‘You’re Toast!’ : Entitled Nepo-Baby Employee Fired for Negligence, Reports Boss for Fraud Out of Spite, Legal Department Revokes His Financial Support as Revenge

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Eleonora Bader
Feb 22, 2023 10:00 AM EST

Tim was the type of employee who did the bare minimum and expected a promotion. He was certain he was a critical cog in the machine, working in a department that reported to the mayor — much thanks to his father, who was a bigshot lawyer. The thing is, Tim had difficulty doing even basic tasks and was more of a thorn in his boss's side than anything else.

After an egregious event at work, Tim was fired. Before you feel bad for the dude, he was technically offered the opportunity to resign. But alas, Tim was like 'Nope, you wouldn't dare' — but dare, his boss did. Tim got mad. In fact, he got real mad. He was so furious, he reported his boss for fraud, even though he didn't have real grounds for it.

The federal division that oversaw his boss's grants launched an investigation, but all the records were immaculate. So, Tim kicked himself in the foot, and then more some. Those who had investigated did not appreciate the waste of time, and so, Tim did himself an enormous disfavor that led to self-induced revenge. 

Scroll down for a detailed account of the events that transpired. For more, check out this tale as told by a server, who waited on a bunch of entitled influencers — who ended up getting a free $700 meal, and put in a $5 tip.

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    Font - r/pettyrevenge. Posted by u/fiya79 15 hours ago Former employee turns me in for fraud, enlists his father/lawyer to push it.
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    Font - I was a public employee for many years. I had a middle management role for about 20 years. I reported to a department head, who reported to the mayor. I had a small staff, typically 5-10 people who were mostly part time. They rotated every few years and I tried my best to make their time with me valuable. I helped them pad out their
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    Font - resumes, paid for trainings and more. Tim was initially a decent employee but quickly decided he was the greatest employee of all time. His over confidence often led to mistakes or being over extended and he needed bailed out. He was good at basic tasks but had a hard time with math, grammar and interacting with adults.
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    Font - Part of my job was seeking federal grants for small infrastructure projects. Think adding ADA benches to nature trails and curb cuts on old sidewalks or bridges on walking paths across ditches. I would write the grants and specs. The small staff would help administer the grant. Sometimes they would do the work. Sometimes they would oversee contractors.
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    Font - The grants were extremely clear and included a matching component. Sometimes we would add cash or equipment time or staff time. Sometimes we would have volunteer organizations match with labor.
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    Font - We were doing a bridge grant and I put the employee Tim in charge. It was phase 3 of 3 and we had a lot of experience. There were 21 bridges we were replacing in batches of 7. Tim just had to keep the process going with volunteer match labor hours. The process was practically automatic. All he had to do was show up with materials and stay out of the way.
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    Font - He did an adequate job, barely. I had to keep him on track to stay in spec. We are spending money to improve water quality. He wanted to improve recreation. We sent a lot of emails and texts about it. The department also used project codes to track grant spending. Each grant had a code and
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    Font - it was very easy to code all the time and materials though the accounting department. The volunteers signed logs each day and the process was pretty tidy.
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    Font - That fall Tim continued to struggle with basic tasks and eventually demanded a promotion for his outstanding work. He did not meet the very clear requirements for a promotion (government requirements) through his own laziness despite being given opportunities to become qualified.
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    Font - Eventually he became intentionally negligent and put himself and others in danger. I call him into the office after an egregious incident and offered him the opportunity to resign or be fired. Resigning means he could be eligible for rehire in a different
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    Font - department. Fired means he is blacklisted from the city. He refused to resign and so I terminated him. He seemed shocked. I think he thought it was a bluff or scare tactic. He thought he was a critical cog in the machine. But he was a thorn in my side.
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    Font - His dad is a well known local attorney. I had pulled Tim's state criminal record and on close inspection it was clear daddy was bailing him out throughout life. Assault charges dropped DUI pled to a traffic violation Possession pled to an infraction
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    Font - Tim decided to come after me. His first move was to call the federal division that oversees my grants and report fraud. They launched an investigation. My records were 1000% immaculate. They called him into a meeting and his proof of fraud was
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    Font - that he felt that the bridges should have been a lower priority and the money would be better spent elsewhere so the fraud was misuse of funds. But the grant specs were followed precisely- by him. He had tried to divert funds and I had stopped him. I had written evidence.
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    Font - The project he had accused on was the literal poster child for success and was included in a slideshow to the legislature on the success of the grant program. The feds and city powers were livid for wasting time. I had reams of perfect documentation. He was yelled out of the building.
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    Font - Then he filed a wrongful termination suit. He told his dad about the apparent mistreatment and his dad filed. I contacted the city attorney and dumped hundreds of pages of documentation, with a summary, in his email.
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    Font - I was in city hall when daddy attorney came slinking out of the legal department apologizing for his idiot son. I heard from a mutual friend daddy gave Tim a thorough reaming and withdrew the financial support that had allowed him to live on part time work.
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    Font - He is doing better today but right around that time his wife discovered his ongoing affair, the mistress got pregnant and things got rough.
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    Font - RawbeardX +2 -14 hr. ago He was good at basic tasks so far so good but had a hard time with math, grammar and interacting with adults. I have to ask what you consider basic tasks... 2.5k Reply Share
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    Font - +3 - 13 hr. ago Could dress himself, often putting shoes on correct feet. Catacombs3 1.5k Reply Share aa599 13 hr. ago An even number of shoes would be considered a win. 390 Reply Share
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    Font - annoyedatwork - 12 hr. ago Not gonna lie, the first paragraph had me thinking this was from Pawnee. 76 Reply Share fiya79 OP 10 hr. ago Not too far off. 27 Reply Share
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    Font - celluj34 11 hr. ago · edited 9 hr. ago Recently (maybe last 10 years or so) there's been a new term for these types of parents - bulldozer parents - those that remove any obstacles from their children's way, so that they never experience anything uncomfortable or new or even remotely unpleasant. 60 Reply Share
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    Font - [p-> 55 BU PhillyCSteaky 13 hr. ago I had students with parents that were enabling helicopter parents. I enjoy looking for them (the former students) on Jail tracker from time to time. 77 Reply Share
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    Font - Fancy DapperHamster · 14 hr. ago I love how your paperwork was absolutely flawless and allowed Tim to run himself into the ground. Oh to have been a fly on the wall for when the city met with his daddy! Reply Share ↑ 91 91
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