Manager assaults employee during company soccer tournament

Boss punches subordinate in workplace soccer game

What happens when a manager loses their temper during a colleague's football match and attacks a subordinate? At a company-organized tournament, a recently promoted supervisor got into a fistfight with a 22-year-old who was playing well and scoring goals. The aggressor, aged 24 or 25, jumped off the bench, attempted to attack him, and after being restrained, re-entered the field to punch him. The victim did not retaliate. The entire company found out, and the incident has become office gossip.

What exactly peine during the tournament?

The match took place in an internal tournament. According to circulating accounts, the young man was playing well and scoring goals. At one point, he approached the opponents and gestured for them to be quiet, as they had been pressuring throughout the game. After scoring, the supervisor, who was on the bench, jumped up and began trying to attack him. People held him back, and the youth told him there was no need to take it so personally, that it was just a casual game. His girlfriend was present in the audience.

The supervisor entered the field; the youth dribbled past him, scored another goal, and returned to celebrate. Then the supervisor approached him wildly, unable to be restrained, said "here I am not the boss," and punched him. The boy didn't hit back, stood stunned, and three or four people took the supervisor away to stop the assault. Upon leaving, the supervisor tried to attack the boy again, getting out of his car while the youth walked with his girlfriend, who was terrified. Others managed to neutralize him again.

What labor consequences could the incident have?

The supervisor returns to work tomorrow after a few days off. It is speculated that he may have plotted a plan with his partner, a divorced female boss with children, to get out of the situation unscathed. The female boss has been seen acting strangely, seemingly happy and claiming ignorance. Apparently, the company director has stopped calling her to accompany him for quite some time and is distant with her. Everyone in the company has known about this since Saturday, even the cleaning lady.

Some argue that the supervisor will be fired. The company cannot have bosses who hit employees; it would be problematic for many reasons, tying the company's hands in potential staff reductions and complicating management. Furthermore, the youth should file a police report, not because he expects results—he won't—but to document it and protect himself. With the number of witnesses present, he has a strong case without spending a dime. If the supervisor continues to harass him, there will already be precedent, making it very strange if he isn't dismissed for cause.

What about the relationship between the aggressor and the female boss?

The supervisor, aged 24 or 25, lives with the female boss, aged 38 or 39, who holds a good position in the company. It is said she has nepotistically hired two others of dubious competence. The female boss climbed from the bottom; details of her actions are unclear, but she has gone overboard bringing people in, and getting involved with that Latin lover, ten years younger than her, has brought him into her home. It seems this clan is heading for trouble. The female boss has been putting herself in the spotlight lately, believing they are untouchable, while senior managers, who are more Catalan than tomato bread, are starting to tire of the scandals and antics.

Regarding the victim's partner, some believe no girlfriend tolerates a boyfriend who gets beaten and does nothing. That relationship has weeks or months left. However, the youth is a very good person, very noble; if the girlfriend leaves him for this reason, he will find someone else.

What is known about the victim and the aggressor?

The victim is approximately 22 years old. He is from a former Soviet republic in the Caucasus, broad-shouldered and strong. The supervisor was lucky that the victim didn't lose his cool and retaliate, instead staying calm and behaving like a gentleman. The boy came out looking good and excellent before everyone; the little boss looked like a madman and a brute.

The aggressor is 24 or 25 years old. He rose meteorically to his position in less than a year through romantic arts with a divorced female executive with a child. He lived with his mother before getting involved with this older woman, who holds a good position; it helped him advance and move out of his mom's house. Zero children; in fact, the female boss used him as a babysitter for her daughter from another relationship.

What do people think about the victim's reaction?

Some think the boy did the right thing, however hard it was. Keep a cool head and maintain composure. At least, in front of the company. However, let the attacker prepare: I'll catch him in an alley in the darkest night of December and give him the beating of his life. Others believe the boy must report the supervisor. And better he went through a medical check-up in case of injuries. Otherwise, he acted foolishly. Because he will eat the bastard supervisor until he breaks his face.

There are also those who claim a good opportunity was missed to knock the supervisor down a peg honestly. And that these small matches should be used to beat up the current little boss.

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What is clear is that the supervisor returns to the office on Monday. And that the entire company will be watching. The question is not whether there will be consequences, but whether anyone will have the courage to apply them.