He only got his job due to nepotism, which *only* works if you're able to prove you're worth the sweaty chops for the position. Combined with the rest of his extremely lousy behavior and personality that made him the exact kind of prick that you'd want to punch in the face, that makes for a terrible combination.
I just left a job with an abusive boss. When I handed in my resignation and mentioned the name of my new company she got red in the face because she’d be applying there for years but could never get an interview. Why you ask? It turns out 80% of the staff are her former employees and no one would recommend her! It felt good.
You know what would be even more fun, recommending her only to turn her down. It’ll add a little whipped cream to that ice cream, because revenge is sweet and best served cold. Mwahahaha 😈
I heard rumours our boss was closing down our site at the end of March. He assured us this was not the case, so I booked off the last week in March Then he told me I couldn't have that week off, as he was closing down and needed me to clear out the store. I told him exactly where to shove it.
So he planned to lie to you until the end of March, and then leave you without a job… without notice or even a chance to put in applications for a new job?
@@Chiffawndue Yep. Wasn't the worst thing this mean-minded waste of carbon did to his staff, but it was the last. One Christmas he promised us all a turkey, to be collected from the store on Christmas Eve. Then he just didn't come in. No boss, no turkeys, no Christmas.
This story was actually kinda sad. I'm happy op got lots of vacation and is now doing much better for himself, but that doesn't change the fact that a whole year of his life was basically stolen from him. That makes me kinda sad, and pretty enraged. This sort of thing happens too often and people normally don't wind up on top. I hate that... But I'm happy for op and I'm sure his employees are happy too.
Imagine screwing your best employee out of a bonus that you could actually give, coming up with a BS excuse, and then getting tossed into a zero-perk town after other people complained that you screwed them over with the same excuse.
Especially since you can't even quit to look for something better. You have no skills and no money. The only thing you have is nepotism, and you've exhausted even that.
@@benjiro8793 yeah, this is what I also thought might be the case. That or he gave some other workers tiny raises or something- though I get the feeling he would never do that
@@benjiro8793 *That* was my exact thought when I read that he cut 90% of what was going to be OP's bonus. Too bad for him, *this* one came to bite him in the ass.
My husband and I listen to your videos as we drink our coffee and get ready in the morning. Thanks for making mornings much more enjoyable! Keep it up!
Translation: I *COULD* give that money to you...or I can allocate it into other places so I can continue using this office as my personal joyride. Guess which one I'm gonna do, lackey!
So... OP was basically a one-man machine and boss man screws him over, giving BS excuses and all that? Also, the fact OP was not the only one you did this to? Yeah, you deserve what happens after.
They want the Golden goose to work without needing to give anything to them. Sure, they want the production, but keeping them happy requires using money that could be going in their own pocket, and they want every penny they can get. Spending any money keeping that golden goose happy? Too expensive.
Because they're not just bad bosses they are also stupid bosses. A bad boss that was smart would know too stiff all the other employees and keep his highest performing one happy.
That's what they do when they can't outright fire someone without retribution from above. They get reassigned to a nothing job with no hope of advancement, in this case at an office out in the middle of nowhere. The idea is that they either quit or spend the rest of their career as a sinecure.
Disturbingly, that reminds me of those pedo priests who get relocated to a different parish instead of, idunno, getting excommunicated and handed over to the police to spend time in jail for their atrocities.
The sad part is, this is SO not uncommon. "Hey, we're gonna rest the entire company on your shoulders, and treat you like dirt, under the hopes that guilting you with our need for you will keep you here."
Same sort of thing happened when I was working for a hardware store. Employees left, their workload got put on me. Pretty soon I was responsible for almost all physical work in the store, and they had been hiring teenage girls as store staff because they could pay them next to nothing and didn't care enough about the workings of the store to ask for more. I went back to school and got a degree in architectural engineering, and when I gave my 2 weeks, they scrambled to find replacements, but they couldn't hire just one person to do my work and none of the current employees could physically handle my work. They struggled for a while and eventually they were able to get the work done, but they had to hire 5 people to do my workload. In the meantime, they lost a lot of business because the workload slowed to a halt.
@@raeishimura , no, you should have followed my example because if they want to be evil to people, then they are going to learn a harsh lesson, one way or another, in their lives.
This promotion thing happened to me too. I was going to be a manager. I had higher ups training me and the had huge faith in what I did. However new owners when they came didn't promote me. Then after 2 years of saying they would they promoted 3 people 1 week and 2 the next. I quit right after.
I felt this one hard. I’ve been with the same company for over 9 years and for the last 6 I’ve been getting passed up for promotion for the company to instead hire new people. The first 4 of the last 6 years they’d hire the new person, then ask ME to train them for the position I’d been passed up for until I asked “Why am I in charge of training them? If I’m so qualified and knowledgeable that it’s my responsibility to train them then I should’ve been given the position myself and I need to talk to a lawyer because obviously I’m being discriminated against.” After saying that for those 4 years and deciding to get one of the higher ups to train the new people, they finally stopped asking me to train the people they’re hiring over me. I’m still going for the promotion, but I also don’t do anything above my pay grade anymore and they don’t try to talk me into doing it anymore either.
@@fenix849 unfortunately they pay better than anywhere else I can get right now. And with how long I’ve been here I have to get a really good offer for it to be worth it to throw away almost a decade of my life, so I’m kinda trapped.
Reminds me of an experience I had on Bitlife. I grew up being top of my class in school for my entire childhood, got a scholarship for a community college, and a scholarship for college, twice. I was qualified for one of the highest paying jobs, and that's exactly what I did. After 10 years of working there, I was stuck on the bottom because my supervisor hated me. Even though I was the MVP of the workforce, he wouldn't give me a chance. One day, a co-worker played a prank on me so I did the same, which got me in the sights of HR. I was fired so I spoke to the employment agent to see what job I was qualified for, and that job was in the same company, but this time one step over my old supervisor. He didn't last much longer than that. Then I died of Thyroid cancer at 35.
@@bradevans5566 yeah. I'm currently my son, who died of high blood pressure at 35. I fondly remember stories my father told me about my grandfather who died at 35 in a car accident. In all seriousness though, I think this bloodline is cursed.
Love these stories! the last one reminds me of why I left my last job. I was the only person they trained for a very expensive video system, so when I left, they had no support for that system at all. that was 4 months ago, I've decided that I will work for me, but not others moving forward. it's not worth it. eye opening and satisfying to hear others stand up!
I have a good job and a good boss now but I'm almost 50 years old. After working for 35 years, I've had my fair share of crappy bosses and supervisors. For those of you who are a bit younger, try to remember this story when times get tough. Use every bad moment of your life to learn how to be better than those that tried to keep you down. These are building blocks. By the way, these days, I mostly work from home, sitting on my couch, often listening to RSLASH to keep my brain entertained. Thanks for what you do and thank you to your faithful followers for their seemingly endless supply of stories.
16:44 Yea I remember one time my boss told me that he had a promotion lined up for me, then when the new position was finally created two years later, he gave it to himself! It turns out that he was such a bad boss that he would have been fired but he promoted himself instead!
