by "JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
Published 03/15/2017 at 21:38
by "JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
Published 03/15/2017 at 21:38
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I’ve been working at a dead-end job that is really only a means to an end: travelling abroad and living there before returning to school. My superiors are pretty shitty people, repeatedly cursing at me and threatening my employment for things I haven’t done despite working my ass off—performing the same job myself as three of my coworkers do simultaneously in the later shift—and never being anything but pleasant and obedient. That extends to my dumb ass doing personal favors. I’ll probably give my two weeks and leave without much ado, but I can’t help but fantasize about what can be done to leave one’s employer as deep as possible in the proverbial shitter without doing breaching law or contract. Anyone have good stories in this regard?
I’ll be acquiring a massive stockpile of auto parts at a steep employee discount before I leave, but you’re not really sticking it to the man when you give the man money. It’s not even as good as paying $200 to the thieving-scumbag-shitstain-fuckwitted tow truck company in all $1 bills to liberate your car that they damaged.
/endrant
"comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer" (00cyclonefan)
03/15/2017 at 21:40, STARS: 5
Unfun response: By being the bigger person.
"CB" (jrcb)
03/15/2017 at 21:42, STARS: 1
Eh, just leave with a goodbye. Don’t burn bridges you don’t need to. I’ve avoided the “up yours” spectacle when leaving jobs because you never know if you’ll need to deal with those people again.
"interstate366, now In The Industry" (interstate366)
03/15/2017 at 21:43, STARS: 0
If you work in customer service and don’t make tips, be as nasty as possible to the customers.
Although it’s probably best that you don’t actually do this. You never know.
"beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard" (beardsbynelly-Rikerbeard)
03/15/2017 at 21:44, STARS: 1
I’d recommend against making a scene, my brother once told an employer to ‘stick the two weeks notice up your arse’ and it hurt him 10 years later when he went for a job.. one of the managers from his old job was now an exec at the one he was applying for
(even if he was totally justified in making a scene as they had not paid him in 2 months)
That said, after a couple of months of 60 hour weeks I quit my job at a fast food place, stripped down to my underpants in the car and threw the uniform through the drive through window.
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
03/15/2017 at 21:46, STARS: 1
I prefer just leaving without saying a word. The absence of knowledge of what’s going on drives people crazy.
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/15/2017 at 21:46, STARS: 1
That’s my plan. I figure someone on here must have a story that provides vicarious gratification, haha
Who knows? I worked pretty diligently at this job for almost a year, so there’s a backup I have in case I find myself in a tough spot.
"E90M3" (e90m3)
03/15/2017 at 21:47, STARS: 3
What you do: come up with an elaborate plan to fuck them over. Once you have that, fantasize about it, think about how good it’ll make you feel. Then when it comes time to implement it, you had in your two weeks and don’t do your plan. It’s a small world, you never know if you have to deal with these people again. Even if you don’t have to directly deal with them, they could be best friends with whoever you end up working for next. It’s not worth it.
I wanted to quit my old job in a similar manor, but I decided it wouldn’t be worth it long term. What future employer wants to hire someone that quit with a bang.
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/15/2017 at 21:49, STARS: 0
I am unfamiliar with this strategy!
(Actually, I have never performed any memorable act of retribution and probably couldn’t if I tried...)
"RPM esq." (rpm3)
03/15/2017 at 21:49, STARS: 2
Behave like an adult, leave quietly, and bask in the knowledge that you are a better person and on to bigger and better things. Why sink to their level through petty vindictiveness?
"Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies" (jordanwphillips)
03/15/2017 at 21:50, STARS: 0
It kind of depends on the job. I wouldn’t do anything to haunt you, but being cold about is fine. I worked at a family restaurant, and had recently been getting my hours cut because one of the long time employees worthless, lazy son startes working there. I was consistently picking up the slack he was causing, and even other co-workers noticed. Finally, one day I came in and saw the schedule. It had one day on it. That night was very busy, the kitchen was in a rush, and it was just the manager, her sister, lazy dude’s Mom, and lazy dude. I walked up to the manager, and told her that it wasn’t working out. Left, and never came back. That said, I was moving a few months later, so I had a distances escape.
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/15/2017 at 21:52, STARS: 2
I was really just looking for some entertaining stories from people who decided to execute some grand plan of petty vindication. I probably should embolden the part of the post where I say I wouldn’t do this.
"AestheticsInMotion" (aestheticsinmotion)
03/15/2017 at 21:54, STARS: 2
Similar situation when I was 17. Worked at a major grocery store, boss was physically abusive and just a dick in general.
