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A businessman looks at another professional off-screen, having an important discussion (model).
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"I helped my manager bring in more than $1.8 million in commissions in a little under 3 years, and I was making $52k/year. His holiday "thank you" gift was a $30 gift card to a theater I'd have to cross state lines to use.
And when I resigned, he put legal on speakerphone while I was sitting in front of him. I worked my tush off for this guy, and I was literally managing almost his entire book of business for him while he sat back and collected the checks. For the holidays, he gave me a $30 Regal gift card. The nearest Regal to me was about two hours away and in another state. That was the moment I quietly started applying elsewhere."
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A movie theater cinema with a bright showtime sign and concession stand (stock).
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"I cared about the work and the accounts, so I didn't just leave as soon as I got an offer. I waited until I had trained someone to take over for me, because I didn't want the clients or the team to get screwed.
When the time came, I sat down with him in his office and told him I had accepted another position and was giving my notice. I also told him not to worry because I had already prepared someone and gotten them up to speed for the handoff. Then I mentioned that the new job was with another company in the same general industry, but I wouldn't be doing the same work, so it wouldn't violate my non-compete."
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"He immediately called our chief legal officer and put him on speakerphone while I was still sitting there in front of him. The CLO told me I "couldn't even clean bathrooms at a company in our industry for 18 months." Then they brought HR onto the call, and HR said that since I clearly wasn't going to take the new job, they would allow me to work three more weeks to finish the transition, and after that, I would be done looking for another job."
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Don't get me wrong, I love to read a quitting story full of the dramatics. That juicy tea of an employee calling out the incompetent upper management in front of everyone and leaving with a bridge burning behind them. Yes, that's chef's kiss, beautiful. However, I know I could never do that, and it's not the reality for most. So it is also nice and assuring to read u/Alternative_rocker's kind of story to remind us that there is a way of quitting that t0xic workplace and avoiding all the stress and drama.
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A professionally dressed businessman sits at a cafe table drinking a coffee, writing in a notebook, and having a discussion on his cellphone (model).
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“They kept pressuring me to find out details about what I'd be doing at the new place. I told them I wasn't going to discuss that. After I left, the CLO of this company, which brings in around $7 billion/year in revenue, kept calling me out of nowhere for the next month, trying to scare me. They even called my new employer.”
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Two professionally dressed businessmen sit in a lobby and go over paperwork together (models).
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"Thankfully, my new company isn't run by garbage people. The CEO got involved and told them they were fully prepared to fight it in court if they wanted to go down that road. Funny enough, the calls stopped immediately after that. So clearly, they were never planning to take me to court. They just wanted to intimidate me into giving up the new job.
*uck companies that treat people like this. We don't have to put up with this *hit anymore.
The company is Total Quality Logistics."
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Let's keep fighting for what we know we deserve and acting our wage. If we get the opportunity to quit with grace, heck yes! If not, back to the dramatics it is! I love both ways.
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