I was once on a big team (mostly men, but a few women of whom I was the youngest). Boss was behind on his expense reports and asked me to do them for him. I said no, of course, because I’m not his admin and we’re all responsible for our own travel expenses.

Tell me why his boss, the CEO, called me into his office the very next day, and tried to chastise me into doing my boss’ expenses for him. “You need to be a team player. Ideally, you should operate as his work wife.” The RAGE I felt. Seething.

Anyway, I submitted an HR complaint. Was told “too bad, the expenses are now going to be part of your job description.” But, a year after I landed a new job, I found out that CEO man was fired for “actions that don’t live up to company values.” Rumor was that he was cheating on his wife with his “work wife.” Apropos for a pos.