Coworker Gets Fired For Workplace Complaint, Comes Back As Boss

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    Font - r/ProRevenge + Join u/sirsarin · 2h 2 e1 3 1 A Contractors Revenge I worked on a contract years ago providing IT support for an unnamed organization. It was pretty basic help desk stuff, come in, answer phones, write tickets, fix problems. It wasn't great but it was relaxed and paid the bills. We worked in an open office space so there weren't cramped cubicles, and we could browse the web or read while we were waiting for calls. There were maybe 20 or so of us, a majority of our workforce
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    Font - Mike was one of the guys that worked with us, maybe like 5ft 5 or 6, pretty good looking and charismatic guy. He was a hard worker, and was one of my team leads at the time aiming for the top. I worked with him for about a year into our three year option, and while he was nice he was firm always trying to keep everyone on task and improve our statistics. He would come up with team building events to do off work hours and I generally thought everyone liked him. I guess I may have been wron
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    Font - Workplace ethic goes way down hill, tickets are unresolved, calls are left on hold, excuses are made at option years and metrics are fudged during meetings. Couple red flags that made me start searching for a new job. One of my coworkers would stay on the phone with her mother all day tying up her work line so she wouldn't be able to get calls. Another couple played cards in the back and we had another "senior" technician who would draw in her sketchpad all day. Meanwhile I'm focusing on
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    Font - Two years later contract is back up for bid and wouldn't you know it we lost the bid. Now for those who don't know, if your company loses the contract renewal bid there are three things that can happen. You either get laid off, your company finds you a different position elsewhere on another contract they have, or the incoming prime picks you up on the new contract because they want to keep you around. But you never really KNOW which one is going to happen until it's too late. So l'm alre
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    Font - "Hello everyone, I'm Mike Redacted and l'll be the contract manager starting today. You should be getting a call this evening if you were chosen to stay on the contract by our firm with your offer letter, I would appreciate it if you would keep any news you receive to yourself as we don't want to stir up any unnecessary animosity during this transition. I look forward to working with you." The room is dead quiet. He comes over, shakes some hands, and gets back to work. I get a call that e
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    Font - Work ethic improves dramatically. Tickets are resolved, we have a new knowledge base that we can access and build upon, customer satisfaction is improved. Mike brings in Amanda, who starts our new side by side accounts team so we can offload some of the work and make things go faster. There are more one on one meetings to suggest where your performance can be improved and options to help you if you need support. It's not as easy going and laidback like it was but it became upbeat and the

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