When I decided to leave I didn’t tell any management. Instead, I went around asking if I could cover every checkers shift (16 people if I recall correctly) on one particular day. They ALL said yes because they hated the place, and obviously didn’t realize I’d been talking to all of the grocery checkers. I marked down the shift changes in the big shift change book we kept, but put them a month later “on accident” so no one would notice until it was too late.
So when that day came, the store had zero checkers other than the two furious managers for at least four hours, in one of the busiest grocery stores on the west coast. Lost revenue was easily in the tens’s of thousands, plus the longterm effects of disgruntled customers waiting in line for an hour or more. One of the managers ended up getting fired, for this and for HR FINALLY listening to all the claims of sexual assault from female employees.
Obviously, this was incredibly stupid to do and I’m lucky I didn’t get sued or something, but damn did it feel good.
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/15/2017 at 21:55, STARS: 0
Ouch! That must have been a punch in the gut. Diplomacy is honestly my plan, but I was hoping to hear of an instance of not doing things by the book... so thank you. It never occurred to me that revenge is a dish best served nude.
"AestheticsInMotion" (aestheticsinmotion)
03/15/2017 at 21:55, STARS: 0
This is the smart answer. But I think everyone should try burning bridges at least once
"My bird IS the word" (mybirdistheword)
03/15/2017 at 21:58, STARS: 0
I plan on telling my store manager how he sucks at his job and what a fuckhead he is., but in reality I am probably just going to call in and not even bother showing up.
"Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
03/15/2017 at 22:00, STARS: 0
Write them a review that gets 35k reads and is one of the top results for “[business name] scam”?
http://oppositelock.kinja.com/warning-beware-of-any-employment-selling-fw1-632945071
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/15/2017 at 22:01, STARS: 0
This makes sense; while the job is menial warehouse work, I wouldn’t burn a bridge that might as well remain. I don’t think anyone could blame you for doing what you did there, but I’m sure moving away helps to avoid any uncomfortable situations. I doubt anyone took up your share of the work!
"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
03/15/2017 at 22:02, STARS: 1
As was already said, I wouldn’t want to burn any bridges, especially if my next employer might need to call for references or something.
But my ideal quitting fantasy would probably have to be me seeing them left to their own devices. Preferably something related to the reason I’m leaving in the first place. Say, if I’m quitting over a shady legal issue that’s bound to blow up in their face, I’d like to see the consequences of their bad decisions come to fruition.
Or if it was a case of the job not paying enough, and I had to train my replacement during my last week, it would be so satisfying to see the new guy bail because he doesn’t think the pay is adequate either.
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/15/2017 at 22:03, STARS: 1
That is fantastic. One guy did that since I’ve been there, and they didn’t dare dick him around nearly as much!
"promoted by the color red" (whenindoubtflatout)
03/15/2017 at 22:04, STARS: 2
Nothing. As other posters have stated, you never want to burn branches.
While I have followed this policy 99% of the time, I did veer slightly into the 1% at my last job.
My last boss underpaid me by a considerable amount, favored the other guy, and demonstrated a shocking inability to do parts of his job that didn’t involve playing dress-up and eating lavish meals on the company dime with the clients. On my last day I didn’t do a single thing to get back at the company. I did my job, left a transition plan in place, and said my goodbyes.
The clock ticked 4:30, which was the clock-out time. My boss finally put down the phone after fucking with it for the duration of my transition speech to ask me to finish one last project, one big whopper of a thing. Ask isn’t the right word. He slammed his body into my cubicle (as usual) and ordered me with the usual finger-in-the-face command (again, as usual).
I didn’t want to burn bridges but I also had plans that night, so I stayed for another two hours until I went to go check on him. His door was closed and his lights off, so I asked another coworker where he was. It turns out he wrecked his car (did I mention his incompetence behind the wheel?) so his wife had to pick him up earlier, meaning another coworker and I were the only ones there.
I did the math and, with the urging of the friend I was messaging with, I wrote up the final email thanking him for taking a chance on me, but that I couldn’t finish the work though I had the instructions written up for my successor.
With that, I packed up the last of my things and walked out to my car.
"comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer" (00cyclonefan)
03/15/2017 at 22:05, STARS: 0
Within reason...worked a telemarketing job back in the telemarketing heyday for 2 summers. Second one, the site leader was a big fan because I wasn’t the normal dope head they had around. One day he was out and a manager...not my manager, but at the same level, was ‘in charge’ and there was “a thing” that happened within my 2 weeks notice...like, I wasn’t technically completely innocent, but at worst, I should have gotten a “hey, ya shit, knock it off” life lesson. Manager guy decides to offer me the option to resign or get fired. I took the resign option as a ‘whatever, this is dumb’ move. He then asks if I’m coming back the following summer. I blinked, stunned, for a few minutes, and found the best answer I could come up with of “I wouldn’t completely rule it out, but with the current situation, I will admit that it’s slipped very, very far down the list.” Site leader called me the next week to ‘smooth things over’, but I told him that my interest in spending more time on the situation was pretty well gone.
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/15/2017 at 22:09, STARS: 0
Oh yeah, the fucking over will happen only in my head. I’m not planning on doing anything rash, but I definitely enjoy the stories. That you don’t leave your past behind really proves too true.
"Berang" (berang)
03/15/2017 at 22:09, STARS: 3
clog the toilet on your last day, right before you have to clock off.
"Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer" (smallbear94)
03/15/2017 at 22:10, STARS: 1
Nothing. But if I was guaranteed no consequences affecting employment later in life I might do something like subtly fucking over their computer system.
Stuff like the reversed control frozen desktop for a start, maybe some vbscript fake errors and annoying scripts stuck in the startup folder, a little registry editing (nothing serious, just irritating—messing up colours, neutering the pdf previewer, screwing around all the default programs, turning on OOBE). Repeat on every computer you have access to. Follow up by monkeying around with network settings and addresses so nothing lines up and turn some wires around on your way out the door.
Basically keep it legal but very annoying. No deleting data. Keep it fixable, but turn it into a large ball of yarn to unravel. I personally wouldn’t mess with the main computers much, that’ll pretty much leave them dead in the water and that is very likely to come back and bite you. If you leave them a way to work while they sort things out it’ll be a huge annoyance but not a crippling one.
"E90M3" (e90m3)
03/15/2017 at 22:12, STARS: 1
I wanted to quit by going up to my boss and being like I’m having some serious computer problems. It works fine, I just don’t know if I need to give it to you or to IT because I quit.
I wanted to do that, but I got laid off before that could do that, and by that I mean think about it and then not do it.
"415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30)
03/15/2017 at 22:14, STARS: 1
Well I’m in a union with a pension fund so I would have to wait for retirement options to open up, but theoretically I would just walk by the desk and say, I won’t be coming in anymore. I don’t want to screw anyone over, I have helped get rid of two motherfuckers that everyone hated though.
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/15/2017 at 22:16, STARS: 1
I agree- there’s no point burning a bridge without obligation to. I’m looking forward to the same. The manager may have snatched my phone and turned it off during a time I had taken care of everything in a setting where everyone is on their phone regardless, but that’s the best evidence I’ve seen that he does more than collect a paycheck. Things will come to a head in a year when he’s president of the company!
"Grindintosecond" (Grindintosecond)
03/15/2017 at 22:16, STARS: 1
Diplomacy. Tact. Patience. Planning.
I quit a cargo flying job and it was at the wrong time to quit a job when jobs were few and far between and there was a glut of pilots on the street just dying to get any job. Anyway, I sent out 130+ resumes and resorted to cold calling Alaska and one of the chiefs out there picked up the phone, I told him what I was looking for, and he asked what I was doing previously. Turns out, 5,000 miles away, the dude was best buds with the owner of where I had just quit.
Quit on good terms and document everything. Find copies of any personal progress reports or reviews and get them in your hand. Protect yourself against any negative future reference in any way. An employer can’t ask an old company if you were good or not, but they can ask it in a way that doesn’t violate any laws, “Is he eligible for rehire?” The answer could legally and easily be, “Noooooooo...” followed by silence. That would sum it up. So if you use those 4 words at the top of this response, your future may turn out with a better outcome fifteen years later when you have a shot at the last job you’ll ever have to get.
"beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard" (beardsbynelly-Rikerbeard)
03/15/2017 at 22:20, STARS: 0
Yeah it was a bit shit for him at the time but it all worked out, I ended up with the job and he got an even better one.
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/15/2017 at 22:21, STARS: 0
Wow, what a plot! Thanks for the laugh... this post has been made worthwhile. Did you ever happen to shop there since?
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/15/2017 at 22:23, STARS: 0
What a reasonable guy! That sounds like a satisfying way to leave. I won’t be a 1%er this time around, but I might encounter a situation that calls for it.
