On the next episode of Managers And Bosses Who Never Learn, we have a toxic narcissist boss who has a habit of treating everyone under her like trash. And in a maliciously compliant turn of events, she ends up becoming a victim of redirected virtual and voice correspondence from over 100 sales reps. Well, at least 100 plus spam letters will definitely reach her from now on.
Being a boss doesn’t magically make them impervious to employee genius—even more so if it’s of the maliciously compliant variety
A quitting employee recently complied with their toxic boss’ request to be a temporary contact for the company’s clientele
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Little did the boss know, there were a lot of very willing sales reps who wanted to do business, so that got thrown into the mix too
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A short, but a good one this time around. A Redditor recently shared how she’s finally leaving a toxic job—predominantly due to the boss.
Until a replacement arrives, the boss asked OP to let every client rep know who to contact just in case. Little did she know, however, was that the Redditor would get hundreds of sales spammers in the mail and on the phone. And, in all honesty, that is a business opportunity that’s as good as any. So, into the pot they go.
It gets better as the boss is somewhat IT illiterate—enough to not know that Outlook has nifty features to avoid unsolicited correspondence. This translates to hundreds of new emails every day from that pot mentioned previously.
The comment section got mischievous really quickly, suggesting to set a permanent out of office forwarding function and maybe signing up for more than just relevant emails. Whatever the case, folks approved of this spam of mass destruction.
While spam was a problem in the earlier days of the internet, modern solutions manage them relatively well
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In simple terms, spam is email that you don’t need or care about, for whatever reason. Usually, it’s company communication, but can be a part of scam attacks and the like.
These days, many of the major email service providers have algorithms in place to manage spam. These mechanisms typically rely on checking source IP and domain reputation, history of spam traps, user reports and engagement, running mail against blacklists, as well as tracking the sending rate and identifying malicious content. If any of these trip the spam filters, the messages land in the spam folder.
There are other, more hands-on approaches to managing spam, however, like OP’s mentioned Outlook rules. Many email management clients have filter functions that allow users to customize what letters go where based on a set of criteria that they can set freely.
With that said, if spam does sneak through the sensors, mark it as such, and if it continues to happen, create a filter on your client so that all those pesky sales reps for miracle cream and you know what enlargement could go straight to email hell.
So, what are your thoughts on any of this? What are some of your toxic boss or spam email experiences? Share your takes and stories in the comment section below!
The employee also provided a bit more context to the story
Overall, folks loved the story, suggesting more mischief in the form of more spam and malicious email forwarding
