4 of The WORST Resignation Stories In History

[@rahuliyer7456]

I resigned a job in 2019. I live in Arizona. I had quietly lined another job up for me. I resigned with 5 minutes notice, ehen HR was at lunch. My supv eas toxic, and I had already typed up my resignation with the customary 2 weeks courtesy. When he started calling me names in front of everyone in conference and was demanding I work overtime to fix what he assumed eas my problem, I said the following to him, and others in the room... including his own supv....who happened to be in the roon. I said, given that you disapprove of me working here, I can make it very easy for you. I resign effectively immediately. I will be gone in 5 minutes after walking out of here. I have a letter in my possession tgat lists my courtesy 2 weeks notice, I am striking to weeks notice and writing effective immediately. The room went dead silent. I broke the silence by handing my badge and saying goodbye. They tried to stop me asking about my conference call with s customer in 15 minutes. I politely told them, "I no longer work here. That becomes your issue. Goodbye."

[@Kiwigirl_Eleanor]

That was brilliant. Well done.

[@jamesdisalvo814]

Judging from the way you type I can see where your boss might have had an issue with your work.

[@jason5047]

PROUD, wish everyone had the balls

[@rctctfvvfcfchfgcg4423]

...hmm okay

[@johnlummis5119]

@@jamesdisalvo814 Damn , you beat me to it lol

[@eric3215]

I put in my notice at my old employer. My boss’s boss called me to tell me that, since I didn’t have permission to interview for a new job, he was going to tell my manager to reject my resignation and demanded I send him a copy of my offer letter along with the contact information for the recruiter at my new job. I reminded him of the U.S. labor laws (he was based in another country) and that the two weeks was a courtesy not a requirement and I would just amend my resignation to make it effective immediately. He said he would make an exception and “allow” me to quit but was going to mark me as a do not rehire. I told him I wasn’t worried, I would sell both kidneys before working there again.

[@Finch1412]

Um.... "didn't have permission to interview for a new job"? 😆 How exactly were they planning on stopping you?! Chain you to your desk? Lock you in a cupboard? Obviously you have no obligation to send him ANY of the stuff he asked for. What was he thinking? You just have to wonder at the sanity level of these sorts of bosses sometimes. Well done in getting out of there!

[@eric3215]

@@Finch1412 He was based outside the U.S. and where he was they routinely inserted such restrictions into their employment contracts. He thought he could bully me into complying with restrictions that did not apply to me or any other American worker.

[@Finch1412]

@@eric3215 That's weird. How can an employer keep you from getting a new job. I understand if it's a competitor, but otherwise it sounds crazy. It's like they think they "own" you. So strange.

[@demondogmom7221]

@eric3215 - my phrase was "I'd rather live in a cardboard box under an overpass in Vermont in January rather than work here again".

[@susanrand512]

Both of them😅😊😂

[@davidc.4236]

It is not common I find myself amongst the first comments in a video. Just wanted to say this video reminded me of when I got a call for a job I didn't want, and the recruiter was really cocky and started bragging about what a privilege would be for me to work in their company... Then asked me what were my reasons to apply for a job there and my reply was: “I didn't apply, it was you guys who approached me. Bye”.

[@lizcollinson2692]

I have never been second. 😊

[@claudiamcnal187]

😂😂😂😂

[@AlexKingsfallen]

The funniest resignation I've ever seen was when I worked for a large UK mobile phone company and one of my colleagues was not having a good day. He was slowly losing his mind with a massive Karen and whatever she said to him made him snap and he (in the most polite way I've ever heard from him) said, " I have a solution for the you. Can you put the sim card in a glass of water for me, place it in the freezer for 24hrs, and do you have hand cream available and can you cover your handset in it?". She must have asked why hand cream and if it would fix the handset as his response was "No miss, it won't fix the handset but it will make it easier to shove it up you f'n arse!" He then got up gently, removed his headset, went up to the ops manager said "fk you and this job, " then walked out. I fell off my seat. I was laughing so hard, but they wouldn't let us hear the call recording so we don't know what she actually said to him.

