HR Manager’s Honeymoon Drama: It’s Not a Gender Thing!

Imagine working at a company where an Executive HR Manager, who makes triple your salary, requests donations for his honeymoon. Then, a coworker in need of help for her unexpected twins receives a different level of support. When the manager complains about the disparity, one employee decides to speak up and call him out on his sense of entitlement. Let’s dive into this wild office drama and see how it unfolds.

Honeymoon Fund Request

The Manager’s Salary

Others Follow Suit

Coworker’s Unexpected Twins

Donations for the Twins

Generous Support

Giving Back

Manager’s Outrage

Speaking Up ️

Calling Out Entitlement

Manager’s Threat

Divided Opinions

Company Structure

Additional Context

More Background Info

The Aftermath: Office Divided

So, after calling out the manager’s entitlement and the unfairness of the situation, the office is now divided. Half of the team supports the employee for speaking up, while the other half thinks they should have kept quiet. One thing’s for sure: this office drama has everyone talking! Let’s see what the internet thinks of this situation…

Coworkers shouldn’t be asked to pay for boss’s honeymoon. NTA.

Fearless HR manager praised for treating all employees equally

NTA. Commenter calls out groom’s poor financial planning and attitude.

Gender has nothing to do with being a good person

Gender has nothing to do with it! Coworker vs. Honeymoon.

Manager criticizes cash donations from employees for honeymoon gift.

Standing up to entitled bosses

Commenter calls out HR manager for not giving money to underpaid employee’s honeymoon, sarcastic reply follows

Setting boundaries at work is important. NTA handled it well

NTA, and colleagues admire OP for standing up to warped HR.

Generous donation for honeymoon, but HR guy is ungrateful. NTA.

Psychopathic HR manager praised for lack of emotional involvement

NTA and poor financial management. Coworkers shouldn’t pay for honeymoon.

Generous coworkers gave 10x suggested minimum, but $6k gift disappoints.

NTA for not reporting the authority’s wedding donation request ‍♀️

Inappropriate office donation requests lead to ostracism and disbelief

Sharing personal details about a coworker, ESH.

A shining example of good coworker behavior

Cheers to speaking out! Let’s be colleagues

Speaking up at work can be tough, but it’s important

Professionalism goes out the window in this workplace ESH situation

Comment section gets heated over private matters at work. ESH

Executives panhandling for donations? Management avoiding pay cuts during CoVid? No wonder the commenter says ‘F that noise’!

Commenter questions relevance of drama to business operations

Office drama unfolds over honeymoon and unplanned pregnancy expenses. ESH.

Wedding overspending solidarity ‍♀️

NTA stands up against harassment for donations, plans to document everything

Gender isn’t the issue here. Being a helpful person is.

NTA but let’s be real, unprotected drunken sex is irresponsible ‍♀️

Calling out BS: The satisfying feeling of standing up for yourself

Commenter criticizes couple’s lack of family planning, sympathizes with manager.

Engage with management through questions, not criticism ‍

Don’t let anyone guilt-trip you into donating your hard-earned money!

Donating drama: ESH and awkward positions

Maintaining professionalism at work can prevent personal conflicts.

ESH for expecting co-workers to fund personal life events.

HR manager faces backlash for unprofessional behavior and unreasonable expectations

Don’t expect gifts from colleagues, it’s greedy and rude

Unprotected sex costs 11k but a honeymoon only 6k? Entitled boss, NTA

HR’s gift-giving trend is bizarre, and they’re not allies.

HR manager’s honeymoon drama raises eyebrows at work

Manager’s entitled behavior divides team, but some support cause.

Confronting a manager in a meeting: justified or unprofessional?

NTA! Setting a precedent for thoughtful gift-giving. Good job!

Stand up for your financial rights and don’t let entitled managers bring you down!

Good job for making a fair decision and shutting down entitlement.

NTA for prioritizing coworker’s need over entitled boss’s wedding

Wedding donations for a manager’s honeymoon? NTA for declining.

Standing up for yourself at work can have consequences

Workplace toxicity acknowledged by new CEO, change is coming!

Ethical violation by HR manager sparks discussion on gift policies.

Wedding donation demand from HR manager violates company culture

Commenter calls out entitled person for using social justice language insincerely.