'Nobody likes a snitch': Evil coworker gets top performing competition at work fired for taking breaks

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
May 21, 2023 1:00 AM EDT

Never trust your coworkers! Especially not this guy, who was clearly threatened after 25 years on the job when the top-performing employee on the team had only been working at the company for a year. 

 

This thread, which was posted to Reddit's r/antiwork subreddit by u/CubsFanHan, only further proves the concept that if the work gets done, what does it matter if an employee takes a few breaks throughout the day? No one seemed to be suffering from those breaks, except for the jealous coworker. The most ironic part of the story is that the Redditor was fired by HR mere minutes after receiving a gift card celebrating him for his success on the team. Oh, well. If anyone is suffering long-term here, it's the company, which lost one of its most valuable employees. 

 

Keep scrolling below for the full story. For more, here's a post about a messed up new HR policy.

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    Font - I was fired the same day my job gave me a 50 dollar gift card for being the top performer in the department. Additional context: I was working at an insurance company in Scottsdale, AZ and was a 1 year employee. Because like most normal humans I cannot do insurance for 8 hours straight I would spend a little time on Reddit between working accounts. No rules against this, my production was great- so my boss didn't care. A 25 year tenured employee that worked next to me, however, cared prof
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    Font - He even began tracking how long my bathroom breaks were and reported it to management. Irony is this guy literally ran a side gig from work selling sports jerseys & helmets secondhand. Anyway-without a single warning whatsoever I was called in by HR a few hours after we had a company meeting in which I was awarded a 50 dollar gift card for being a top performer in the department. They told me I wasn't on task enough and fired me on the spot. corporate America Edit- guy had been with the c
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    Font - BL4CKL15T3D. 1 day ago traitorous coworkers too... nobody likes a snitch. Reply Share 3.5k
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    Font - Donotwork 1 day ago . File for unemployment then find another employer that can utilize and value your talent. Good luck! 852 Reply Share
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    Font - communistcapy 1 day ago Seems like there's always someone who would throw his coworker under the bus for brownie points with the bosses to get ahead. 272 Reply Share
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    Font - fortifier22 23 hr. ago If I knew this full story and was in charge, I'd say to that 25 year old guy; "Listen, whether that guy is on Reddit and using the bathroom for 'long periods' according to you, they're still human like the rest of us and need regular breaks. That, and regardless of these breaks, they are still the top earner in this department. You are not."
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    Font - "If anything, you've shown me evidence that instead of looking to your successful co- worker and learning about how you could do better at your job by seeing what they do to be better, you instead became so toxic and jealous of them that you wasted your time at work spying on them. Your pictures and reports prove this."
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    Font - "I cannot allow my best employees, or any of my employees, to be dragged down by coworkers who create a toxic environment for everyone else just because they're not the ones on top and cannot improve themselves. You are fired." But in all seriousness, when looking for your next job, if it's in the same field, definitely do bring up that you were the top earner in the department. 181 Reply Share
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    Font - gqreader 21 hr. ago Bad management. In sales, the only thing that matters is... sales results. I don't give a if someone works 5hours or 80 hours. Give me sales results. 176 Reply Share
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    Font - CubsFanHan OP 21 hr. ago Yep I'm self employed now and am happier than ever with my job. Corporate America is all about just looking busy, not actually getting good work done 76 Reply Share
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    Rectangle - Significant-Top-7882 22 hr. ago Never use work computers for that s Use your phone. 51 Reply Share
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    Font - jingleheimerschitt 22 hr. ago That coworker was absolutely moving the target he felt on his back onto yours. Projection at its finest. What a
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    Font - YOLOSwag42069Noice 20 hr. ago Next time don't admit you were browsing reddit when you should have told them you were doing research and tracking customer trends on social media.
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    Font - Sea-Ad9057 23 hr. ago i hope you snitched back maybe said ok so looking at reddit i guess was wrong but surely it cant be worse then selling sports wear during working hours like snitch co- worker does
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    Font - TheEclipse0 21 hr. ago If it's any consolation, they just fired their top performer, whose only been there for 1 year, and kept an under performer, who is most likely paid more than you but does less.
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    Font - LincHayes 17 hr. ago I would spend a little time on Reddit between working accounts. No rules against this, Stop trusting companies to be cool with They are, until they need a reason. so, never trust your co- workers. Seriously folks, I'm all about fairness and everything else, but we gotta stop getting so comfortable at work. Get in, do your job, get out. Get your check.
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