"Ike" (untitledcarshow)
03/15/2017 at 22:27, STARS: 0
I always wanted to hire a school marching band and have them play the saints are marching in as I leave
"AestheticsInMotion" (aestheticsinmotion)
03/15/2017 at 22:28, STARS: 1
Here’s another. I’ve only been fired once... I was sixteen, working at a gym 9pm-1am wed-sat. Finally, after months of questioning, my boss finally realized I spent 90% of each shift asleep in one of the 2 giant dryers for the towels. To this day I haven’t found a better nap spot haha
And all the time! Bought a condo when I turned 19, half a mile away from the old grocery store and I’m there multiple times a week!
"V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me!" (v8demon)
03/15/2017 at 22:31, STARS: 1
Walk the heck out. Zero fucks given. The bridges burnt are rickety already and no one in their right mind would cross them.
Seriously though, sometimes it’s the only way to do it. In those instances, it can be quite rewarding. I did it at a job I had worked for almost 3 years. The owner was a great guy too. The general manager however, was a steaming pile of rat dung. I was at my wit’s end and sick of his abuse. Left him hanging on a Friday night (it was a restaurant). Apparently I set a trend as 3 long time people did the same the very next weekend according to the owner who called me to ask why I left. All 4 of us had cited the general manager as a major contributor.
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/15/2017 at 22:33, STARS: 0
Thanks for the advice. I intend to leave without unduly antagonizing or inconveniencing anyone along the way. Granted, your career sounds pretty damn interesting. Are you based out of Alaska now/still flying cargo?
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/15/2017 at 22:34, STARS: 1
That would be a pretty memorable moment. Plus, the employer would probably be too perplexed to ever remember anything before that.
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
03/15/2017 at 22:36, STARS: 1
Well, I haven’t quit yet. Instead I’ve outlasted the people I wanted gone so far. I had a batshit crazy boss who was emotionally abusive to everyone in the department. She tried to sabotage my performance evaluation one year because I disagreed with her on something the week before. Anyway, a big leadership position opened up, and I was picked to be on the search committee. She really wanted that job. Well, she started sucking up to me during the search process. Got a glowing evaluation that year too.
She didn’t even make the first cut to the interview stage. I didn’t do a thing. She had alienated everyone so much that no one on the committee would consider her. She got really steamed, pouted around the place for almost a year, and finally left.
Sometimes karma is awesome.
"DrScientist" (DrScientist)
03/15/2017 at 22:36, STARS: 2
when i was leaving my last job, the managing director tried to convince me three weeks notice was appropriate rather than the two i was giving them. out of good will, i acquiesced. of course, i waited until the last week of the three to prepare my transition files and organize my files on the servers. that last week, hurricane sandy made its way through nyc and our office was closed without power. they opened the office that final friday... still with no power, during which i went in, dropped off my laptop, cleared my personal effects, and walked out.
my replacement, who wasnt hired until months later likely had a hell of a time putting it all back together. but this was a simply matter of greed on the md’s part. i got an extra week of pay out of it, and still had that week off. oh well.
"Grindintosecond" (Grindintosecond)
03/15/2017 at 22:37, STARS: 0
oh god no, that was fifteen years ago. Major airline now.
"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
03/15/2017 at 22:37, STARS: 1
LOL
BTW, I know those examples I gave aren’t direct acts of spite, but they are the type of thing that would bring me the most pleasure on my way out.
"Matthew Phillips" (flatsidewaysfl)
03/15/2017 at 22:38, STARS: 0
I actually just left a job like that after he had the nerve to call me an employee, treat me like a shitty employee then throw a 1099 at me and made me pay his employee taxes. I just simply never went back in. Not worth my time or the stress.
Now I just work two
"ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com" (ita97)
03/15/2017 at 22:39, STARS: 1
That is some impressive hiding. Like being in the military level of hiding.
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/15/2017 at 22:43, STARS: 0
One guy who seemed to get far less fuckery directed his way did just that and moved to Texas. I’ll bet that was perfect vindication for you and the ultimate shitstorm for the GM. I’m sure he was working hard the next weekend. Undoubtedly a lot harder than the one following that! Seems like the owner at least cared, but the people you deal with frequently matter more.
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/15/2017 at 22:56, STARS: 0
Nice! Must be quite an experience. It always sounds to me that the field is still quite crowded, which makes sense for a sought after job. This is probably a stupid question, but what’s your take on the idea of “flying involvement” that I sometimes hear about when I venture onto the airplane side of the internet?
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/15/2017 at 22:58, STARS: 0
I totally understand. And hey, schadenfreude sounds more pragmatic than retaliation!