I’m like you, rslash. I felt this one all the way to the bottom of my soul. During the recession, everybody in my small department (there had been five of us, which was a reduction from the seven who had been there when I first came to the department) and I did everything. I taught my classes, I had to keep the classroom door open so I could also be the receptionist, and I had all of the calls going to voicemail when I couldn’t get to them. Because we had no actual manager, a woman from another department came down two days a week to take care of things like budget and things that were out of my pay grade. When we were finally assigned a manager, he was less than happy to see that I had been doing manager level work and he did everything possible to keep me in my classification. Needless to say we clashed a lot, because I had been running the whole damn department for nearly a year and other than the person who came down to take care of stuff that I didn’t have access to, had done a great good job. By that time we had a receptionist so I didn’t have to run and grab the phones all the time, but I ran everything else. When we finally got someone else to replace him - because they knew that there was a lawsuit in the making if they didn’t - I was finally happy, but we all knew that I needed to be up to a senior level. My boss tried to do it, but there was always an excuse. Since I was close to retirement, I’m sure they knew that they could get away with it. That boss’s name, by the way, was Karen. She was not “a” Karen, because she was and is one of the most wonderful people I’ve ever known! lol So yeah. This story and your story really hit me. Been there, done that!
I used to work a voluntary job and was promised to get a paid position after a year, many years went by until I realized that it was never gonna happen because “there is no budget and it wouldnt be fair to others.” .. so yeah. I gave them the middle finger right before covid hit.
Pro revenges don't have to be big, they have to be smart. Anyone can egg a house, slash a tire, or file a false police report. A pro takes revenge carefully, calculatingly, sometimes over a long period of time. They use the rules to their advantage and they're meticulous about hammering every last nail into their victim's coffin. If you're looking for big, flashy revenges, look up Nuclear Revenge and Supernova Revenge.
I got screwed in a similar way. You know, I was typing it all out, but I might just submit my story to rSlash because it really is an unexpected Malicious Compliance.
I totally can relate to being lied to by management for raises/promotions/bonues while they smile/talk a good game to your face. I have worked up to an 80 hours a week while my boss was like 'you're overwhelmed? Well, you should learn better time management.' When I was fired after being a loyal worker bee for over a decade, I was laughing my head off with relief. I really enjoy these prorevenge stories but it just isn't in my nature to slap back. Oh well! I hope these bosses all reap what that sow, lol..🤣
Never give your boss a second chance. If he screws you, walk. You won't be out of a job long. You were a powerhouse here; you'll be a powerhouse there.
Had that in my previous job. I always had to "prove myself" when in reality they just wanted to compare several people to each other or just wanted some guys to put in extra effort. At one occasion i actually got promoted until they demoted me a couple weeks later saying "HR cant allow as many people in your position anymore" Jokes on them. I didnt do the extra work anymore, didnt put in the extra effort I did the entire time and the guy they had left in the position was on holiday for 8 weeks and 3 weeks of scheduled quarantine afterwards. My bosses were overworked before, but they definetly shot themselfs in the foot with that move.
I realized after listening to this story that I have never gotten a promotion, it has always been a completely new job. The company I have worked for the longest (in between others) has always kept me on a project basis or smoked some people like me out of their roles with new middle management every three years or so. Then you have to beg and plead and re-apply for the position to earn your job back, or sometimes even a lower-paid position. The guys who started their careers back in the 80's or 90's sit securely in their management seats, no-one can touch them.
I've been promoted twice, and then almost immediately pushed back both times. Most recent was my promotion from cashier to camping outfitter, then I got some bullshit about "too much standing around" and "not enough Club referrals." I wasn't meeting the Club quota, sure, but neither were the other part-timers in the department. I still got more than they did. I learned all too late that they just didn't need me there as badly as they needed some cashiers, and that once I went back, they would never let me move up again. I love that store, but if I ever go back to it, it won't be to the front end.
I love hearing these kinds of videos because it gives me an insight on things to expect in the workforce and ways of noticing it so I can act in the right way so I don't get myself into a pickle. Appreciated OP who got screwed on your bonus. Glad to know things got better. If there's ever any advice you can off to someone who's struggling out there please share more! Would love to educate myself further!
If they promise something to you, but never go through on it, don’t count on it. I know to start looking elsewhere when that happens! Life is too short to be committed to a shitty job
Late, but check out Ask a Manager. Lots of invaluable advice on managing, job hunting, resume prep, interview skills, etc. Plus, more juicy stories like this one!
There's one little issue with this story....the employee took the disrespect and kept allowing himself to be taken advantage of by the new boss. He also didn't get anything in writing. The smart employee would have been out the door when his "promotion" disappeared or when his assistant quit...bad bosses are only successful on the backs of doormat employees. This job almost sounds made up because there's no way a board member would allow a relative to get away with that considering lower company successes mean they get less as a board member.
I don't believe this story is made up. The details are too concise without being fantastical. The time period (and what it was like in those days) is very accurate. A lot of people are doormat employees until the day they get screwed over and snap. It's not uncommon. I'm just glad this guy screwed his boss with the rules instead of a .44
Wrong, he did the best thing for himself. Used up the vacations, kept looking for a good new job (not just any new job) instead of getting stuck in unemployment land. It's always easier to find something decent if you are already employed and not taking the first thing that comes along due to being desperate. And he got to annoy his boss doing it and got a juicy revenge in hindsight too.
My last company was like this. And I was right out of college at the time. I was the doormat employee because I thought thats what you have to be right out of college. Oh and the CEO's 2 sons are VPs in the company. Her niece "runs" one of the 3 offices, and her Daughter in law is the social outreach rep. All of them suck at their jobs. Adding more to this. Its called the 24/24/24. You find 24 year olds right out of college, work them 24 hours a day for 2 years (24 months) until they burn out and grab another new college grad for 12-15 an hour.
This just happened to my husband last month! He broke his back holding up the business pretty much solo only to be screwed over on his promised bonus that was supposed to make it all worth it! He is now looking for a new job. Screw you Carl!
Reminds me of when I worked at McDonald's and they were so appreciative of me always going above and beyond and staying late and doing the jobs no one wanted to do without complaining, that they gave me a coupon for a free ice cream cone. I still keep it in my wallet as a reminder to never let a boss treat me the way they did.
Reminds me of my racist assistant manager who got 12 managers fired unless she was made manager and hired her own race only because she could control them
My supervisor tried to get me promoted 3 times since I help run the place when the managers are out, and each time I've been rejected in favor of an untrained worker that just got hired. They've all since quit for being expected to be managment for $8-9 /hr
I used to work at Tim-'Hortons. I worked there 6 years. I was a baker, and after all the time I worked nights, proving I was reliable, they never gave me a raise. I had to demand it, and even then, they had me sign this agreement where if my work wasn't satisfactory, I would go back to my previous salary. All for an extra 25 cents an hour.
excuse i got for not getting promoted was "i just wanted to see some new faces and talent around here" for the job i was already doing due to lack of a manager in that spot. happened 3 time because they were not trained in that position because i refused to train what would effectively have been my manager and they would inevitably quit. I eventually got fired for "gross misconduct" for something completely unrelated to me because I placed something in the wrong location(previously correct location things had changed when i was out with covid for the 2 weeks and i still had a bit of brain fog going on) and someone else stole said item on a different shift who I had never met or spoken to. not mad about it since another company picked me up pretty fast for my history of work and is paying me twice what i was making previously. honestly a blessing in disguise getting fired and i was already looking for new employment. they are also training me for higher positions due to my high performance for when something becomes available. though they wont say i clearly see the difference of my training vs others in my position and also stating wanting me to apply further in the company in my performance review. i still have my eyes set on something outside this company but its nice to know if it falls through i have options with my current employer.
