why not try reaching out to them?

Red Hood: They would never accept me as I am now... They wouldn't agree with my so-called "life choices". Besides, they don't miss me, they miss the person they think I used to be... I wasn't even a man when I last saw them.

Random Goon: Damn boss, that sucks.

***

And then the goons throw the Red Hood a party on trans visibility day and Jason is so confused he straight up cries.

[ramon-balaguer]

Perhaps you’ve heard of this company and its owner or at used their famous products but do you his story? This is a short article that warms your heart and keeps hope alive…

[cherry-hearted]

it’s my birthday today and my new boss (started new job this week) called me at 8am to wish me a happy bday before work. he said he thought of calling me at 5am but wasn’t sure i’d be up. i didn’t even tell him it was my bday!

i chose the right job.

[katbythewindow]

Sometimes I enjoy scaring men who try to be misogynistic towards me. Like the other day I was getting yelled at by my boss on a conference call for something that happened while I wasn’t an employee, just because I’m the one woman team lead in a field position.

So I asked why none of my questions I’ve asked since taking the position have been answered, and brought receipts. Then I opened the door to the conference room he was in (having driven to the office while he was ranting), disconnected the call, sat down, and continued rebut every one of his complaints while projecting the screenshots on the conference room wall while I looked this man dead in the eyes.

Meanwhile, my immediate supervisor (who had forgotten to mute) was snickering like a college freshman at a frat rush. Needless to say, I’m my immediate boss’ favorite hire.

[narrative-driven-off-a-cliff]

Don't settle for a bad boss

"All upper management is like this" "This is just what it's like working for a big company" NO. No it isn't. I work for a chain grocery store and my boss is AMAZING.

I've emailed her about making a schedule change after I missed the window and she's made the changes anyway

Heard that we get a raise after six months of working. Asked her about this (much later in) the same day I got a warning about counting transactions correctly. She was so chill both times and advocated for me to get said raise

I found a potato in the parking lot and brought it in. I asked if I could keep it, she said no because they were going to compost it. I was jokingly upset. Later mentioned it was my birthday. Went to bathroom, came back to find a balloon attached to the potato that read "Happy Birthday ____, from (boss' name) (other employee on shift's name) and potato.

She doesn't want me reading the trash pop culture magazines during down time on my shift but I don't even mind because I'm not bored around her, she jokes with me and makes work really fun

We've had disagreements (I think we've only had one right now actually) and we'll likely have more in the future, but the important thing is she cares about her employees. And we're a mix of teens, college students, and older people just looking for a part time job. She knows and remembers stuff about us, and she advocates for us. That shouldn't be a privilege, that should be a right.

There are good bosses out there. There are good jobs out there. Don't feel like you have to stick with a job that doesn't treat you well because it's not like anywhere else is better. Other jobs have caring atmospheres. Don't settle.

[urfavoritemistake]

made a little chart

bonus bc it makes me giggle:

[colby-jac-cheese]

Me: *hauls ass after camp crew orientation to make it to kp on time*

Boss: >:( weren't you supposed to be at the camp thing?

Me *hyperventilating*: yeah, I got all the important parts-

Him cutting me off: did you run here?!

Me: *nodding* gave myself an asthma attack

Him: you stupid mo-

[audreyh002]

Today my boss said she understood why I took a sick day last Wednesday after running the whole department alone for a week and a half (also with the huge curveball I was thrown) and then she said “but if you need to take sick time to make up for your body shutting down because work is too stressful, then that’s not sustainable. Our goal is to make your job so that you don’t have to do that.”

And my brain was like whatthefuck. you mean it’s not a badge of honor at this organization to carry everyone through heroically all by myself and then collapse at the end??

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Dog Meshi.

[wr1t3w1tm3]

I'm starting training for a summer camp adjacent job and had to ask my boss if we had coffee (b/c I am addicted and must make preperations).

My question:

Her response:

[somnoir]

My father's secretary

Danny Fenton did not expect to be secretary material but after 7 years of being a hero and having Jazz as his elder sister, he was damn good at it. He needed a job, he knew that, and Wayne Enterprises was willing to hire a 21 year old taking online college classes for aerospace engineering.

And he was fucking thankful for that cause Mr. Wayne was pretty neat and bought him good food and coffee whenever he looked out of it. Half his family were already in Gotham with only his parents in Amity. They were finally reformed and now their research finally advocated for the rights of ghosts and spread awareness on their culture. Good for them.

Jazz and Dante were in Arkham working as a psychologist and guard. Elle was still in school, enrolled into Gotham Academy once Vlad insisted on paying her tuition. To be fair, he was paying for Danny's tuition too.

But back to his secretary duties. His boss was Bruce Wayne, yes, but he did often work with the man's son and the current CEO. Tim was nice and had the same caffeine addiction as him. (Jazz highly discouraged this friendship in case they both made a monstrosity of coffee and energy drinks.)

But Mr. Wayne was the best. He was rather clumsy and a bit airheaded but he was the best fucking boss he could ever ask for. The man's paternal instincts were on point and Danny was almost intimidated when the man started handing him extra cash whenever Danny came to the office looking more tired than usual. When that failed, Mr. Wayne resorted to giving him more material things.