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/15/2017 at 23:00, STARS: 0
Wait, your employer made you pay his tax? That is not a job to return to.
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/15/2017 at 23:10, STARS: 0
I forgot about that Oppo classic! That is about as well as the situation could be played. I remember a couple of those FW1 booths and wondering if those guys were getting screwed over (and how they were if not). You cleared that up for me pretty well! Glad you packed up your bags and ditched that scheme.
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/15/2017 at 23:11, STARS: 0
I don’t exactly conserve paper in the bathroom, but the toilets are just too strong! I need to formulate a special diet for this.
"gmporschenut also a fan of hondas" (gmporschenut)
03/15/2017 at 23:11, STARS: 2
never burn a bridge.
"Maxima Speed" (maximaspeed)
03/15/2017 at 23:15, STARS: 1
I have quit two different jobs without notice. One was a crummy little pizza shop with a crazy manager who hated, and discriminated against, all the male employees there. (Wow, she hated men so much). Anyways I was getting fewer and fewer hours and had ended up getting a job at Krogers to have a half way decent combined income. Thankfully Krogers was able to adapt their schedule to mine so there were no conflicting schedules. So, I’m down to 2 four-hour shifts per week, at minimum wage. Keep in mind I have a 15minute drive to work in a minivan so it’s almost not even worth the gas money. My boss at Krogers calls me one day and tells me I can give you 30 hours a week because somebody just quit and I someone else called off today, when can you be here? I call up the Pizza shop and tell them I won’t be coming to work in a half hour like I was supposed to be. The pizza manager was furious. Didn’t even want to pay me when I showed up on the next Friday to pickup my last paycheck, but she relented when I starting explaining how I would withdraw my paycheck from the register if she didn’t give it to me.
Second one was 2 years and a different manager into my Krogers job I had had enough of being bullied, threatened, and verbally abused and walked out after getting into an argument with the management, telling him he could clean up the meat department (my assigned location) by himself. We were due for a surprise visit from the Health Dept.
"DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time" (dc3ls-)
03/15/2017 at 23:18, STARS: 0
When I got out of the Army I wanted to steal my battery commander’s parking spot sign. Unfortunately I literally had no time to, because of how bad I got fucked with clearing.
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/15/2017 at 23:18, STARS: 0
I like the line. It is worthy of most contemporary movies. Sorry about the layoff, though I suppose it wasn’t exactly crushing news in this case and you are working again IIRC. Also, congrats on the new 3er! The N52 is such a fantastic motor. It represents what people love about BMW of yore and what people don’t hate about the BMW of today.
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/15/2017 at 23:21, STARS: 2
I like this. The best part is that the IT guy will probably be calling tech support for long enough to make this burdensome!
"KFN" (kfn)
03/15/2017 at 23:22, STARS: 4
I was already on the outs with my manager (Mgr. X) at my last job when we were acquired. Mgr. X decided to settle the score by sending a disparaging review to new ownership and cut my annual bonus in half, despite a very lucrative year. During the meeting in which I was informed of these things, it was clear Mgr. X was hoping for a reaction. Instead, I simply said “I’ll look this over and get back to you with any questions.” Mgr. X was visibly crestfallen.
Knowing that I had been chosen as a member of the “go forward team” and Mgr. X was still on the “not sure we want to keep this asshole” list, I opted to call the new CEO to get some... “clarification.” Within a short time, my bonus was reinstated and I had the pleasure of watching Mgr. X leave the building for the last time. No pleasantries were exchanged.
Moral of the story: wait for the right moment and take your shot.
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/15/2017 at 23:27, STARS: 0
That is well played. Taking the shot with short sighted Mgr. X’s bullet.
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/15/2017 at 23:29, STARS: 0
Damn, parking signs seem like the Achilles heel of a petty army superior officer. Is clearing just a process of leaving one’s post?
"E90M3" (e90m3)
03/15/2017 at 23:30, STARS: 1
I figured it would be good enough where, if a future employer heard that they’d be like damn that’s pretty witty. I could also explain how much I hated my life at the time. It’s not over the top, but it’s enough where I’d felt really good about it. When I got laid off I told my boss I was thinking about quitting, that was a true statement, I needed out of that job.
I do have a job again, and I couldn’t be more relieved.
Thanks! I used to have a 128i, and I really liked it, so that’s why I was thinking about another N52 powered BMW. I’m like really excited about this car. I know I have the ultimate E9X, but this should be a great DD. I didn’t want a newer BMW because the E9X is a better BMW than an F30. The F30 will be like the E21. No one remembers the E21, but people know what came before and after the E21. They’re both nessecary, but they were never really great.
