Just needed to vent this. Worked at a small firm, hour commute, no working remote or hybrid, hated my boss, hated working there, barely saw my kids. No health insurance, no benefits, no real plan to the whole place. Finally get a new job five minutes from home with people who give a shit that I have a family.
Put in my notice and these guys LOSE it. I was expecting a reaction but it was nuts. They immediately demand to know if I had told my new job not to talk to them. Had to explain why they wouldn’t just contact my current employer out of the blue. Then told that my work had been substandard and sloppy, I don’t work hard enough, and I had been lucky not to be fired already. THEN they told me that I was fucking them over because they wouldn’t have anyone to replace me and they would take a financial hit.
I asked them which is it; do I suck or was I fucking them over by quitting? They went on to ask if I was making more money at the new job (I didn’t tell them but yes), as well as accuse me of using confidential work product when I applied for the new job (no way). And then they ask why I didn’t tell them I was looking for a job (I didn’t even really know how to explain that one it’s so obvious).
The entire process definitely made me glad to be leaving that toxic place.