Description

A Reddit submission that must be discussed!

The writer's manager sent them a passive-aggressive link to "Let Me GPT That For You" instead of answering a simple question on a call they were already on.

The employee left and didn't come back the next day. Adrienne and Emily have opinions.

In this Dear Bossy episode, Adrienne and Emily dig into a viral-feeling workplace situation that splits people into two camps fast.

Was the employee out of line for asking something they could have Googled?
Or is the manager the bigger problem?

Turns out the answer is kinda both... but not equally.

What they cover:

• The "Let Me GPT That For You" link, what it actually does, and why sending it is an act of deliberate humiliation not a productivity tip
• Why Adrienne says you're both the asshole, but the manager is the bigger one by a lot
• The difference between communicating an expectation and publicly embarrassing someone into learning it
• What the manager should have said instead, and how long it would have actually taken
• Why leaving people feeling like they have to walk on eggshells is one of the worst things a leader can do to a team
• The outsourcing critical thinking problem: when it's fair to expect employees to Google things and when it isn't
• Emily's case for bringing back public shaming (and Adrienne's Game of Thrones reference to back it up)
• How to vent first, then distill it into an actual boundary or expectation

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⏱️ Time Chapters
00:01 Happy Tuesday and the female tax of getting camera-ready
04:15 Today's Dear Bossy situation
08:51 You're both the asshole, but not equally
12:00 The 10 leadership failures vs. the one employee growth area
14:08 Emily cannot fathom treating another human this way 16:21 Bring back shame, bring back Google
20:31 What good leadership actually looks like here
22:07 Vent first, then distill it into a real expectation