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/15/2017 at 23:30, STARS: 1
I really have no intention to. But it feels good to read others’ recollections of bridge burning!
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/15/2017 at 23:33, STARS: 0
Wow, I guess it was a good thing in a way. At least there was no familial resentment on the part of the exec.
"KFN" (kfn)
03/15/2017 at 23:35, STARS: 1
Thanks. I generally avoid vengeful tendencies, but Mgr. X had it coming. Oh, I forgot to mention I was negotiating my current job while this went down, so technically it was how I quit.
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/15/2017 at 23:41, STARS: 1
Your patience definitely paid off there. I’m at my wit’s end with this place; fortunately, I never planned on staying this long anyways! Must have been a satisfying turn of events over there.
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/15/2017 at 23:43, STARS: 0
That is just too good a reason to risk termination. Now I want to try this dryer napping. It must be reaffirming to return to the place you reformed as a customer!
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/15/2017 at 23:45, STARS: 0
It sounds that you have already done a service to your fellow man. By the time you have retirement squared away, there’s not much reason to leave any other way! Must be liberating to know that you can be done when you want to be.
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/15/2017 at 23:52, STARS: 0
The way people think that nastiness and inconsideration should be met with loyalty and hard work is amazing. I wonder if the Kroger’s ended up getting certification from the Health Department!
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/15/2017 at 23:56, STARS: 0
This 3 weeks notice bullshit is probably what prompted Sandy in the first place! As far as I can see, preparing everything for a smooth transition was probably more than you owed inconsiderate management.
"beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard" (beardsbynelly-Rikerbeard)
03/16/2017 at 00:00, STARS: 0
Thankfully the business is large enough that they have checks and balances against that sort of thing.
If the exec was uneasy about me she didn’t show it.
"DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time" (dc3ls-)
03/16/2017 at 00:08, STARS: 1
Yeah, but it’s a longer process for leaving the army entirely. Your suppose to have 30 days to do it. But they sent me to the field within my 30 days and of the week and a half I had to clear was Thanksgiving weekend, which meant everything on post was closed that Friday and Monday. So I only had 9 days to do everything lol.
It was my first sergeant who fucked me over, but I figured a commanders parking sign is cooler :)
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
03/16/2017 at 00:18, STARS: 0
Oh yeah.
"Matthew Phillips" (flatsidewaysfl)
03/16/2017 at 00:18, STARS: 0
=_= not what I meant. I like paying my taxes monthly instead of one lump sum at the end of the year. I lost a lot of money this tax year.
"JGrabowMSt" (jgrabowmst)
03/16/2017 at 00:25, STARS: 1
My previous employer got zero notice, and I wasnt even the only one that quit that day. I waited until the end of the day and handed over my letter of immediate resignation. I have zero regrets.
I was hired for a specific job and developed a very methodical system, though good luck for any random person to try and replicate it, I didnt leave my documentation behind. I was tasked to do work for two additional departments, no raise, no perks. 6 months later I was completely fed up with it and left.
Someone has to keep their word. I was hired for in-house work. You want me in the field? Thats additional. New job is no walk in the park either, but so far, closer to home, and can be more rewarding. Im still working on settling in after almost a year.
"Tazio, Count Fouroff" (tazio0625)
03/16/2017 at 01:32, STARS: 1
Whoa lots of replies! Still, here’s another one: best wishes, and good to hear you’re down with never, never, ever burning a bridge.
In case it may be of help/consolation lol...if a person or company really , truly deserves being dunked in the shit tank, sooner or later it will happen pretty much no matter what you do, so you can just let nature takes its course and never have to get any on you.
In the heat of the moment it’s easy to get wrapped around the axle in ways that you won’t be after some time and distance to cool off. If they don’t truly deserve being dunked in shit, would you really want to be that guy? The one guy who tries to do that to someone that didn’t actually totally deserve it
"Svend" (svend)
03/16/2017 at 04:16, STARS: 1
I worked in an outdoor store and would handle customer requests. It wasn’t a bit issue and simple to so. A customer would request an item, if it was an item the company did but our store didn’t, I’d request an inter store transfer. If it was something we didn’t stock in the company but we sold there brand, I’d phone head office, request a department nine number to register the barcode so when the item arrived, we could scan it through the till, then phone the supplier and order the item. Simples.
One day I ordered a map from Ordinance Survey, like I did several times a month as most stores don’t sell every map but maps in their area and just outside it.