I worked a dish pit for a bar and grill and the only thing I wanted was to learn how to work other jobs in the kitchen aside from dishes. It took them a whole year before I was given the chance to work at another station, but then the floodgates opened to where I was working dishpit, salad/pizza station, grill if they needed it, and Prep work plus sometimes doing the opening work as well. Then, when I started showing initiative by talking to the General Manager about issues in the kitchen and bar, my hours got slashed to less than 15 a week. So, yeah, the whole "Screwed out of a promotion" story is one that happens in every industry, and not even to higher level jobs.
My first job as a programmer, starting out as a contractor before being hired, I ruffled some feathers by saying no to co-workers about a programming change (it would have been a HIPAA violation) and having a weird sense of humor. In the meantime, I had modernized some scripts so that 90% of the time when we got a new client, one change had to made to them instead of developing new scripts. Literally taking 3 weeks of work over several departments to 5 seconds of typing. I asked for a promotion but was denied because we were in a hiring freeze, and I had a reputation. Manager told me that when the freeze was over, if he hadn't had a complaint about me, he'd promote me. In the meantime, my team lead (great guy) was creating a paper trail. Our small team got dumped on a lot by other departments, and he was tired of it. By the time he and I went to talk to the manager, we had a binder worth of proof that 99% of the complaints against us were others screwing up and doing a CYA. Manager was frankly stunned. Team lead left, and I stayed. Manager (Randy) was confused. So, Randy. Had any complaints against me? Um, no. Hiring freeze over. Yes. Thise were your two requirements to give me a promotion. (Look of trapped animal) Uh, I can't. Why not? You still have a reputation... Based on what we just showed you for an hour, how much of that rep is valid? Well, very little, but I still can't. Why not? Your rep... So what I'm hearing is that there is no way for me to advance at this company even when we show you proof. Did you ever check with other departments when they complained about me? I don't have time. Really? That's convenient as we just spent several times showing you how the complaints aren't valid than it would have taken you to actually go talk to people when you heard something. Maybe if you did YOUR job, I wouldn't have a rep. (Angrily) Get out. Next day I turned in my resignation. Randy: Oh, I thought you were going to stick it out and fight. I'm a little bit disappointed. Me: Well, know you know how I feel as I'm very disappointed in how crappy a manager you are. Surprisingly not fired on the spot. My team lead, while not a manager, had great sway in the company. After I was done, he entered and chewed Randy out for an hour before quitting time. Like I said... great guy. Randy, red-faced, actually stormed out of his office to go to his car. I made a sarcastic sad face at him and waved bye-bye. Best decision ever for me in my career.
Guys like his boss who refuse to payout or reward top performers are trying to ascend their own professional ladder by climbing over their employees' backs...while wearing spurs. At least that dbag got caught and thrown into a backwater town that he doesn't have the competence to crawl out of.
I have said this over and over, but it seems to never hit home. Never EVER eff with a hard worker, they will either screw you, your Company or BOTH over.
I've been held on the line like that with promises of "first you have to show it" even though I got the function based upon earlier performance. My bad luck was that my job was literally 5 minutes from my house so it was ultra convenient.
I worked for a large clothing company here in the UK and was with them for around 7 years. After the 3rd year ( and having done every job within the company that was available ) I was a supervisor for the delivery team and was told by 3 separate managers that the next available managers position ( you had to wait till someone either left or retired to take their position and get the training opportunity ) I was passed over hard by the 3 managers and the position was given to someone that showed no interest in the post prior and didn't even last 8 months in the position before leaving for another job! So when I asked for HIS position they said it was going to another person from another store. I was gob smacked as I had spent so long, doing all the overtime, nightshifts, store counts etc, to be stabbed in the back by the 3 of them! I phoned my uncle who had recently returned from the States and was looking to start his own business, so I quit on the spot and never looked back. I wished there was signs but thats the card I was dealt. I heard that one manager got sacked for "gross misconduct", one took early retirement and the last one had gotten a promotion and left. Fu*k them and fu*k that company.
A good supervisor or manager knows his/her employees' jobs well enough to do them him/herself if necessary or at least access a resource if it's a specialty job. But I do understand the sentiment, as it's hard to protect yourself if you get a stupid or malicious boss.
I find of funny that OP made this is a moral story about how employers will screw you over whenever they can. The truth is this happened 25 years ago and only started his own firm 5 years ago. That means for 20 years, he was fine working for corporate boss. In other words, it couldn't have been so bad
I almost didn’t listen to this one, but I’m glad I did. Unfortunately, this kind of stuff happens all too often. My husband got screwed over again and again at a mom and pop company he worked for for 20 years! Finally they “laid him off” and screwed him on his severance pay. They said they couldn’t afford his large salary (which was tiny) then turned around and hired a guy right out of college for more! The funny part is, the new guy couldn’t do the job and messed the system up. For the next couple of years they would hire my husband as a contractor to fix all the problems the new hires would create. My husband was hired by a big company that paid him twice his salary. He has since changed jobs a couple of more times and is making four times what he was making at the POS company he spent 20 years at. It took me a while but I finally convinced him that no matter how much they paid him to freelance their problems, it wasn’t worth it. I’m so grateful they laid him off. It’s the best thing that ever happened to him.
Oh yeah... been there. My incompetent director skipped over me for promotion. During the recession so I didn't make any waves just let her know I expected to be promoted the next year. In March of the next year she assures me my promotion is all set and budgeted for. Then in July she waits until I'm out of my office chucks my annual review on my desk. Of course I see that there's no promotion. Turns out she fucked up the annual paper work (did I mention she was incompetent), I won't even get into how it went wrong, and she was afraid to tell her boss because she was on thin ice already! Her solution? Just screw me over and act like nothing happened. I immediately put a meeting on her calendar at which I told her I would be doing all I could to leave her department. Luckily it didn't take me long to find something in another department - got a 10k raise! So I guess it worked out after all. 😃
The part where he says every company and boss is definitely not true, My dad is the supply chain manager for advent health, He is basically in charge of the entire warehouse and all the warehouse workers, He gave them a pay raise, And hospital benefits, so there are good bosses out there. But to say that every single boss is greedy and selfish, is 100% not true
My last boss is really abusive; slowly but surely my coworkers have been resigning...this guy told us he doesn't do retention for anyone and treated us pretty badly, but the day I told him I was going to resign, he started to be really nice, telling me how he was so happy with me, my job, yadda yadda...next day he was swearing me out to anyone, because I didn't stayed The last coworker who resigned got as his retention a "see, if you go there a lot of people will pressure you because of that role, but here you only have to deal with me"...mind you, he screamed a lot to this coworker, and somehow (still don't know how) everything bad that happened in the company was my coworkers fault (fr, he told this coworker that it was his fault that I quitted)...and boss man still thinks he's in the right...his whole team has resigned twice!
Just remember, that company that you are working yourself to death over? If you died today, they would have your position opening posted before your obituary is. Also, if they ever tell you how they “are like family,” run!
I can relate. 5 years, no promotions, no bonuses, no raises. I was stuck at the bottom rung, and over time I came to know more than even my managers knew as I'd been there longer! The job was so stressful that my health started to decline, so it got to the point where I had to quit for medical reasons! Note, this was only 3 weeks ago and I haven't got another job lined up. Due to increasing depression and social anxiety I have from that job, I don't know how I'm ever going to work again.
this is why you always leave a job at the first whiff of some bullshit. as soon as my boss told me i wasnt getting the promotion that i was promised, i would be looking for a different job.