[@philiprice7875]

working the PIP line got a karen 45 mins into a 15 min process we are about 1/3rd into the process, when i ask for her address she freaks out "i have told you my address why dont you pay attention" i snapped "look you stupid effing C*** you have tried to claim PIP 8 times in 8 years and received nowt so you have gone through this 8 times so should know the Effing routine so stop interrupting and answer the questions" "how dear you talk to me like that i will have your job for that" if you want this job B you can have it i am not sitting here for min wage listening to some S-head trying to con the system and you cant have me fired because i am walking out. click took a deep breath logged out. put coat on and left

[@Rose-tw8rp]

I once put in my 2 weeks notice. Up until that point, i had no idea how bad my boss really was. Yes. I'd been miserable and looking but i thought she actually did care. 1 week in to serving my notice and she hasn't found a replacement for me. I got a call that weekend from my mom that my grandma had fallen down the stairs and was in the hospital. She appeared to have a brain injury. I called my boss in tears and explained the situation. I apologised and said i needed to go be with my family and i would try to return for as much of my remaining time as i could. Her reply was, "well if you're not going to be here to train your replacement, i don't really need you to return at all." No concern for me and my family at all. Just for what i could provide and the minute i wasn't useful anymore, nothing. Leaving was the best thing i ever did.

[@psychic7615]

I hope your grandma is Ok. You deserve a better working environment. 😮

[@Rose-tw8rp]

@psychic7615 i have one now. Best job I've ever had. Grandma is improved. But she has pretty obvious alzheimers. Not because of the fall, but it's possible the injury sped it up. But going to be with my family was 100% the right move. I was able to take some of the weight off my mom's shoulders. We're a close family and that's where I needed to be, not at work for a boss who only wants to use me.

[@davidmcloughlin4641]

I left a position where raises were nearly non existent, after having a discussion about this with my boss he said an additional 10 cents an hour was all they could do , he couldn’t do anything else. I was actively looking and got a much better offer from another company , less commuting more money , when my boss found out he suddenly offered me $4 an hour more to stay , when I questioned that just a couple months earlier he claimed to not be able to do more than 10 cents , he said “yes, well that was before I thought you might quit.” On my lunch break that day I called and accepted the new position, packed up and left immediately.

[@Mark73]

Yeah, once they know that you want to quit you never accept a counter offer.

[@demondogmom7221]

I never tell my current job where I'm going. It's none of their business. I'll go so far as to tell different people different things.

[@wjafarrow1755]

Tell your old boss you're moving cities to be close to family etc.

[@cmdunn1972]

That’s not always possible. Some HRs insist on contacting previous employers, and skipping that info looks like a gap on the resume/CV

[@tomassonl]

@@cmdunn1972 Yes, but never your current employer. If they do want to, this is not allowed without your prior consent for obvious reasons.

[@konrai1972]

My daughter just got out of one of these jobs. She left the day after her paycheck cleared. She knew if she gave notice he would make the remaining time completely miserable. She saw him do it to someone else.

[@elinahalla]

I had once a job that had a absolute lunatic as a manager. She called to all of the bigger hospitals head nurses to WARN HOW I AM A LIABILITY BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO WORK FOR HER! The craziest thing is that it took almost 3 years for her managers to realize she was as crazy as we told them time and time again since "we haven't seen her behave like this towards anyone and we just can't jump to conclusions". She flipped out in a meeting regarding her alleged bad behaviour and started to throw things and braking things but all that could've been understood until she tried to hit the CEO.

[@vociferon-heraldofthewinte7763]

The manager committed tortuous interference and can be sued for damages.

[@heidipatrick5695]

I worked with a headteacher of a UK junior school (Years 3-6) who eventually got banned from ever working with children with no recourse to changing this. To give you an idea of what a lovely leader she was, in a school with only 12 classes she had had 35 teachers leave the previous year. I witnessed her calling the headteacher of another school that someone was moving to to say that everything on his CV was made up and he was a terrible teacher. I later found out that she did this with at least 2 other members of staff. She refused to be a referee for me (which meant that I couldn't move on because as part of safer recruiting you have to have a referee from your current employer) and told others that I worked with at a similar level not to be a referee. She was the single most toxic boss I've ever had the misfortune to work for with this only being the tip of the iceberg of what she did.

[@C-SD]

😂 omg that last one. I put in my resignation, that's a statement not a question. If you try to force me to keep working you're not getting that 2 weeks, I'm out immediately.

[@rodh1404]

I wouldn't be at all surprised if some companies didn't try to slip something like a 3 months notice requirement into their employment contracts. But there should be some standard length of time notice is required for the country you're working in and I'd be surprised if you're legally required to give more notice than that. Of course, you might face other issues like non-compete clauses, but usually you just have to give the minimum notice required by law.

[@Eurydice-cj6tv]

On the second one, I wonder what the employees who accepted the invitation were thinking. We're they similarly malicious, or did they think they were attending a "best of luck" going-away party? Either way, it doesn't look good for the company.

