‘Nobody at work is your friend’: Boss betrays a loyal employee, notifying him that he's fired by asking him to train his replacement

When an employee leaves a company, there's a duty-vacuum that opens up in their wake. All of the responsibilities that that employee once did are now left to the devices of those left behind. Usually, it's simply a nuisance until the higher ups hire someone new, but for some, that opens a door of opportunity into a promotion. Who needs to hire a new person if they've got the perfect fit already trained and doing the work for them? Most employees would consider themselves a shoe-in for a job position like that, but in our next tale, one man gets totally burned by his expectations, leading him straight to the unemployment line instead of the top floor. 

Scroll onward to catch a glimpse into the minds of C-level management, confused at the hierarchy of employment and using the woes of their employees against them. This is the kind of story that makes you rethink your own security at work, simply because we were always led to believe that if you work really hard, you'll be rewarded. In this instance, u/dr_bassius was rewarded with a crisp pink slip after lamenting over a lost promotion. 

Next on your reading list, here's another workplace drama where a severely underpaid doctor was denied a raise and found a job elsewhere making triple the salary.