So fun story, I was promised a promotion at my last job but someone higher up then my boss decided they had a better person in mind. Well, they pushed the former boss out, put the new guy in, had me train said new guy, and thought all was well. I hopped onto a plane, flew into FL for a job interview. When I flew back two days later and handed in my two weeks notice they had no idea why I would want to leave them...
The job I had before my current one screwed me over. It was virtual security and I was promoted to make maps of sites. My supervisor was a real scum bag and wouldn't let me take lead of the project I had been promoted to do. After an incident right before I was supposed to go on vacation, I was done. I submitted applications on my vacation, got a call just an hour after submitting, got an interview the next day and hired. I waited until my last day of vacation to submit my resignation, putting scum bag as section three and blocked everyone's numbers. My roomie still worked there and said they all started calling him "section three" behind his back. Pretty satisfying.
I worked for a big name in computer security/backup software for years, they divested part of the company that I worked for and the 'new' company closed physical offices in my area. I applied for a particular remote job and got it, and every customer that I had had a nice stable environment and had a direct line to me, however the sales team was so stupid that they comped a year of this elevated service to many new customers. This of course meant that after a year most companies weren't going to pay the extra overhead. Anyway, my wonderful boss got promoted and I got transferred under a new boss, where the rest of the team was at an office location. I was down to 1 or 2 clients, because they just wouldn't send me new clients, but I was also on a team to revamp and rework our certification exam for the software. We completed the revamp of the exams (both internal and external) after getting a raise just a couple weeks before I was "laid off". Yes, I saw the writing on the wall but was willing to ride it out for as long as possible, after all the company already had screwed me over in the transition from the old company, doing it in a way I lost a bunch of reserve stocks.
We got a 10 dollar gift card…. The other leads and I were running the production lines with only 10 people when we should’ve had twenty. We were still getting everything done on time cause if we didn’t finish we didn’t go home. And they gave us 10 dollars. On top of that they kept threatening my job every-time I questioned them. I’m so glad I don’t work there anymore.
Well, to my knowledge Petty - something small Pro - something big, carefully planned out with VERY lasting effects Nuclear - Pro but sometimes with darker twists and others getting involved in the crossfire who never really had anything to do with the situation MaliciousCompliance - going along with the aggressor's demands knowing it'll backfire on them So, yeah, pretty different but, in the end, they all give that satisfying feeling of having someone get their comeuppance.
The sent all the team leads and supervisors home for three years due to covid. Left us there to die and also, never told me I was going to be running the department on their way out. I simply did what op did and stopped doing things that weren't my job. Unfortunately they just found other people to do it. Strangely they finally gave me a decent raise after I stopped doing everything. Well, I've learned what I need to do to succeed 😆
Man reminds me of my old boss miss using of sanitation tablets by a lot like it needed like 30 and she only wanted us to use 2( the bottle literally said it was against FEDERAL LAW to miss use it), left eggs out In a 100 degree kitchen for 6 hours, didn't clean the deep fryers for 2 weeks there were black as tar after 3 days, broken fridge seal, exposed fiber glass insulation above an air conditioner, stuff like that only reason I didn't report them was because a family member worked there and it would have really screwed them over to be out of a job I actually still have the pictures and a video recording of the boss saying that that's the amount of tablets your supposed to use, I left them high and dry right before a dinner rush(I was dishwasher, filled sauce cups,grabbed stuff from the basement, did small side dishes, and helped deep fry stuff for less than a McDonald's employee in my area
Never do an “exit interview.” Good advise from an employment lawyer. They benefit you zero and are only to potentially document your file with cause/reason/excuse/justification for your departure.
Boss didn't just shoot the golden goose, he burned down the barn, razed the farmhouse, and torched the tractor to boot! What an incompetent idiot. 🙄
Like the odyssey moment where a guy killed a golden cow that he was told not to kill.
The boat got destroyed.
He only got his job due to nepotism, which *only* works if you're able to prove you're worth the sweaty chops for the position. Combined with the rest of his extremely lousy behavior and personality that made him the exact kind of prick that you'd want to punch in the face, that makes for a terrible combination.
@KatherinePrice may I please shake 🤝 your hand for that EXCELLENT COMMENT 👌🏿
@Naruto 🤝Thank you. I just call 'em like I see 'em lol. 😊
@@Kati_P no prob amigo👌🏿
I just left a job with an abusive boss. When I handed in my resignation and mentioned the name of my new company she got red in the face because she’d be applying there for years but could never get an interview.
Why you ask?
It turns out 80% of the staff are her former employees and no one would recommend her! It felt good.
Awesome story!
Fist pump!!! 😁
You know what would be even more fun, recommending her only to turn her down. It’ll add a little whipped cream to that ice cream, because revenge is sweet and best served cold. Mwahahaha 😈
KARMA 💯
"gee, it's almost like YOU are the reason no one stays here"
I heard rumours our boss was closing down our site at the end of March. He assured us this was not the case, so I booked off the last week in March Then he told me I couldn't have that week off, as he was closing down and needed me to clear out the store. I told him exactly where to shove it.
So he planned to lie to you until the end of March, and then leave you without a job… without notice or even a chance to put in applications for a new job?
@@Chiffawndue Yep. Wasn't the worst thing this mean-minded waste of carbon did to his staff, but it was the last. One Christmas he promised us all a turkey, to be collected from the store on Christmas Eve. Then he just didn't come in. No boss, no turkeys, no Christmas.
@@Chiffawndue Depending on the local laws that can be illegal as all get out.
This story was actually kinda sad. I'm happy op got lots of vacation and is now doing much better for himself, but that doesn't change the fact that a whole year of his life was basically stolen from him. That makes me kinda sad, and pretty enraged. This sort of thing happens too often and people normally don't wind up on top. I hate that...
But I'm happy for op and I'm sure his employees are happy too.
It wasn't stolen from him, it was graciously donated to the rich elite, as is his responsibility as a lowly, worthless, peasant.
I've had the same shit happen to me before.
Bourgoise fuckers still own slaves, they just use extra steps.
Imagine screwing your best employee out of a bonus that you could actually give, coming up with a BS excuse, and then getting tossed into a zero-perk town after other people complained that you screwed them over with the same excuse.
karma
Especially since you can't even quit to look for something better. You have no skills and no money. The only thing you have is nepotism, and you've exhausted even that.
@@benjiro8793 yeah, this is what I also thought might be the case. That or he gave some other workers tiny raises or something- though I get the feeling he would never do that
@@benjiro8793 *That* was my exact thought when I read that he cut 90% of what was going to be OP's bonus. Too bad for him, *this* one came to bite him in the ass.
@@godlynewbie that's not karma though that's just natural consequences of his actions
My husband and I listen to your videos as we drink our coffee and get ready in the morning. Thanks for making mornings much more enjoyable! Keep it up!
Same! Every morning for the past 2 years
Coffee has cockroaches in it ;)
@@veparus cool i guess ive heard eating those is good for your health even if raw.
That just made my day
Leaving the topic of cockroaches and acceptable levels of insect parts and feces, I too enjoy my coffee and rslash mornings!😘👍
Boss: "There wasn't any more money in the budget."
Translation: *"I am a butthole and I hate paying my employees even when they did well!"*
and that backfired
Translation: I *COULD* give that money to you...or I can allocate it into other places so I can continue using this office as my personal joyride. Guess which one I'm gonna do, lackey!