[@demondogmom7221]

I'm afraid I'd have replied all to the invite and let everyone know I wasn't being invited to attend.. that the only purpose was the CEO's need to be an ass even after I've given notice. I'd wish them all the best of luck.

[@carolineben-ari2798]

​@@demondogmom7221I was thinking along similar lines: "Thank you, [Boss], for organising this and making sure I was copied on the invitation to an event to which I'm not invited. You have confirmed beyond any shadow of a doubt that I made the right decision, and increased my anticipation for the day that I'm working for a boss who isn't toxic." (CCing everyone, of course.)

[@demondogmom7221]

@@carolineben-ari2798 - I do occasionally operate under the "I don't burn bridges...I napalm them" philosophy.

[@thegreenmanofnorwich]

I'd take a screenshot for evidence in case of wanting or needing legal action. I'd probably reply all to calmly and rationally explain (this would take a few tries) why it was such a terrible thing to do. I imagine most people assumed it was a leaving party, or that the ceo was such a vengeful arsehole that not attending risked becoming his next target.

[@EikePilt]

Jesus, I felt so bad for that girl. I really wanted to give her a hug. I've had a few arguments with my boss, but it's never gotten this personal. We might have different opinions, but we would never stoop so low as to insult each other.😢

[@Bobywan75]

In France You have a mandatory 3 months notice if you resign when you're an "executive". Most office job like engineers or master degree job are considered executive (which is just a trick to have you on a day basis contract instead of the standard 35 weekly hour contract where you would have to pay overtime). But when they decide to fire you, they'll make whatever reason not to reciprocate the 3 months notice and get you out with minimum notice.

[@normanhines5189]

I had a friend who had a toxic manager. When she moved on, her underlings held a "Yay, she's gone!" party, but held it after her departure and kept it a secret from her.

[@fdm2155]

Also, bosses act like the rest of the staff doesn't see how they mistreat colleagues. It's so stupid.

[@TonyRule]

I thought you were talking about your friend that moved on, not her manager.

[@peterhobson3262]

When a particularly toxic boss left we told him we'd be having a going-away party for him and to go to a particular bar. He went there and, after half an hour when nobody from the office showed up he decided to go to another bar that he knew some of us went to. Of course the entire office was there. He got rather annoyed that he'd been told to go to the first bar but we were all at this second bar. The team leader said: "Of course we told you to go to the first bar, we didn't want you at our party."

[@TonyRule]

@@peterhobson3262 That's cold.

[@JAT922]

#1. That is why when you quit you don’t tell them where you’re going. Just tell them you are exploring new opportunities and leave it at that.

[@johnbarnes7706]

The second one sounds like the boss is in for a surprise if you hire an attorney.

[@utetopia1620]

The second one is Australian, and we have very strong workplace bullying laws that can put people like that boss in jail. Especially if she has the written proof of it, like that email to top it off.

[@user-mv5zt8qd9l]

​@utetopia1620 I was going to comment this. Sending an email out about throwing a party because someone has left feels like a slam-dunk hostile workplace, or possibly even the first step into a constructive dismissal claim.

[@redshift3]

Who TF would go to such a leaving party organised by the bullying boss in story 2? I would start looking for a new job ASAP on receiving such a message.

[@silverhawkflash]

People pressured into being a "team player."

[@C-SD]

It also depends on how they presented it to the rest of the staff. It's such an epically dick move any way.

[@thegreenmanofnorwich]

I imagine that they either thought it was a leaving party and didn't read it properly, or thay he's the kind of person for whom refusal will paint a target on the non-attendee's back.

[@darkzim3872]

tbf your only getting one side of the view point for all we know the woman crying could have been a complete nightmare and everyone hated her from the moment she walked in and they where all very happy she was leaving some people just want to make the workplace a horrible place to be I had a woman I worked with and she would pick on everyone for just the tiniest things I don't think she liked me because it was just so stupid to make such a mountain hill out of nothing for example we used to have a petty cash tin and I counted the money and put the notes back into the tin but the next day it was her turn she saw the notes the wrong way around and for her it was such a major crime I just told her to get a grip and laughed at her the funny thing was she got caught and fired for stealing from the petty cash I'm not even sure, even now if she was setting me up but what happened it was her turn to do the petty cash and the next day mine but right at the end of the day the boss suddenly wanted some petty cash so came and took the tin from the safe and asked where the money was and as she was in charge of it and no one else she was pretty much caught red handed

[@Superzesh101]

Most of the time, there are two sides to the story. I subcontracted a contract out to someone, who let me down, was late and caused arguments with the people they worked with. We also gave her a car, paid her insurance and her fuel. In a week (which she wasn't doing jobs for us) she drove 1500 miles. After questioning her on this, she then proceeded to tell me how I wasn't being fair and that there's a lack of trust. She also thought it was unfair that I recorded the mileage. I then took the car from her and said I've given the contract to someone else. She flipped and refused to give me the spare key. We had agreed that I'll pay her the month's salary and give her stuff back, but she still hasn't given me the key. But the way she tells everyone else the story makes it seem like I'm the bad guy. So again, it's who tells you the story that shapes your opinion.