Now, he doesn't want to take advantage of this ridiculously kind man with a lack of self preservation (God, was this what Jazz felt about him?). But Mr. Wayne had given him this amazing coffee maker and then proceeded to give Danny the best toaster ever. And Danny has always been known to resolutely be against Billionaires adopting him. But Mr. Wayne?

Danny had honed his back talking skills to perfection to talk down arrogant elites that kept demanding for his boss. He mastered his customer service voice and that condescending look he saw the receptionists give people like they were tantruming toddlers. Danny was ready to fight for that man (Vlad was choking somewhere as the Fentons worriedly look at him).

Jason has heard about Danny Fenton a couple of times. Tim, Dick, and Bruce had mentioned him a lot. Bruce's new secretary that looked like he'd woken up from a coma and was comparable to a grumpy cat on his best days. He's seen the guy a couple times, noticed how he was almost as tall as Jason. Honestly, he kinda looked like a twig (but then that was because of Danny's suit that he made sure didn't completely fit him).

Seriously. Danny was willing to fucking fight anyone and everyone for Bruce Wayne.

The guy was strange. Very strange. Especially when the pits seemed to either become frantic or calm whenever he was around. It depended on the situation really, but mostly the pits grew calmer around Fenton. Like a cat that finally saw its favorite person. It was so weird.

He was drawn to Fenton, sometimes finding himself walking towards the man before he snaps out of it.

It's on this day where Danny was by Bruce's side, a stylus and tablet in hand. He was furiously tapping away at his phone, cursing under his breath about bothersome and stuck up cialiteses.

"Jason!" Bruce happily greets, "Don't mind Danny for a bit. He's telling of some investors for trying to meddle with the company. Tim is too sleep deprived to handle it."

"Where is Tim?"

"Danny threatened to throw the company's coffee maker out the window if he doesn't take a nap." Bruce chuckles, glancing fondly at his fiesty secretary. "Danny?"

"Give me a minute, Mr. Wayne. Some people are trying to squeeze into your schedule when I specifically told them that they can't." Danny says, clearly irritated but looks at Bruce with an apologetic gaze. "No—Mr. Luthor, neither Mr. Drake nor Mr. Wayne are available on that day—"

And it dissolved into Danny telling of what Jason assumes was Lex Luthor to stop his attempts. In other words, corporate for Fuck off.

"He's good, isn't he?" Jason humms as he follows Bruce down the hall, glancing at the tired employees that looked utterly exhausted and horrifically motivated. "Looks like adoption bait."

"Unfortunately, Danny is a very much against Billionaires adopting him. His godfather is one and has attempted multiple times." Bruce sighs, feigning a sorrowful look as he sends Danny a small pout. "What did you do when he tried the fifth time again?"

"I blew up his car, Mr. Wayne." Danny nonchalantly says, "But that only made him want to adopt me more."

Jason blinks, baffled before he's laughing at the utter absurdity of the situation.

"That sounds similar to—"

Gunshots tore through the air as people immediately screamed. At the entrance of the building was the Joker in all his insanity, guns blazing. Jason froze, sucking in a deep breath as he took one step back. They weren't in costume, they weren't the Red Hood and Batman in that moment.

"Nightwing, Robin, and Spoiler are on their way." Oracle says through the comms but that doesn't comfort him in the slightest.

It's chaos in moments and people are ducking their heads to avoid the bullets. Jason and Bruce look right at each other, taking cover as bullets ruin the walls and furniture. But Bruce is dragged from his spot, pulled towards the Joker who laughs maniacally as he pressed a gun against Bruce's head.

"Mr. Wayne!" Many people yell as they all stared in horror as the Joker threatens Gotham's beloved prince.

Jason immediately remembers an explosion and a crowbar.

(Reminder, Danny Fenton was very much ready to go to war for Bruce Wayne).

A tablet and a stylus was suddenly shoved into his arms. Jason blinks, turning to Danny who tugs at his tie and rummages through the counter for something. The Joker sees this, clearly irritated.

"You! Eyes on me!" The Joker practically demands, hysterical that not everyone was paying attention.

Danny apparently doesn't give a damn before looking the Joker straight in the eye.

"Eyes in me." Danny repeats.

A second later something was thrown and a cutter was cutting through the Joker's eye.

Jason gaped at the seemingly harmless secretary, unable to comprehend that this man had just thrown a fucking cutter into the Joker's eye.

Bruce is set free.

Everyone is frozen in place.

Everyone watched as Bruce Wayne's tired and overworked secretary beats the shit out of the Joker, saying something about how he wasn't going to lose a good boss.

No one particularly knows what to do once Danny pulls out the cutter with the Jokers blood and... Fucking shit, was that his eyeball?!

Dick and Damian arrived at some point, also too shocked to do anything. When Danny was done and satisfied, with the Joker still alive, groaning and whimpering from the pain that Danny inflicted.

As if he hadn't almost killed the Joker, Danny turns to them with a tired smile.

"Mr. Wayne, I implore you not to die. I can't lose the best boss that I've had." He plainly says and takes the tablet and stylus back from Jason.

Jason thinks he might just marry this feral man.

Yeah.

Yeah, he was definitely going to marry Danny Fenton.

Part 2 | Masterpost