@@OmegaGuess , and this is why office shootings happen when evil judges and spineless juries side with companies.
I always feel kinda guilty enjoying these revenge stories haha
Hell o there mister
Ayeeee I watch your story content too with the secret word stuff lmao; let's go my two fav creator'ssss
hey look its connor pugs, hows it going buddy?
I didn't know you watch this channel too.
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So... OP was basically a one-man machine and boss man screws him over, giving BS excuses and all that? Also, the fact OP was not the only one you did this to? Yeah, you deserve what happens after.
Why do bad bosses always kill their golden geese? You'd think they'd want to keep them there and happy, if they're such good earners
They want the Golden goose to work without needing to give anything to them. Sure, they want the production, but keeping them happy requires using money that could be going in their own pocket, and they want every penny they can get. Spending any money keeping that golden goose happy? Too expensive.
@@raeishimura "We lost the gold, but at least we got to keep the copper"
Because they're not just bad bosses they are also stupid bosses.
A bad boss that was smart would know too stiff all the other employees and keep his highest performing one happy.
I just want to point how that boss literally embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars and got moved to a different location for it.
That's what they do when they can't outright fire someone without retribution from above. They get reassigned to a nothing job with no hope of advancement, in this case at an office out in the middle of nowhere. The idea is that they either quit or spend the rest of their career as a sinecure.
Disturbingly, that reminds me of those pedo priests who get relocated to a different parish instead of, idunno, getting excommunicated and handed over to the police to spend time in jail for their atrocities.
Im suprised op didnt murder him, if that happened to me id be serving 15 years
@@WashashoreProd I'm late to this conversation, but I just watched Aggretsuko and I understand the idea
@@caitsith3.0 Good reference dude
So this boss screwed over OP *after* making his department 90% dependant on OP? Not exactly Lex Luthor, is he?
The sad part is, this is SO not uncommon. "Hey, we're gonna rest the entire company on your shoulders, and treat you like dirt, under the hopes that guilting you with our need for you will keep you here."
Same sort of thing happened when I was working for a hardware store. Employees left, their workload got put on me. Pretty soon I was responsible for almost all physical work in the store, and they had been hiring teenage girls as store staff because they could pay them next to nothing and didn't care enough about the workings of the store to ask for more. I went back to school and got a degree in architectural engineering, and when I gave my 2 weeks, they scrambled to find replacements, but they couldn't hire just one person to do my work and none of the current employees could physically handle my work. They struggled for a while and eventually they were able to get the work done, but they had to hire 5 people to do my workload. In the meantime, they lost a lot of business because the workload slowed to a halt.
@@raeishimura , no, you should have followed my example because if they want to be evil to people, then they are going to learn a harsh lesson, one way or another, in their lives.
He is Lax Luthor. Because he definitly crapped this one.
The HR rep is like “oh silly boss there was money for a bonus” the boss clearly wanted that money
"Welcome to Rslash where OP's boss screws him but OP screws him harder."
Me: Hey phrasing.
I thought i was the only one who thought this 💀
This promotion thing happened to me too. I was going to be a manager. I had higher ups training me and the had huge faith in what I did. However new owners when they came didn't promote me. Then after 2 years of saying they would they promoted 3 people 1 week and 2 the next. I quit right after.
I felt this one hard. I’ve been with the same company for over 9 years and for the last 6 I’ve been getting passed up for promotion for the company to instead hire new people. The first 4 of the last 6 years they’d hire the new person, then ask ME to train them for the position I’d been passed up for until I asked “Why am I in charge of training them? If I’m so qualified and knowledgeable that it’s my responsibility to train them then I should’ve been given the position myself and I need to talk to a lawyer because obviously I’m being discriminated against.” After saying that for those 4 years and deciding to get one of the higher ups to train the new people, they finally stopped asking me to train the people they’re hiring over me. I’m still going for the promotion, but I also don’t do anything above my pay grade anymore and they don’t try to talk me into doing it anymore either.
Obviously unvalued, The second time they did that I'd have been out the door and into another company, they'll only screw as hard as you let them.
@@fenix849 unfortunately they pay better than anywhere else I can get right now. And with how long I’ve been here I have to get a really good offer for it to be worth it to throw away almost a decade of my life, so I’m kinda trapped.
When it comes to shitty bosses/employers revenge is always a great severance package to claim on your way out.
Reminds me of an experience I had on Bitlife. I grew up being top of my class in school for my entire childhood, got a scholarship for a community college, and a scholarship for college, twice. I was qualified for one of the highest paying jobs, and that's exactly what I did. After 10 years of working there, I was stuck on the bottom because my supervisor hated me. Even though I was the MVP of the workforce, he wouldn't give me a chance. One day, a co-worker played a prank on me so I did the same, which got me in the sights of HR. I was fired so I spoke to the employment agent to see what job I was qualified for, and that job was in the same company, but this time one step over my old supervisor. He didn't last much longer than that. Then I died of Thyroid cancer at 35.
How sad! So you're writing this post from the afterlife?
@@bradevans5566 yeah. I'm currently my son, who died of high blood pressure at 35. I fondly remember stories my father told me about my grandfather who died at 35 in a car accident. In all seriousness though, I think this bloodline is cursed.
@@MrLandShark55_55 Three consecutive generations dying at 35? Yep. Definitely cursed.
@@petemadrona2252 yes. The latest one died of cancer at age 35.
Love these stories! the last one reminds me of why I left my last job. I was the only person they trained for a very expensive video system, so when I left, they had no support for that system at all. that was 4 months ago, I've decided that I will work for me, but not others moving forward. it's not worth it.
eye opening and satisfying to hear others stand up!
First story: This boss deserved something way more than nuclear if he believes his employes are that stupid to just take in that abuse.
Except that is exactly what happened. And our society does everything it can to indoctrinate a servile and spineless mentality in us all.
I have a good job and a good boss now but I'm almost 50 years old. After working for 35 years, I've had my fair share of crappy bosses and supervisors. For those of you who are a bit younger, try to remember this story when times get tough. Use every bad moment of your life to learn how to be better than those that tried to keep you down. These are building blocks. By the way, these days, I mostly work from home, sitting on my couch, often listening to RSLASH to keep my brain entertained. Thanks for what you do and thank you to your faithful followers for their seemingly endless supply of stories.
16:44 Yea I remember one time my boss told me that he had a promotion lined up for me, then when the new position was finally created two years later, he gave it to himself! It turns out that he was such a bad boss that he would have been fired but he promoted himself instead!
I’m like you, rslash. I felt this one all the way to the bottom of my soul. During the recession, everybody in my small department (there had been five of us, which was a reduction from the seven who had been there when I first came to the department) and I did everything. I taught my classes, I had to keep the classroom door open so I could also be the receptionist, and I had all of the calls going to voicemail when I couldn’t get to them. Because we had no actual manager, a woman from another department came down two days a week to take care of things like budget and things that were out of my pay grade.
When we were finally assigned a manager, he was less than happy to see that I had been doing manager level work and he did everything possible to keep me in my classification. Needless to say we clashed a lot, because I had been running the whole damn department for nearly a year and other than the person who came down to take care of stuff that I didn’t have access to, had done a great good job. By that time we had a receptionist so I didn’t have to run and grab the phones all the time, but I ran everything else.
