#HEY MAN ARE YOU REALLY CALLING A WOMAN A DECADE YOUR JUNIOR A CRONE. NOT COOL

[aita-blorbos]

AITA for wanting a new employee to adhere to company tradition?

I (50M) am a chairman for my organization, third only to the leader, and head of my own department. Admittedly we have somewhat of an aggressive acquisition campaign, but we have values, dammit. We have recently been having some internal struggles within our own organization, namely over office space and positions.

For example, I had this subordinate (40F but pretends she isn't, don't get me started on that piece of work) who wanted a new office, so she had one of her own subordinates kill the guy who used to work from that office. Really, I don't see what was wrong with her old one. Anyways, that crone's done some very underhanded things before and since this incident, and I am devastated to inform you that she has passed those values on to her protégé (unknown age, could be M or F i really dont care). This protégé has a woefully unqualified background to be part of our organization, and no respect for their superiors. Tradition and policy demand that subordinates respect their superiors, and this protégé has murdered not only the one, but multiple high-ranking members of our organization for personal gain, including their own mentor. But rather than receiving a reprimand, instead they have been promoted to the position their mentor once occupied!

Of course, I could not bear to sit by and let this happen. I called this protégé for a private meeting, hoping that I could explain to them that there were certain.... things that do and do not "fly" here. Afterwards, I attempted to have them reprimanded and executed for their unconscionable actions and their flippancy at our traditions. But they and the little Cadre of traitors and monsters they call a crew were able to escape justice. Now, they are threatening a conflict with me which seeks to upend our very way of life for all in our organization.

I have spoken with the board about this, but my fellow chairmen are not unanimous in agreeing with me. Some say I am correct, of course, but still others claim that I am old and out of touch with the times. Does no one understand our traditions anymore? Am I the asshole for caring so deeply about our code?