[@jhill4874]

Remember where a hospital called "ThedaCare" attempted to prevent a group of healthcare workers from leaving to work at Ascension Northeast Wisconsin by filing a lawsuit to temporarily block their departure?

[@UkeBoxchillin]

I can’t believe the video came out the exact day I am turning in my resignation letter

[@Willoshi]

My reply to that last one would have simply been. "Hahahaha. LMAO. Good one, boss. Won't see ya in a month~!"

[@stepheniddon1482]

What gets me is if these guys are as bad as these bosses are making out, why do they have them working for their company still?

[@orionspero560]

I've seen that pattern of behavior of the woman in the second story recommended four, excluding people of certain ethnicities and religions. Of course, those recommendations were written to managers in the nineteenth century. They were intended to end run around nondiscrimination laws by making people quit. It is because of that technique laid out in such books that we have hostile work environment laws

[@SuprousOxide]

Ok. Don't accept my notice. Don't have me prepare to handover my duties or knowledge, but come the day i notified, I'm walking out the door and not coming back.

[@user-mv5zt8qd9l]

Honestly, if you're getting away from a hostile or abusive workplace, this is the way to do it. I've had a couple jobs where I literally just left the place or gave notice either with immediate effect or timed before I'm next back on shift. Unless you're a particularly important position or you demonstrably harm the business in the way you leave, they're not going to go after you legally for not giving notice.

[@thisbushnell2012]

Gave 4 hours notice, at lunchtime. They were begging for names of 2 to replace me. Learned later each got a desk and computer of her own and twice what I was paid. Do not miss that 5x6 closet 'office' nor the Selectric typewriter.

[@irish7988]

@@user-mv5zt8qd9lnotice is not required in the US unless you have an employment contract that specifies a notice period. Most people don’t so a notice period is a courtesy only.

[@Buzzie4]

I dont usually complain about this but a 4.5 minute sponsorship in a 12 minute video is a bit much

[@incredibleshrinkingfungus1731]

When the creators get above 100K subscribers, they become shills, and they begin to "change".

[@topher1976au]

Considering they get fuck all from KZbin…

[@Squre]

I usually just skip those when possible.

[@TorIverWilhelmsen]

At least you can largely jump to the next subject, but yeah, it makes a mockery of those of us with premium KZbin - sure we do not get the added ads but we get the "inline" sponsorships. At least it's not BetterHelp.

[@SharronNeedles]

Raid Shadow legends

[@debtompkins5363]

I worked for a couple of years for a NYC lawyer (yes everything bad you think) and to get out of paying what he owed me, he invented a billing for things that had occurred in those years to read that I owed him for the 'privilege' of doing them. He ran it up over $5000, he didn't get any money from me, but I didn't get paid either.

[@Binnacle33]

My lord, if you didn't go to another lawyer, huge opportunity wasted.

[@paulettemoore47]

And that’s why you don’t tell your former manager where you are going.

[@ToilerOnTheSea]

Years ago, even though I had interviewed and been told an offer would be imminent, I got none. I found out there was a 'No Poaching' agreement between Multi National companies in the town I lived. I left shortly after that to go work out of State. Never looked back.

[@PeckiePeck]

I worked in entertainment, a very strange business. Coworker got a client on a series and waited until he received his first check from that client to turn in any expenses, figuring he'd show how he paid for them. Boss threw the expense report and check in his face and fired him on the spot because he'd forgotten all about expenses and felt cheated out of money in that moment. Then the guy moved to a different company owned by someone our boss really admired, and to save face my boss calls my now ex-coworker's new boss and explains how he just wasn't a team player.

[@gethriel]

To be fair, it's completely typical to leave specifically because of the boss(es). The largest part of them are positively AWFUL.

[@C-SD]

And they can not handle people that refuse to take shit from them. Had a supervisor try to get me to do parts of his job, or things he knew damn well weren't ethical. He wasn't even my supervisor. Told him no, he got pissy with me. I went to my supervisor and showed him the emails. Man was he furious. Idk what went down from there, but the other guy never spoke to me again.