When we finally got someone else to replace him - because they knew that there was a lawsuit in the making if they didn’t - I was finally happy, but we all knew that I needed to be up to a senior level. My boss tried to do it, but there was always an excuse. Since I was close to retirement, I’m sure they knew that they could get away with it. That boss’s name, by the way, was Karen. She was not “a” Karen, because she was and is one of the most wonderful people I’ve ever known! lol
So yeah. This story and your story really hit me. Been there, done that!
I used to work a voluntary job and was promised to get a paid position after a year, many years went by until I realized that it was never gonna happen because “there is no budget and it wouldnt be fair to others.” .. so yeah. I gave them the middle finger right before covid hit.
Man a 3 month vacation + sick days sounds amazing but honestly if it takes a good jab at your boss then do it
Why are pro revenges so little compared to some petty revenges lmao
Pro revenges don't have to be big, they have to be smart. Anyone can egg a house, slash a tire, or file a false police report. A pro takes revenge carefully, calculatingly, sometimes over a long period of time. They use the rules to their advantage and they're meticulous about hammering every last nail into their victim's coffin.
If you're looking for big, flashy revenges, look up Nuclear Revenge and Supernova Revenge.
@@antonyduhamel1166 Theres Black Hole Revenge also
@@xboxoneyes7734 I have not heard of that one. Kudos.
@@antonyduhamel1166 Saw a vid of it a while ago
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@@antonyduhamel1166 there's also NuclearRevenge
I got screwed in a similar way. You know, I was typing it all out, but I might just submit my story to rSlash because it really is an unexpected Malicious Compliance.
for every boss who "promise" promotions, should have it in writing along with hr as the witness
I totally can relate to being lied to by management for raises/promotions/bonues while they smile/talk a good game to your face. I have worked up to an 80 hours a week while my boss was like 'you're overwhelmed? Well, you should learn better time management.' When I was fired after being a loyal worker bee for over a decade, I was laughing my head off with relief. I really enjoy these prorevenge stories but it just isn't in my nature to slap back. Oh well! I hope these bosses all reap what that sow, lol..🤣
Bosses:alright today we will be promoting all the people that deserve it :wakes up
Wakes up **screaming**
Never give your boss a second chance. If he screws you, walk. You won't be out of a job long. You were a powerhouse here; you'll be a powerhouse there.
"He screws his boss even harder!"
Me: Ah, he brought the dry oatmeal
I thought this said “my boss stuffed me” this video would have went a different direction 😅😂
This is the first time I have ever woke up at a decent hour in years and it's so worth it now.
I wake up early bc of my job, but Rslash is ALWAYS worth it for waking up early!
I can agree
Good for you bud, keep it up. believe it or not, it somehow feels better to wake up before 10
What time is it your time? I just woke up too and it’s 9 am here
Everyday at 6 am homie
Had that in my previous job.
I always had to "prove myself" when in reality they just wanted to compare several people to each other or just wanted some guys to put in extra effort.
At one occasion i actually got promoted until they demoted me a couple weeks later saying "HR cant allow as many people in your position anymore"
Jokes on them. I didnt do the extra work anymore, didnt put in the extra effort I did the entire time and the guy they had left in the position was on holiday for 8 weeks and 3 weeks of scheduled quarantine afterwards.
My bosses were overworked before, but they definetly shot themselfs in the foot with that move.
I realized after listening to this story that I have never gotten a promotion, it has always been a completely new job. The company I have worked for the longest (in between others) has always kept me on a project basis or smoked some people like me out of their roles with new middle management every three years or so. Then you have to beg and plead and re-apply for the position to earn your job back, or sometimes even a lower-paid position. The guys who started their careers back in the 80's or 90's sit securely in their management seats, no-one can touch them.
I've been promoted twice, and then almost immediately pushed back both times. Most recent was my promotion from cashier to camping outfitter, then I got some bullshit about "too much standing around" and "not enough Club referrals." I wasn't meeting the Club quota, sure, but neither were the other part-timers in the department. I still got more than they did.
I learned all too late that they just didn't need me there as badly as they needed some cashiers, and that once I went back, they would never let me move up again. I love that store, but if I ever go back to it, it won't be to the front end.
I love hearing these kinds of videos because it gives me an insight on things to expect in the workforce and ways of noticing it so I can act in the right way so I don't get myself into a pickle.
Appreciated OP who got screwed on your bonus. Glad to know things got better. If there's ever any advice you can off to someone who's struggling out there please share more! Would love to educate myself further!
If they promise something to you, but never go through on it, don’t count on it. I know to start looking elsewhere when that happens! Life is too short to be committed to a shitty job
Late, but check out Ask a Manager. Lots of invaluable advice on managing, job hunting, resume prep, interview skills, etc. Plus, more juicy stories like this one!
There's one little issue with this story....the employee took the disrespect and kept allowing himself to be taken advantage of by the new boss. He also didn't get anything in writing. The smart employee would have been out the door when his "promotion" disappeared or when his assistant quit...bad bosses are only successful on the backs of doormat employees.
This job almost sounds made up because there's no way a board member would allow a relative to get away with that considering lower company successes mean they get less as a board member.
Most of these stories are made up, but who really cares.
I don't believe this story is made up. The details are too concise without being fantastical. The time period (and what it was like in those days) is very accurate. A lot of people are doormat employees until the day they get screwed over and snap. It's not uncommon. I'm just glad this guy screwed his boss with the rules instead of a .44
Wrong, he did the best thing for himself. Used up the vacations, kept looking for a good new job (not just any new job) instead of getting stuck in unemployment land. It's always easier to find something decent if you are already employed and not taking the first thing that comes along due to being desperate. And he got to annoy his boss doing it and got a juicy revenge in hindsight too.
My last company was like this. And I was right out of college at the time. I was the doormat employee because I thought thats what you have to be right out of college.
Oh and the CEO's 2 sons are VPs in the company. Her niece "runs" one of the 3 offices, and her Daughter in law is the social outreach rep. All of them suck at their jobs.
Adding more to this. Its called the 24/24/24. You find 24 year olds right out of college, work them 24 hours a day for 2 years (24 months) until they burn out and grab another new college grad for 12-15 an hour.
Victims of abuse often don't know they are being abused.
Be careful not to victimblame.
Also Nepotism is very common in many places.
He screws his boss even harder? Wait.. what am I watching again?
This just happened to my husband last month! He broke his back holding up the business pretty much solo only to be screwed over on his promised bonus that was supposed to make it all worth it! He is now looking for a new job. Screw you Carl!
Nobody:
Rslash: I had bad corporate job
No one:
Rslash: My very high quality microphone
Reminds me of when I worked at McDonald's and they were so appreciative of me always going above and beyond and staying late and doing the jobs no one wanted to do without complaining, that they gave me a coupon for a free ice cream cone.
I still keep it in my wallet as a reminder to never let a boss treat me the way they did.
OP really is a nice person. He only gone pro revenge. I probably would've gone nuclear. Not sure what I would've done, but definitely nuclear.
I mean one could likely start with using the company as his personal car dealership...
I hope OP got a HUUUUUUGE paycheck from that screwup of a boss.
Reminds me of my racist assistant manager who got 12 managers fired unless she was made manager and hired her own race only because she could control them
I'm sorry but after the 3rd manager, the higher ups should've sensed something was up.