The map arrived and I phoned the customer, marked it in the customer request book and that was that. Well my new manager took exception and said I should of asked her and she will do them from now on. Told me to write a letter to Ordinance Survey saying I’d gone passed what I was allowed to do.
So I did, then I wrote out my resignation and placed it in another envelope.
It took a few hours for her to see it, even though it was on the middle of her desk, when she came out she said she’d seen it and chosen to accept it, I replied, “it doesn’t matter if you accept it or not, I simply won’t be coming back in to work”. She said not to be like that but I cut her off and walked away.
It felt so good.
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My current employer. I think I’d take great pleasure in telling them to shove it up their arse, once they’d removed their head from it first.
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We had one colleague go on a two week holiday only the other month, the day before he was due back to work, he came into the store to hand his cards in and uniform and said, ‘I won’t be back’, and walked out. Nice.
"random001" (random001)
03/16/2017 at 08:12, STARS: 1
Best thing to do is get all your friends on Oppo to also order car parts through you, which will help stick it to said man through the employee discount program...
"X37.9XXS" (x379xxs)
03/16/2017 at 09:28, STARS: 1
Ideally
Set off a logic bomb in the server farm, after running a magnet over the locally stored backups
The off-site backup is swapped out once a week
"wiffleballtony" (wiffleballtony)
03/16/2017 at 09:56, STARS: 0
Delete everyone’s MAC addresses from the firewall DHCP and then change all the passwords.
"razorbeamteam" (razorbeamteam)
03/16/2017 at 10:00, STARS: 1
I worked at as a banker for several years. I was very good at and my clients all loved me. Unfortunately, management didn’t like giving out raises or bonuses with as much enthusiasm as they liked paying themselves. I’ve been told its like this at other banks also. Anyway, there’s basically a layer of management who gets paid a lot and doesn’t do much work. They don’t even have a higher level of knowledge than the average employee, they have just been there a long time.
I guess my best revenge was being good at my job. I was the youngest person on our team by 10 years and was treated accordingly. I found a new job in consulting for much more pay, more interesting work, paid grad school, etc. I interviewed at the new place for over a year. In that time I was tapped for a few special projects at the bank and had built my portfolio to a pretty strong level. I was doing all the group’s grunt work (making copies, financial analysis, writing memos) in addition to managing my clients and doing all my own grunt work. I knew that everyone else in our group would be helpless if i were to leave.
When it came time to leave, it was all worth it. I was nothing but professional, gave 3 weeks notice, did everything right, bought my bosses gifts to thank them. Watching my managers freak out as they realized the giant chasm of knowledge and workload they had to fill was priceless. It made it all worth it. From what I heard they interviewed a lot of people and made offers, but nobody would take the job. They finally hired a 40 something year old guy, I’m guessing they had to up his pay a lot. The best part was getting taken out to lunch with my division head (which had literally never happened before) and him offering me more money, to which I told him it no money could make me stay.
"Stfudonnyidgaf" (stfudonnyidgaf)
03/16/2017 at 11:40, STARS: 0
Right. Spraypaint that fucker pink and leave a dummy hanging from it as a warning to the next guy.
Or don’t and get even by getting a better job.They’re out there.
"Nibbles" (nibbles)
03/16/2017 at 11:51, STARS: 1
I worked at a spot a few years back that had the following “quote” written on one of the main whiteboards:
Good things come to those who wait go out and get them!
When I quit that shithole, that’s what I told the bosses. “That writing on the board? Well I went out and got it. I quit. See ya”
"Grindintosecond" (Grindintosecond)
03/16/2017 at 16:06, STARS: 0
Honestly, I’m not sure what context that term is being used with. How do you mean?
" The Compromiser" (charger)
03/16/2017 at 18:49, STARS: 1
I had a boss decide to book me working the day of a Pink Floyd concert I had tickets to. I said I had to have that day off. I didn’t show. Ever. Great concert.
"gmporschenut also a fan of hondas" (gmporschenut)
03/16/2017 at 20:37, STARS: 1
In the engineering world, in highly regulated fields if you have a quality system that tracks complaints issues, initiate a CAPA right before you leave. The system is heavily formalized to prevent companies from sweeping issues under the rug. dozens of meetings with combined hundreds of engineering hours.
There was a guy at my last place who highlighted 2 issues, both mostly benign but also really vague and thus wide reaching to clear up. He probably lead to tens of thousands to clear up.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrective_and_preventive_action
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/20/2017 at 21:33, STARS: 0
Haha, there’s one I never would’ve heard of. Pretty clever but probably a PITA for the company! Are these issues specific engineering problems in particular projects or more procedural things?