[@xlerb2286]

That boss that thew the party is probably going to have a few more opportunities to throw parties for people leaving. I'd be out of there asap myself.

[@kisstune]

#2 I'd screenshot and archive it and file a hostile work place lawsuit against the company.

[@davidjolin1798]

A friend of mine was fired for suspected theft he proclaimed his innocence it was later discovered that it was the supervisor that was the culprit he was offered the job back but declined instead sued them for unfair dismissal and obviously won a substantial amount of money

[@neoblackheart746]

Screenshot the thing in the second. Sue for emotional distress and other thing cause that's bad.

[@darrendrew8224]

I was once sacked by a manager who had handed in his three months notice, he was covering his tracks as he hadn't given me any work or spoken to me for nearly 5 months. I did absolutely nothing for almost 6 months, the other teams went behind his back to get me to do work he wouldn't do and kept telling them no. I wrote to the MD after leaving and he was let go early from his 3 months notice. I bagged an £18K bonus and started working 10 days later.

[@dscott8799]

Something like this happened to me before. I was leaving my company for another one in the middle of covid and, knowing how tough it was to find someone else, they gave me the worst possible reference when the new company called up. Luckily my new boss could see through their little scheme. After all i had been there for 10 years.

[@normanhines5189]

Story 4. I'd send him a copy of the 13th Amendment, and the Emancipation Proclamation

[@theoaf6777]

That only works in the States.

[@normanhines5189]

@@theoaf6777 then the English laws Wilberforce got passed to end slavery in the UK

[@dmkaeding]

Treating work as a family is a big problem...from both sides. Expecting an employee to treat the job as high as their family is unrealistic and you will make bad business decisions. Likewise, treating your employer over your family will find you in divorce court. On the BEST of days, my work is third in my priorities of life. Faith, Family, and then work.

[@normanhines5189]

@@dmkaeding never work for family. They will take from you like family, but give to you like an employee.

[@abbofun9022]

Hmmm, putting faith before family makes you quite a very questionable personality too.

[@reinelantz3304]

@@abbofun9022faith comes first.

[@abbofun9022]

@@reinelantz3304 so your imaginary deity is more important than your children? Right, makes you an utterly worthless and disgusting parent.

[@peterhobson3262]

Not my story: A new worker was told: "We're just like your family." He replied: "So which one of you is the physically abusive father, which one is the emotionally abusive mother, which one is the bullying older brother, and which one is the manipulative sister?:

[@melissacoelho8413]

The second one, she was absolutely right she was in an AB relationship. I can’t imagine what happens in his personal life. What a prick. A tiny one.

[@yenna6146]

Seems he was trying (and miserably failing) to compensate. I hope the poor woman is in a better place now, and sues the asshole. She certainly has the right.

[@melissacoelho8413]

@@yenna6146 exactly

[@davinasquirrel7672]

I would say quite a huge prick, but not in his trousers.

[@Xengaa]

My previous employer got petty when she found out one of my former colleagues was intending to not extend their contract once it expired, cause she was getting married and moving further away. What did she do? She gave a bad reference for them when getting their mortgage approved on their first home. Luckily, their advisor already had a hunch she was trying to sabotage it. They ended up getting approved too.

[@Sidehustle_chick]

Not the first endorsement for gelato Wishing Ben would call out the following: 1. Thin Profit Margins: While it’s easy to start with no upfront costs, the profit margins can be small due to production and shipping fees. You might need to price your products higher, which could affect sales. 2. Marketing: Success depends heavily on how well you market your products. Without strong marketing skills or a good advertising budget, it’s hard to drive traffic and sales. 3. Standing Out: The print-on-demand space is saturated, so having unique designs and finding the right niche is key. Without a strong niche, it’s easy to get lost in the crowd. 4. Customer Satisfaction: Since Gelato uses third-party printers, you don’t have control over the quality of the final product. If something goes wrong with the print or shipping, it can hurt your brand and lead to bad reviews. It’s ok, but, it requires several months of effort to see any real 💷

[@GeorgieB1965]

Interesting. This is the second video that I've seen in a couple of weeks where someone has posted a very well thought out critique of the video sponsor (saw a few people absolutely destroy Better Help in the comments).

[@jimg9820]

@@GeorgieB1965 Better Help has quite a poor reputation. I've no idea if Gelato are any good or not but as Sidehustle chick mentions POD is way saturated and it will take a lot of work and investment to see any profits.

