COVID hit and as an IT Support Engineer (at the time) I pulled nights and weekends for weeks to make sure we were on top of all of the WFH support that this new situation generated. I closed more tickets than any other tech, globally. The company got on their Instagram and posted a graphic that read, “WE LOVE OUR IT!” April 1st comes around and I get a call from my boss who says HR has joined the call. Even though he was known to have a good sense of humor, I didn't expect it to be a joke. It wasn't. They kept on newer techs that were making less than me and let me go at the height of a global pandemic. Still (at the time) caring not to burn a bridge, I told him on the call, “This is silly, [boss], and you know it's silly.”
This was for an IT Recruiting firm and I made lots of good friends on the recruiting floor during our time in the office. Within two months I had my first real IT Engineering job making over 50% more than I'd ever made. A year goes by and I quit for 10k more for a MUCH better job.
Just because I landed on my feet doesn't mean my former boss wasn't a weak-willed moron who let me go in the most disrespectful and undeserved manner.