'I confronted my manager, and began to formulate my plan...' : Employee Learns She Will Be Fired and Replaced Following Office Gossip, Company’s Plans for New Position Fall Through, Leading to Immediate Petty Revenge

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Eleonora Bader
Feb 14, 2023 10:00 AM EST

It's absolutely mind-boggling that some companies are dumb enough to approve a new hire (from within the company) to replace an employee, without alerting said employee of their firing. How awkward. This is what happened in this very humiliating case for a young worker who was trying to prove herself. She heard via office gossip that the company had someone in mind for her position… while she still had the role. Apparently, they felt 'Shelby' would be a better fit.

Things didn't exactly go according to plan though, as Shelby (who was supposed to fill this employee's shoes) ended up leaving before she began training for her new job. u/Realistic_Meeting_86 took to the r/pettyrevenge subreddit to share her story, explaining exactly how she got back at this company for mortifying her like that.

Scroll down to read about the detailed event below. For more petty revenge, you can click here. There was a cosplayer who was publicly humiliated on an online social platform, which led to some pretty sweet revenge.

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    Font - Posted by u/Realistic_Meeting_86 13 hours ago Try to replace me? I'll just leave you hanging then. I was just reminded of this story today because I ran into the person (antagonist) in this story:
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    Font - Years ago I worked at a business with many departments. The department I worked in had a lot of recent turnover and suddenly I became the most experienced person in that area. Being young and female, not a lot of people took me seriously but I was ready and willing to change their minds and excited to succeed.
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    Font - A few weeks in I catch word the company has sent someone who I considered a friend, let's call them Shelby, from another department to another location to train for.....my position!
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    Font - I confront the manager, cry (because I'm young and very heartbroken they still aren't taking me seriously) and begin formulating my plan. I found another company in the city that was hiring something similar. I had to do some studying and pass a test first though.
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    Font - During that time Shelby has come back, knows I know, and is utterly sorry for betraying me etc.etc. I barely talk to her. She eventually informs me she has decided to resign and I simply say, good luck (knowing I'll be leaving soon after).
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    Font - Fast forward a couple of weeks, I'm feeling confident in my studies and am ready to give my notice, but I wait, until the day after Shelby's last day....ahhhh it felt so good to tell them I was leaving especially after the person who they were trying to replace me with was already gone.
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    Font - Just ran into the manager today and was glad to tell them I am now in the highest position of the company I went to work for after they failed to see my value.
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    Font - Sandi375 +2 - 13 hr. ago It is always mind-boggling to me that these companies are dumb enough to not tell employees (but send someone new) or ask them to train their own replacement. Nice to hear they got screwed this time! 147 Reply Share
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    Font - StormAutomatic8605 12 hr. ago • edited 9 hr. ago Years ago, I worked at a factory that had shift managers and then the operations manager. When two of the shift manager positions opened up, the operation manager opted not hire the assistant shift
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    Font - managers who applied. One thing to consider in this is that both that had assistant shift managers had work there on site each for at least 10-15 years. Instead the people hired were recent college grads with no
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    Font - experience. All of this to "elevate" the image of the company. I have always felt this was showing the true value in the the people that have been loyal and reliable. Reply Share 58
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    Font - 9lobaldude +2. 13 hr. ago Typical corporate shenanigans. Good for you for finding your path and getting some petty revenge on the way 4 95 + Reply Share
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    Font - CoderJoe1 +4. 13 hr. ago Your managers managed to lose you. 29 Reply Share
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    Font - Independent_Bank_416 +2. 12 hr. ago Play stupid games, win stupid prices. That's what your manager gets 5 ↓ Reply Share
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    Organism - imissyourmusk +2.8 hr. ago I am the queen of HR! What's the top position at your company? Reply Share 63 ♡ 46 Realistic_Meeting_86 OP · 4 hr. ago Partner 10 Reply Share
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    Font - Realistic_Meeting_86 OP · 4 hr. ago The department had been mismanaged for some time. Prior to me they fired one of our best, for no apparent reason. And they fired him by not direct depositing his payroll that day, forcing him to come to them to ask why, where they gave him his final pay in a physical cheque. The person they were training was much older than I.
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