Is AUTHOR wrong in the post ? POST :    So we got a new assistant manager at work and he is extremely rude and demanding. He’s a “my way or the highway” type of guy. Personally I get a long with him great(I have to try really hard to stay on his good side). However I do it to keep the peace at work. It’s not the same for my coworkers. He’s made two coworkers cry on different occasions. I noticed him messaging a manager from another store and a nasty message popped up and before he could minimize it I was able to read it. It said something making fun of our store manager. So I was curious and I waited for him to leave his computer unattended then I took it to the back and opened up the messages. I read a ton is extremely in appropriate and rude comments about my coworkers.... so I took photos of the messages and anonymously sent them to HR and CC’d our store manager (who was one of the people he spoke about negatively on the messages). His messages weren’t awful but definitely inappropriate for work. I feel bad because to his face I act really nice and innocent (like I’m on his side) however in reality I was looking for opportunities to “out” him. He is a good person just had a poor attitude and as much as he was being unfair, so we’re all of us. So I understand why he felt so negatively towards everyone. Sure it was inappropriate.... but should I have spoken with him and my store manager first, instead of sending it immediately to HR. Should I have sent in anonymously, and continued pretending as if I knew nothing? So far no action has been taken by HR. My store manager did speak with the 6 of us individually about the messages without revealing what was said. He mostly just asked how we felt about the assistant manager. He definitely spoke with the assistant manager and he is clearly scared he’s going to loose his job (he opened up to me about the situation). 