Background: I was working for a small company that administers 401k retirement plans. I’ve been there since June, and back in December I landed a government job on condition of passing a background check. I passed it.
I made the mistake of letting my boss know that I landed a job and should start late February/early March. She took it alright and I’ve been transparent with her about every step of the process, like the background check.
4 days ago, Monday, she hired my replacement. That’s fine and dandy because I told her I’m more than happy to train whoever replaces me. Today she asked when I expected to start the new job. I told her again, like I’ve been doing, that I expect to start February or March. She said she can’t afford to pay us both to be up there.
She then proceeds to fire me. Told me to collect unemployment until I start my new job. I called her a fucking bitch because it’s not my fault she jumped the gun to hire someone. Her reasoning was “nobody wants to work” so she had to hire the first person who asked. Why is this my issue?!
Moral of the story: NEVER GIVE NOTICE. Don’t try to be the nice guy and “help out”. You’ll just end up getting fucked.
Lesson learned.