A good manager makes employees feel supported, heard, and valued. A good manager knows that an empowered employee will do better work than a disgruntled one. A bad manager doesn’t care about any of this. A bad manager will unnecessarily flex their power just because they can, even if it means hurting the business. 

When u/kathjoy called in terribly sick with the flu, her boss gave her an ultimatum: either come into work, get a doctor’s note, or get fired. Nearly passing out from her fever, she struggled her way to the hospital to get her boss the note. The doctor was furious, and decided to teach OP’s boss a lesson.