I was let go May 5 as a marketing manager. No notice, no PIP, nothing.
Conveniently my boss had been turning down any of my strategy ideas for months, blowing up at the tiniest budget things, was months behind on rent and was deferring 401K payments (I knew this thanks to a small office and bookkeeper who was open with us about her concerns).
But because my ass had been over it for 2 months and desperately job searching, he didn't lay me off … he fired me for performance issues with a list of items I knew he'd use against me if I filed for unemployment (some items were lies, some admittedly true amid my quiet-quitting).
Three months later I'm in a new job … and my phone is STILL CONNECTED TO THE GD INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT. Back in May I was connected to both our companies' Facebook accounts, and I had to text the people I was still close to like, “Hey, tell (Idiot Boss) if he doesn't trust me enough to employ me, he should probably remove my social media access.”
Y'all, I once left I job after 3 years for a move with tears in my eyes, and I still meet up with that boss for drinks when I visit … and my social media access was removed IMMEDIATELY. Idiot Boss also asked me to retrieve any passwords from my work laptop before I left lolllll … from what little I know about the biz world, you NEVER GIVE AN EMPLOYEE YOU'RE LETTING GO ACCESS TO THEIR WORK LAPTOP. Like I've met people laid off from creative fields who literally were not allowed to get work samples before leaving because their company wouldn't risk a disgruntled employee… doing anything a disgruntled employee might do with a company device.
So here I am, 3 months later, and my Instagram keeps asking which account I want to post to. It would be extremely easy to just … post a pic of my dog to the company Instagram. Or a photo dump of weekend pics. It has to look like an accident so nothing NSFW or outwardly malicious.
But I'm too chicken shit. I'm still on good terms with the co-owner and bookkeeper who both fired me, the first of which convinced Idiot Boss to let him deliver the news, the second who learned 5 mins before. One of the other bookkeepers still reacts to and even commented on a FB post of mine.
I also would absolutely have to block Idiot Boss's number, and maybe even his co-owner? Would I have to be completely unreachable to all involved with the company? Or if someone DOES reach out to me just say, “OOPS! Sorry about that, yeah you should probably change the Instagram password haha.” Our town is also a bit cliquey when it comes to networking and I'd hate this to ruin that in any capacity.
My bf says no, don't do that, let it go, even just log out of the Insta. A friend I told this to, who works in an extremely professional environment and who I admire, laughed hysterically and said absolutely post something “on accident.”
So… do I do it? I'll probably have to delete this post since I was too lazy to create a throwaway… any other ways to make sure this stays an “accident?”