[@noelineatterbury822]

Had such a bad manager that when informed she was leaving the whole team started to sing …. Ding dong the witch’s dead 🎼🎼🎼

[@mariangeerling2950]

Under the Canada Privacy Act, that is so unbelievably illegal. That person could be fined thousands of dollars. You even have to be careful about what is said as a reference. You simply cannot call a new employer and trash them. I believe that falls under the criminal act of slander. The common denominator seems to be abject stupidity. How on earth did these people get to management positions. As far as side work goes, people on disability pensions might be jeopardizing those pensions by earning side money.

[@mandolinic]

It's called the "Peter principle": People are promoted because of their competence at their previous job. Hence people continue to be promoted until they reach a post where they're no longer competent, and so aren't promoted any higher. So there are many managers desperately trying to cope with a job that they can't do, and are fearful it could all come crashing down about their ears.

[@brettshaff8772]

Had been promised a management position, arrived at the contract site to find I was the 6th person in the room to be promised that job. Was given no work to do. A month later I complained to my company's owner about it. He called me into the office and, sitting at the far end of the conference table and, without ever looking at me, told me that the minor fender bender I'd had that wasn't my fault proved that there was something seriously wrong with me as a human being, because bad things only happen to bad people. I left the meeting, found another job, resigned. Dodged multiple attempts by this guy to speak to me again before I left. A year later I got a call from a recruiter attempting to rebuild that person's company, because he had driven everyone away. When I told my story, the recruiter told me that I was not the first to tell him that kind of story and he was thinking he'd made a mistake taking the job.

[@KibbleWhite]

I had a toxic manager who said that he would not offer a reference and would sue me if he found out I started working for a competitor. Luckly the HR department knew of his demenour and told me not to worry about anything he said. What is confusing is why they allowed that manager to continue damaging the reputation of the company and treating their employees badly, very strange indeed.

[@joshmc5882]

I had a boss joke about giving the staff DCM's (Don't Come Monday letters) for Christmas after I'd just pulled my 4th 80+ hour week in a row due to him changing the deliverables of a project in flight. He seemed surprised as I turned in my 4 weeks notice before going on 4 weeks leave over Christmas. He tried to cancel my leave but I went away with my family and never looked back.

[@amyhughes8486]

Poor Laura. I had a similar experience with the Director of the company calling my work “crap” infront of the entire office. Sadly, there are some pathetic individuals that have to put others down to make themselves feel better.

[@johnmunro4952]

Expect this from any employer. Always have enough savings to be able to jump at anytime.

[@richallan001]

I once had a boss tell me id have to stay for three months to hire and train my replacement.

[@b34rdy]

Never ever stay in a job you hate, i left my previous job after 10+ years as we got a new manager who hated my guts for some reason, i wasnt appreciated for the extra work i do (was a courier but had a hgv licence so you can guess what happened) so i took the 6 months full pay on the sick and then left, i did this over xmas as well all because he tried to sack me because i said no to moving a truck (which wasnt in my contract) anyway 6 years later and i went to uni and nearly have a degree. itll work out in the end.

[@nickjeffery536]

I had a situation a good few years back... I was trying to get back into the workforce after a period of time out of work (helping my mother as she fought cancer... was not in the right mindset for jobseeking for a while) and got offered a temp role with an organisation within the NHS. When I arrived, it emerged that there were 10 of us... they had wanted to hire five temps, but due to a communications issue, TWO agencies had each sent five temps. Nevertheless they seemed to be making the best of things, so for two days I went through some initial training. On the Wednesday, I was about to leave for work, and realised that I had received a text message from the agency saying that I was no longer needed as I "wasn't getting to grips with their IT systems"... The irony of it all was that a couple of years later, another temp agency got me a temp-to-perm role with the NHS organisation that actually provided the IT support to that other organisation... stayed in that other role for 9 years, and only left due to medical reasons...

[@nekomimi5471]

Story 1 is why you never tell your current employer where you are going.

[@123moof]

2006 I resigned to move to a more affordable area, as I simply was never going to be able to afford a house in the Bay area on the salary I was getting. My direct manager was professional about it. The Director of Engineering however was an absolute toddler about it for my final 2 weeks. He refused to make eye contact with me, and would overt his gaze to the ground if he came around the corner and saw me. I sat next to him in a meeting and his neck never turned in my direction and he would not respond to things I was saying in the meeting, sort of directing his responses to either my manager or the project manager rather than to me. Truly bizarre, and I've named and shamed him since and would never work for him again.