"gmporschenut also a fan of hondas" (gmporschenut)
03/20/2017 at 21:43, STARS: 0
could be both.
In his case it was procedural, which an easy to implement fix was costly as it had the get 10 different departments to coordinate. imagine about a dozen meetings with 10+people given hammerheads efficiency
http://oppositelock.kinja.com/productive-monday-1793443856
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/20/2017 at 21:48, STARS: 1
Wow, you made the right move by not stopping at the one envelope. She sounds like an utter shitstain! It speaks volumes that your coworker seemed to have cleared his head and decided not to spend another moment at that job. I sometimes wondered about taking two weeks’ vacation in advance, then giving two weeks’ notice just before vacation.
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/20/2017 at 21:50, STARS: 1
Truly priorities done right. I have a coworker who told me he’d been to hundreds of concerts, but none since the first Pink Floyd concert he’d seen.
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/20/2017 at 21:52, STARS: 0
Sorry for the vague question. I’m more specifically referring to the sentiment of some pilots that some older planes such as DC-9s and MD80s are more enjoyable due to the necessary engagement. Have you experienced this disparity?
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/20/2017 at 21:59, STARS: 0
That’s fantastic. I’m sure they hated seeing the quote after that. That trite stuff always makes me want to weaponize it against those who feel the need to plaster it in view of the subjects.
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/20/2017 at 22:07, STARS: 1
Okay! But limit one (1) Zimmerman rotor set per customer employee!
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/20/2017 at 22:09, STARS: 0
Become so great that the others can’t compensate for your absence. Nice.
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/20/2017 at 22:13, STARS: 0
Glad to hear you landed on your feet. I’m honestly not holding my breath for anything coming from BMW, being that the E21 at least has the makings of an enjoyable driving machine, but the E82/E90 were pretty good sendoffs IMO. I guess things were pretty ideal as layoffs go.
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/20/2017 at 22:16, STARS: 0
Ah I see. Returns were the sole nice surprise for me given wages.
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/20/2017 at 22:18, STARS: 0
Glad to hear that the new job is better. Consideration should be mutual, and I’ll bet leaving that employer high and dry along with a coworker felt pretty good!
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/20/2017 at 22:21, STARS: 1
Thanks! I gave two weeks notice last Friday and the reaction I got was one of “oh, shit.” Plenty good for me. And I agree- retribution is best watched from a safe distance.
"JGrabowMSt" (jgrabowmst)
03/20/2017 at 22:38, STARS: 0
It felt really good to be able to walk away, I wasn’t happy anymore, and it was taking a toll on the personal life. Current job can have brief stints of project work taking up long stressful hours, but overall, when things calm down, everyone can relax. I’m reaching the tail end of a fairly large and complicated project now, it was absolutely taking a toll on me quickly, but hopefully as a company, we’ve all learned to not let things get quite as bad again.
Find a job that makes you happy, but make sure that it doesn’t creep into the personal life for sure.
"Tazio, Count Fouroff" (tazio0625)
03/20/2017 at 22:59, STARS: 0
Thanks for the follow-up. Sounds like a you’ve made a great call on that one!
Much success to you with the next phase and beyond
"Svend" (svend)
03/20/2017 at 23:28, STARS: 0
I’m currently on a broken two week holiday (off six nights, in Saturday (they are too short on staff), then off for eight nights) to use up my holidays before the new tax year starts in April.
I’d love to walk in and tell them to get f***ed. But unless I win the lottery, I can’t. Never mind. Should something happen I really don’t think I’d work the two week notice.
"random001" (random001)
03/21/2017 at 06:44, STARS: 0
I’m just imagining you trying to move a pallet stacked with brake rotors as your employer wonders WTH you are going to do with all of them...
"Grindintosecond" (Grindintosecond)
03/21/2017 at 08:33, STARS: 0
Some, but its the future of automation integration. Airbus makes their plane limit inputs to make it fly more efficient. Boeing does not, so we have a pilot whose inputs either equal what they want or equal an approximation of that. Sort of how responsive a car is. The bus is still responsive, but the connection of feel isnt as great.
"19JRC99" (19jrc99)
05/13/2017 at 20:26, STARS: 0
Krogers? Are you from Michigan?
"Maxima Speed" (maximaspeed)
05/13/2017 at 20:30, STARS: 0
Nope, Ohio. How dare you :P
Jk