That version exists in two forms: subordinate complaning about or bad mouthing a colleague or a colleague's work before discovering that they are are actually c

That version exists in two forms: subordinate complaning about or bad mouthing a colleague or a colleague's work before discovering that they are are actually criticizing the boss they are talking to or someone of higher rank (boss' spouse, boss' boss); or the analogous of a child teaching their pokemon expert parents to play pokemon