[@madcatlover7554]

Here’s one for you, my last boss had his team leader of 15 years and a highly skilled worker leave on the same day a few months after a different highly skilled worker left. A few months later I left too. He didn’t seem to care about the work or his workers and would often just not provide any work despite having work available without regard to the impact that has on his workers not to mention the unsafe working conditions, gaslighting and him never working with us

[@LordBurberryGB]

Thank god there are enough online sites you can get revenge on, tell your story and name and shame ... these bosses never last long after there is so much negative feedback on the internet. As for that girl, making a crying or upset video is about the worst thing you can do because her CEO boss will get off on that video ... she has handed him all the power by crying. Make a new video without all the drama and crying ... just hard facts and get a bit personal, name the sector, even name the city ... Make this creep of a CEO sweat !!!

[@chriselcombe847]

When I was (much) younger I resigned from a toxic call centre using the phrase "effective immediately" and thus without working my notice. Bad form, I know, but it was affecting my mental health. Got a call the next day "there seems to be a problem with your resignation". My reply "really? seems to be working fine for me". I hung up and never looked back.

[@jekylthorn8969]

I am pretty sure the second one is illegal and constitutes evidence for use in a workplace bullying legal case.

[@chernobyl169]

Just remember - story #1 doesn't always end with "but the inappropriateness was recognized". It often ends with "and it cost them the job".

[@kisstune]

That's when you go after them and why companies have policy about just confirming how long you worked there if they get a call asking about you.

[@marcomaletti3856]

The best thing about toxic bosses is that they accumulate toxic and incompetent people. Everybody who can leave, will leave.

[@walkerdufault]

I left a job that was just horrible. I only lasted two months. I went in to the manager's office and she asked why I was leaving. I told her frankly - "I can't work for you. You're a terrible manager." I left to go to my dream job.

[@richardglenn2440]

My side hustle is writing books. I pay for editors, cover designers and formatting. Sadly, it's really hard to market so have ended up very in the red despite my books receiving glowing reviews. It's really hard to get noticed

[@reginapriscillia6297]

I resigned from a small company before, and the boss asked me to find my own replacement 😅 mind blown. I can understand if they want me to help but please I am not the hr at all 😂

[@pg4662]

All I can hear in my head as I listen to Ben, is the Johnny Paycheck song "Take This Job and Shove it"... ah, I'm so glad I've retired.

[@kennethjor]

Say it together now: constructive dismissal

[@68jroche]

If I was the recipient of the phone call from theat toxic manager, I would have contacted their HR about it.

[@cmdunn1972]

I had a boss who had all the red flag traits. He micromanaged and would scream at people. It was a toxic work environment all around. I lasted 8 months. Fast forward to much later, when I was going through the hiring process at a new company, to the point of having a verbal offer. Conditions of a written offer included contacting previous employers. This was very early in my career, so I didn’t have many previous employers, so I included the previous toxic employer. I didn’t get the job because my old boss vindictively gave me a libelous negative review.

[@AnnaMorganaAlabau]

Oh man, the second one got to my soul with what I've been through! I wonder when wokrplace abuse will actually be a criminal offence bc atm it does feel that you can be torn appart and nothing ever happens 😢

[@rosemaryjones5550]

The second story you have to ask who is worse (if boss truelly invited whole company) boss or hr department

[@richardlee653]

Second one - It sounds as if that ex-boss was hoping to be sued at industrial tribunal.

[@Diddysaville]

Number 2, that boss is my spirit animal

[@bestbehave]

I knew a deputy head teacher who literally did that [called the other school and proceeded to slash the teacher off to their new employer and tell them they shouldn’t employ them] when someone left to work for another school. A deputy head teacher in a uk school. Jeez

[@anthonyburke5656]

Employees should remember they have rights to sue in the=Civil jurisdiction, Slander and Defamation have merged, always be ready to hit record on your phone and ready to take pics

[@carriebryan1211]

A coworker accepted a job offer elsewhere and put in his 2 weeks' notice. Our boss asked where he was going, and the poor muffin told him. Our boss called them and smeared our coworker, and they rescinded the offer. The poor guy ended up jobless.

[@TheMusicalElitist]

That’s illegal

[@AngieLyke]

Hostile work environment and bullying is illegal in the US. She should have kept a copy of all those in contact emails and meet with a labor lawyer. She might have a case even though he didn't fire her and she left voluntarily.

