'Deal with it' | Employee's rude response to boss after being caught drinking on Zoom call

An employee who told his boss to “deal with it” after being caught drinking on a Zoom call must pay his former employer almost £10,000 after losing an employment tribunal appeal.

Doug Anderson was an engineer with RHEON labs when he was seen drinking beer during a video call.

When questioned about this by his line manager – who happened to be the company’s Chief Operating Officer Tim Brown, Andersen responded by telling him to “deal with it.”

The tribunal also heard that Andersen demonstrated further inappropriate behaviour in the meeting, specifically not contributing on matters he would be expected to contribute on, being cynical with laughter and, ultimately, turning off his camera.