Employee accidentally eavesdrops on boss's conversation about changing employees' work hours, decides to confront boss about it: ‘Am I wrong for speaking up?’

Since many offices have switched their layout to an 'open space' type of work environment, the reality is that there is not a lot of privacy in the office. Not only do many employees find themselves working when they face their coworkers all day long, but there is also a trend of getting glass doors for all the rooms in the office. This means that there is pretty much nowhere you can be at work without someone else being able to see you, maybe other than the bathroom.

This ongoing trend leads employees to learn a lot more about their colleagues than they intended, as they might overhear conversations that are not meant for their ears. That also applies to work-related conversations that bosses might have in the office, much like what happened in this Reddit story. OP (original poster) overheard her boss interviewing a new hire and mentioning a change to employees' work hours. Since none of the current employees knew about this big change, OP decided to confront her boss about it, even though she wasn't supposed to hear this conversation in the first place.

Keep scrolling to read what happened next. After you are done, click here for a story of a job candidate who didn't get the job, but was still demanded to give the company access to her assignment.