[@Tirani2]

People quit managers not jobs. I had what should have been my theoretically dream contract with a government agency to do really good work. They didn't know how to handle someone with my skill levels, and one woman made my life a living nightmare. Unfortunately, she was my government manager, and was just awful. She left about 2/3 of the way through my first year there, and I was still so disillusioned, but then I went back to my old contract when it was up at the end of the year. Normally people roll over a year after year there, with some people being on the same unit for 10+ years under contract.

[@johnmunro4952]

The first one is constructive dismissal. She should sue

[@bellasrabinpu]

I resigned because a fellow manager called me a bitch. When i told the owners they said he could call me whatever he wanted as long as he was in the right (which he most definitely was not). Then they called me unprofessional for quitting

[@tomasvlasak6459]

2. Tiktok video of crying woman = trust her 100%. Manager might be a jerk but who knows what was going on there

[@gambar]

The first thing that came to my mind. We only hear her story and never anything about what preceded the situation.

[@keendog91]

The party for the employee who resigned due to the bullying - obviously the CEO was attracted to her and either she shut him down or has a husband/boyfriend and this creeper wants her. He's acting like little boys who hit girls they like. She's lucky she got out. However, I think a restraining order might be needed. This guy is going to show up where she is over and over. It's called stalking and in US it's illegal.

[@ryansmith2493]

3 minutes of a 12 minute video is a sponsorship....wow.

[@vociferon-heraldofthewinte7763]

The first one is tortuous interference and you can sue for damages.

[@kyle381000]

In this first example, the word 'referee' was probably a typo and should have been 'reference'. I don't know why Bed didn't pick up on that. Within the context of the item, the term 'referee' made no sense at all.

[@pursuitforspeed]

A ~4 minute advertisement in a 12 minute video is a bit ordinary. All for advertisements, but if it's going to be 1/3 of the video at least put it in the timeline so we're able to skip it easier. Yes easier, cause I'm skipping it anyway, or in the future, if it's a 1/3 of the video, I'm just leaving.

[@bluesmokegamer272]

Call someone's new boss and bad mouth them can you and your company sued.

[@davidstevens3934]

That 2nd one has got to be some sort of harassment.

[@VRDejaVu]

Story 2. I would actually be happy about that. You left such a big mark on that CEO that he literally made a party about you. Not for you but still.

[@Polfeck21]

We had 27 out of 62 leave in one year

[@SocialMediaDale]

Can we track the company that held the boat party. Let’s name and shame them.

[@mattjagger4360]

I'm in the UK. We as a people - rarely tolerate behaviour from a boss like Americans do. Terrible bosses are plentiful - however the staff turnover is measured in weeks not years. I would say - to most people. Personal empowerment changes everything- as well as killing your own ego. If i got fired from my executive job tomorrow. I'd be driving a digger, laying brick, mowing grass, picking litter, whatever. While i find the next job...and honesty is for the naive- im not about to interview and admit I'm picking litter am i. And regular training in a boxing/thai boxing/mma club helps disolve fear of dark triad individuals - bad bosses are mentally unwell. The antidote to narcissists and phsycopaths is physical ability.

[@biking-northwest]

I'd be recommending that these managers get drug tested on a regular basis as they have to be on something to act like this and think they can get away with it

[@Kokoda144]

If an employer is being verbally abusive then don't leave, get a recording then go to fairwork and take them to town

[@video99couk]

Ben, a tiny bit of technical advice, if I could: Please get a new microphone, or a new wind shield for it, or a very inexpensive add on called a microphone pop filter. It will really improve the sound quality of your speech.

[@theartisticactuary]

Big shout out to the Financial Conduct Authority for refusing to pay my expenses during my notice period. Scumbags!

[@samgoldbloom9882]

The second video, I strongly suspect the guy was in love with her and resented she wasn’t interested in him.

[@supremeownage8995]

We need a follow up on the second one here. Otherwise i might convince myself you make videos instantly based off of anyone's uploaded video, without any background checks to make sure it's not just all invented for internet clout.

[@Amunnra]

These youtube ads are getting wild. 12 minute video with an ad of almost 5 minutes. That's one way to increase the length of your vids I guess.

[@Crazyepic-wf9dg]

I got sacked a few months ago because I fell asleep on shift which may sound fair enough but at the time I had pneumonia and when calling my shift manager a few hours before I was meant to start he refused and said that’s not an excuse and I had to work what a joke I’m still yet to find a job

[@Spike-ck5tj]

That's awful. Hope you find something soon.

[@stevemiller2651]

Seems like Laura has a good case for a constructive dismissal case?

[@BedsitBob]

Isn't the first one actionable in law?