I Got My Boss Fired… But It Wasn’t Really on Purpose

I still don’t know if I should feel guilty or not.

So, I (26F) used to work at this mid-sized marketing firm, and my boss Kara (38F) was the worst kind of manager. The type who did nothing but took credit for everything, micromanaged the hell out of us, and somehow still managed to be completely out of touch. If something went wrong, it was our fault. If something went right, she’d be the one getting praise in meetings. Classic corporate parasite.

Anyway, one day, she left her laptop open in the break room while she was in the bathroom, I know she stays in the bathroom for long times for no reason. I was just waiting for the microwave to finish when I glanced at her screen (not my fault she had it at max brightness). She had an email open from some guy who, as it turned out, wasn’t just some rando. He was a former coworker who got fired six months earlier for embezzlement.

I knew it wasn’t my business. But my curiocity (and lack of respect for her) got the best of me, and I may or may not have skimmed the email. Turns out, Kara was still in contact with him and was covering up some serious financial discrepancies. As in, she had been sneaking company money into side projects and blaming budget issues on “rising expenses.”

I didn’t even have to do anything dramatic. I just mentioned to HR that I’d “accidentally” seen a weird email and thought they should know. A week later? Kara was escorted out by security. I heard through the grapevine that an internal audit found way more than they expected fake invoices, misallcated funds, even some shady kickbacks. She went from my nightmare boss to completely erased from the company in record time.

The weirdest part? I never intended to get her fired. But man… I sure as hell don’t feel bad about it.