I’m not going to lie, I’m a bit smug. They lost a valuable employee but refused to give me a better promotion or a better raise even after four years of working there. They lost all their remaining senior employees within less than a year. Now they realize they’re truly screwed over without me there, so they were forced to replace me with two people. Lol. Karma is sweet.
Category: Antiwork
Titles says it all. But I will go into detail mostly because I need an outlet to vent. I just got hired by a international technology company. I wish I could name&shame but I'm a new member of a small new team in a newly created office. Just a few details and I could expose myself And my coworkers. I am in the US. Obviously. Where else can you get screwed like this? I'm a cis white male with a few years experience in an adjacent field. I am basically a Field service engineer. I have a degree in STEM but most of my coworkers don't . While I am capable and maybe even “over qualified” I still need training, and I am being flown around the country for training and company “team building” events constantly. As are my team mates. It's exhausting but I am truly excited for the…
“The real problem is entitled tenants”
getting fired for dating a coworker
A few days ago I posted something about that I knew I'm going to get fired because I'm going to ask out the co-worker. I already had another job lined up. A lot of you armchair dating coaches told me how stupid I was and to post an update and here it is. I asked her for her number and didn't tell her why I wanted her number, I told her it was for professional reasons. At that very moment, I panicked. I found out the next day from my boss that it's not against company policy to date coworkers it's just frowned upon. I got a bonus the same week to my Surprise, Of course, my bosses have no idea. I told the new job to shove it and that I didn't need the position. I waited a couple of days after I got her number and I sent…