Boss Blocks Dude's Promotion, Dude Blocks Boss' Job

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mattstaff
Feb 11, 2020 7:00 PM EST

This employee's boss ended up getting burned in the long run as result of his own BS. Specifically, he stopped the very deserving employee from getting a promotion because he didn't want to worry about hiring for the night shift position. Well, the boss' self-motivated laziness ended up contributing toward his downfall in the long run. 

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  • 01
    Text - r/ProRevenge + JOIN u/casinodom • 14h Boss blocks my promotion, I block his job. TLDR my boss blocked me from being promoted for selfish reasons, I blocked him from getting a position at another company he applied to where I was the boss. For background, I work in a very competitive part of the service industry. It's a large enough community, but at the same time it's small enough where someone somewhere in the industry knows you, so it's important to not burn Bridges as one day you might
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  • 02
    Text - I was in my position for a good 3 years as middle management, no call outs, never late, always stayed after to help my team out, worked on projects that belonged to my bosses, etc. Except for ONE DAY which I had gotten in a car accident (I was working the night shift and it was raining, this is important later in the story) and was unable to go into work as my car was undrivable and I had to wait for tow truck, insurance, and trying to find a ride late night/early morning was very difficu
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  • 03
    Text - At the time, my director had been let go and there was a blood bath, pissing contest to see who would get his promotion. For heiriarchy purposes it's my director, my direct bosses all on same level of authority (3 of them) then me. One of the direct bosses (let's call him Dick) decided he was getting the promotion and started shaking our department. Restructuring projects, changing people's shifts, taking credit for other people's work, he was a real pain.
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  • 04
    Text - About a few weeks of this, he had decided to switch me from morning shifts (which I had gotten due to my seniority in the team) into night shifts. I didn't make a stink because we were very short handed (also important) and the team needed help as we had newer members who had children, and I understood how this could affect their life. Fast forward a few more weeks and I get into the car accident which made me call out. This didn't sit well with him as I had made the team suffer because o
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  • 05
    Text - Soon after that I met some higher ups from another department, they offered me a job in a new venture the business was exploring. I was a good candidate because of my experience and work traits. Of course I agreed as this would be a promotion in position and salary, plus my network of contacts would put me in a position to grow even further. I went through a series of interviews (3 in total) and I was given the opportunity to take the position, I signed my paperwork and shook the hand.
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  • 06
    Text - A couple of days later HR called me saying the position was rescinded, and that it shouldn't come as a surprise. I was shocked and asked for a meeting to understand the decision. Queue the day of the meeting, I walked in and HR is sitting in the meeting room with Dick. After the cordialities, Dick explains that he blocked my promotion because I had attendance issues (which I had one call out due to my accident) and HR chimed in saying this shouldn't deter me from applying again in 6 month
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  • 07
    Text - A couple of days later a friend of mine that worked close to Dick had told me Dick had made the comment that he didn't want to let me go because I would leave the night shift uncovered, and no one would easily accept that shift. I was furious, but decided to not act on it, as I explained earlier it's a small enough business.
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  • 08
    Text - A few months later the competition opened up close enough that a few people left to go there. I was one of them, I was hired by an amazing boss who I am still friends with years after. He offered me a great position and a huge raise in salary. For heiriarchy purposes it was my boss then me and my counterpart then our assistants. I had heard through the grapevine that Dick had gotten rejected from the director position and was leaving the company. About a week or so later I was looking at
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  • 09
    Text - I told my boss the story about Dick and how he blocked my promotion. All my boss said was TBNT (thank you but no thank you). We didn't even give him an interview. Looking back at it, we should have given him the interview and just said no, it would have made it sweeter. Like I said before don't burn Bridges if your industry is small.
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