@@azisles02 yep and they did why do you think they never allowed her to be a manager
@@azisles02 she was just to high on power to notice
My supervisor tried to get me promoted 3 times since I help run the place when the managers are out, and each time I've been rejected in favor of an untrained worker that just got hired. They've all since quit for being expected to be managment for $8-9 /hr
"OP gets screwed over by his Boss, so OP screws his Boss even harder"
That, dear friend, sounded wrong.
Never go "above and beyond" for an employer. Your only reward will be more work.
The fact that op had to roll over vacation two years in a row before switching locations is a red flag for the company as a whole.
I used to work at Tim-'Hortons. I worked there 6 years. I was a baker, and after all the time I worked nights, proving I was reliable, they never gave me a raise. I had to demand it, and even then, they had me sign this agreement where if my work wasn't satisfactory, I would go back to my previous salary. All for an extra 25 cents an hour.
0:02 ... UH... Um... oh.. yea-... uh... that uh.... the phrasing. just like, Why that phrasing?
excuse i got for not getting promoted was "i just wanted to see some new faces and talent around here" for the job i was already doing due to lack of a manager in that spot. happened 3 time because they were not trained in that position because i refused to train what would effectively have been my manager and they would inevitably quit. I eventually got fired for "gross misconduct" for something completely unrelated to me because I placed something in the wrong location(previously correct location things had changed when i was out with covid for the 2 weeks and i still had a bit of brain fog going on) and someone else stole said item on a different shift who I had never met or spoken to. not mad about it since another company picked me up pretty fast for my history of work and is paying me twice what i was making previously. honestly a blessing in disguise getting fired and i was already looking for new employment. they are also training me for higher positions due to my high performance for when something becomes available. though they wont say i clearly see the difference of my training vs others in my position and also stating wanting me to apply further in the company in my performance review. i still have my eyes set on something outside this company but its nice to know if it falls through i have options with my current employer.
I worked a dish pit for a bar and grill and the only thing I wanted was to learn how to work other jobs in the kitchen aside from dishes. It took them a whole year before I was given the chance to work at another station, but then the floodgates opened to where I was working dishpit, salad/pizza station, grill if they needed it, and Prep work plus sometimes doing the opening work as well. Then, when I started showing initiative by talking to the General Manager about issues in the kitchen and bar, my hours got slashed to less than 15 a week. So, yeah, the whole "Screwed out of a promotion" story is one that happens in every industry, and not even to higher level jobs.
I like your dedication for publishing exactly on time everyday!!
you can set videos to automatically upload at a certain time
"he screws his boss even harder"
no one:
me: YOOO SUS
Boss:
"I'm cutting your pay by 90%"
OP:
"Is this an out-of-season April fool's joke?"
Glad to start my morning with a good rslash video
Glad to start my day with a really nice rlsash episode
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@@kiracaroso yea I reported it
My first job as a programmer, starting out as a contractor before being hired, I ruffled some feathers by saying no to co-workers about a programming change (it would have been a HIPAA violation) and having a weird sense of humor. In the meantime, I had modernized some scripts so that 90% of the time when we got a new client, one change had to made to them instead of developing new scripts. Literally taking 3 weeks of work over several departments to 5 seconds of typing. I asked for a promotion but was denied because we were in a hiring freeze, and I had a reputation. Manager told me that when the freeze was over, if he hadn't had a complaint about me, he'd promote me. In the meantime, my team lead (great guy) was creating a paper trail. Our small team got dumped on a lot by other departments, and he was tired of it. By the time he and I went to talk to the manager, we had a binder worth of proof that 99% of the complaints against us were others screwing up and doing a CYA. Manager was frankly stunned. Team lead left, and I stayed. Manager (Randy) was confused.
So, Randy. Had any complaints against me?
Um, no.
Hiring freeze over.
Yes.
Thise were your two requirements to give me a promotion.
(Look of trapped animal) Uh, I can't.
Why not?
You still have a reputation...
Based on what we just showed you for an hour, how much of that rep is valid?
Well, very little, but I still can't.
Why not?
Your rep...
So what I'm hearing is that there is no way for me to advance at this company even when we show you proof. Did you ever check with other departments when they complained about me?
I don't have time.
Really? That's convenient as we just spent several times showing you how the complaints aren't valid than it would have taken you to actually go talk to people when you heard something. Maybe if you did YOUR job, I wouldn't have a rep.
(Angrily) Get out.
Next day I turned in my resignation.
Randy: Oh, I thought you were going to stick it out and fight. I'm a little bit disappointed.
Me: Well, know you know how I feel as I'm very disappointed in how crappy a manager you are.
Surprisingly not fired on the spot. My team lead, while not a manager, had great sway in the company. After I was done, he entered and chewed Randy out for an hour before quitting time. Like I said... great guy. Randy, red-faced, actually stormed out of his office to go to his car. I made a sarcastic sad face at him and waved bye-bye. Best decision ever for me in my career.
OP sounds like they were the dreamworker and the boss just said:"Nah, time to pocket the money for myself."
I love the pro revenge stories, thank you for helping me be productive
Employees are paid not played
Guys like his boss who refuse to payout or reward top performers are trying to ascend their own professional ladder by climbing over their employees' backs...while wearing spurs. At least that dbag got caught and thrown into a backwater town that he doesn't have the competence to crawl out of.
I have said this over and over, but it seems to never hit home. Never EVER eff with a hard worker, they will either screw you, your Company or BOTH over.
I've been held on the line like that with promises of "first you have to show it" even though I got the function based upon earlier performance. My bad luck was that my job was literally 5 minutes from my house so it was ultra convenient.
Thought it said "My boss sniffed Me, So I Ruined His Life". Kinda sad now :(
"The worst kind of bosses..." Mate you just described pretty much every boss. If not today, tomorrow. Give an inch, they take a mile.
I worked for a large clothing company here in the UK and was with them for around 7 years. After the 3rd year ( and having done every job within the company that was available ) I was a supervisor for the delivery team and was told by 3 separate managers that the next available managers position ( you had to wait till someone either left or retired to take their position and get the training opportunity ) I was passed over hard by the 3 managers and the position was given to someone that showed no interest in the post prior and didn't even last 8 months in the position before leaving for another job! So when I asked for HIS position they said it was going to another person from another store. I was gob smacked as I had spent so long, doing all the overtime, nightshifts, store counts etc, to be stabbed in the back by the 3 of them! I phoned my uncle who had recently returned from the States and was looking to start his own business, so I quit on the spot and never looked back. I wished there was signs but thats the card I was dealt. I heard that one manager got sacked for "gross misconduct", one took early retirement and the last one had gotten a promotion and left. Fu*k them and fu*k that company.
Always keep some information from your position inaccessible. Hold it hostage if they screw you. Or just walk away and watch it burn down
A good supervisor or manager knows his/her employees' jobs well enough to do them him/herself if necessary or at least access a resource if it's a specialty job. But I do understand the sentiment, as it's hard to protect yourself if you get a stupid or malicious boss.
I find of funny that OP made this is a moral story about how employers will screw you over whenever they can. The truth is this happened 25 years ago and only started his own firm 5 years ago. That means for 20 years, he was fine working for corporate boss. In other words, it couldn't have been so bad
I almost didn’t listen to this one, but I’m glad I did. Unfortunately, this kind of stuff happens all too often. My husband got screwed over again and again at a mom and pop company he worked for for 20 years! Finally they “laid him off” and screwed him on his severance pay. They said they couldn’t afford his large salary (which was tiny) then turned around and hired a guy right out of college for more! The funny part is, the new guy couldn’t do the job and messed the system up. For the next couple of years they would hire my husband as a contractor to fix all the problems the new hires would create. My husband was hired by a big company that paid him twice his salary. He has since changed jobs a couple of more times and is making four times what he was making at the POS company he spent 20 years at. It took me a while but I finally convinced him that no matter how much they paid him to freelance their problems, it wasn’t worth it. I’m so grateful they laid him off. It’s the best thing that ever happened to him.
Oh yeah... been there. My incompetent director skipped over me for promotion. During the recession so I didn't make any waves just let her know I expected to be promoted the next year. In March of the next year she assures me my promotion is all set and budgeted for. Then in July she waits until I'm out of my office chucks my annual review on my desk. Of course I see that there's no promotion. Turns out she fucked up the annual paper work (did I mention she was incompetent), I won't even get into how it went wrong, and she was afraid to tell her boss because she was on thin ice already! Her solution? Just screw me over and act like nothing happened. I immediately put a meeting on her calendar at which I told her I would be doing all I could to leave her department. Luckily it didn't take me long to find something in another department - got a 10k raise! So I guess it worked out after all. 😃
"Op gets screwed over by his boss so he screws his boss over harder" I think I have seen this movie plot on risky sights before
The part where he says every company and boss is definitely not true, My dad is the supply chain manager for advent health, He is basically in charge of the entire warehouse and all the warehouse workers, He gave them a pay raise, And hospital benefits, so there are good bosses out there. But to say that every single boss is greedy and selfish, is 100% not true
My last boss is really abusive; slowly but surely my coworkers have been resigning...this guy told us he doesn't do retention for anyone and treated us pretty badly, but the day I told him I was going to resign, he started to be really nice, telling me how he was so happy with me, my job, yadda yadda...next day he was swearing me out to anyone, because I didn't stayed
The last coworker who resigned got as his retention a "see, if you go there a lot of people will pressure you because of that role, but here you only have to deal with me"...mind you, he screamed a lot to this coworker, and somehow (still don't know how) everything bad that happened in the company was my coworkers fault (fr, he told this coworker that it was his fault that I quitted)...and boss man still thinks he's in the right...his whole team has resigned twice!
Just remember, that company that you are working yourself to death over? If you died today, they would have your position opening posted before your obituary is. Also, if they ever tell you how they “are like family,” run!
Or treat them like family and murder them in their sleep...
What? That can't seriously only be me, can it? Really?🤔
I can relate. 5 years, no promotions, no bonuses, no raises. I was stuck at the bottom rung, and over time I came to know more than even my managers knew as I'd been there longer! The job was so stressful that my health started to decline, so it got to the point where I had to quit for medical reasons! Note, this was only 3 weeks ago and I haven't got another job lined up. Due to increasing depression and social anxiety I have from that job, I don't know how I'm ever going to work again.
i love the stories when a scumbag boss makes empty promises and gets absolutely slaughtered emotionally and financially.
this is why you always leave a job at the first whiff of some bullshit. as soon as my boss told me i wasnt getting the promotion that i was promised, i would be looking for a different job.
So fun story, I was promised a promotion at my last job but someone higher up then my boss decided they had a better person in mind. Well, they pushed the former boss out, put the new guy in, had me train said new guy, and thought all was well. I hopped onto a plane, flew into FL for a job interview. When I flew back two days later and handed in my two weeks notice they had no idea why I would want to leave them...
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The job I had before my current one screwed me over. It was virtual security and I was promoted to make maps of sites. My supervisor was a real scum bag and wouldn't let me take lead of the project I had been promoted to do. After an incident right before I was supposed to go on vacation, I was done. I submitted applications on my vacation, got a call just an hour after submitting, got an interview the next day and hired. I waited until my last day of vacation to submit my resignation, putting scum bag as section three and blocked everyone's numbers.
My roomie still worked there and said they all started calling him "section three" behind his back. Pretty satisfying.
I worked for a big name in computer security/backup software for years, they divested part of the company that I worked for and the 'new' company closed physical offices in my area. I applied for a particular remote job and got it, and every customer that I had had a nice stable environment and had a direct line to me, however the sales team was so stupid that they comped a year of this elevated service to many new customers. This of course meant that after a year most companies weren't going to pay the extra overhead. Anyway, my wonderful boss got promoted and I got transferred under a new boss, where the rest of the team was at an office location. I was down to 1 or 2 clients, because they just wouldn't send me new clients, but I was also on a team to revamp and rework our certification exam for the software. We completed the revamp of the exams (both internal and external) after getting a raise just a couple weeks before I was "laid off".
Yes, I saw the writing on the wall but was willing to ride it out for as long as possible, after all the company already had screwed me over in the transition from the old company, doing it in a way I lost a bunch of reserve stocks.
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OP :... Aaaaaand now, I screw people over 🤣
We got a 10 dollar gift card…. The other leads and I were running the production lines with only 10 people when we should’ve had twenty. We were still getting everything done on time cause if we didn’t finish we didn’t go home. And they gave us 10 dollars. On top of that they kept threatening my job every-time I questioned them. I’m so glad I don’t work there anymore.
Old adage: People don't quit businesses, they quit bosses.
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I wonder how many people would/or do recognize rSlash just by his Voice Alone 😅
So petty-, pro-, nuclear revenge and malicious compliance are all basicly same?
Well, to my knowledge
Petty - something small
Pro - something big, carefully planned out with VERY lasting effects
Nuclear - Pro but sometimes with darker twists and others getting involved in the crossfire who never really had anything to do with the situation
MaliciousCompliance - going along with the aggressor's demands knowing it'll backfire on them
So, yeah, pretty different but, in the end, they all give that satisfying feeling of having someone get their comeuppance.
Corporate America: Gold for me, crumbs for the Peasants.
The sent all the team leads and supervisors home for three years due to covid. Left us there to die and also, never told me I was going to be running the department on their way out. I simply did what op did and stopped doing things that weren't my job. Unfortunately they just found other people to do it. Strangely they finally gave me a decent raise after I stopped doing everything. Well, I've learned what I need to do to succeed 😆
Good morning rslash. Thanks for the stories. Have a great day
Man reminds me of my old boss miss using of sanitation tablets by a lot like it needed like 30 and she only wanted us to use 2( the bottle literally said it was against FEDERAL LAW to miss use it), left eggs out In a 100 degree kitchen for 6 hours, didn't clean the deep fryers for 2 weeks there were black as tar after 3 days, broken fridge seal, exposed fiber glass insulation above an air conditioner, stuff like that only reason I didn't report them was because a family member worked there and it would have really screwed them over to be out of a job I actually still have the pictures and a video recording of the boss saying that that's the amount of tablets your supposed to use, I left them high and dry right before a dinner rush(I was dishwasher, filled sauce cups,grabbed stuff from the basement, did small side dishes, and helped deep fry stuff for less than a McDonald's employee in my area
This dude pulled an office space...I love it
This may be the closest I get to being in the single digits lol
Love your episodes!!!!! Keep up the fantastic work!!!
Never do an “exit interview.” Good advise from an employment lawyer. They benefit you zero and are only to potentially document your file with cause/reason/excuse/justification for your departure.
" Op gets screwed over by his boss, but Op screws his boss harder!"
Might have wanted to word that just a tad differently.
I hope that everyone is having a good Monday!