Egotistical Employee Reports Manager for Firing Him, Gets Schooled in Doing Job Properly

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Ally Perry • Writer and Editor
May 27, 2023 7:00 PM EDT

It's a fact of working life that everybody will have to work with an obnoxious individual at some point. Whether you're a coworker, their boss, or somebody below them, it is never a pleasant situation to be in.

Still, our discomfort is never going to stop a person like this from being a complete a-hole. Sometimes, all that can be done is following the letter of the law. 

This is especially true of those in a position of authority, such as with u/fiya79. They were put in a sticky situation in their managerial job after a former employee decided to accuse them of fraud. The only problem was that this worker had been far from perfect — and that their records for everything were the opposite.

In true entitled nepo baby style, the employee tried to get his well known attorney dad to turn the odds in his favor. Needless to say, things didn't pan out as he had hoped.

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  • 01
    Human body - r/pettyrevenge u/fiya79 • 19h 1 Former employee turns me in for fraud, enlists his father/lawyer to push it.
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  • 02
    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 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 of
    via fiya79
  • 03
    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. The grants were extremely clear and included a matching component. Sometimes we would add cash or equipment time or staff time. Sometimes
    via fiya79
  • 04
    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.
    via fiya79
  • 05
    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 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.
    via fiya79
  • 06
    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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  • 07
    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 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 th
    via fiya79
  • 08
    Organism - 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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  • 09
    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 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.
    via fiya79
  • 10
    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.
    via fiya79
  • 11
    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. I was in city hall when daddy attorney came slinking out of the legal department apologizing for his idiot son.
    via fiya79
  • 12
    Organism - 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. 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 18h ● 1 Award He was good at basic tasks so far so good but had a hard time with math, grammar and interacting with adults. Catacombs3 I have to ask what you consider basic tasks... : Reply +3 • 18h 43.0k ↓ 1 Award Could dress himself, often putting shoes on correct feet.
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    Rectangle - fiya79 OP 15h He was good with kids. We did a lot of projects with Eagle Scouts, Boy Scouts, church youth groups and taught some lessons to ages 6-12. He could teach a mean golf lesson to an 8 year old.
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  • 15
    Font - SolPope 14h What sorts of qualifications do you need to work in such a department? ⠀ fiya79 OP 14h Are 21, clean driving record. ● 415 + This was some time ago when jobs were harder to get. It had good perks like being inside a lot and getting paid to play baseball with kids a lot. He had a degree. I can't remember in what, general studies maybe.
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  • 16
    Rectangle - PettyFlap 10h 00 But dui? Not exactly clean G ⠀ 4凸 fiya79 OP 10h It was plea down. DUI charge that daddy got turned into something like failure to indicate. Record stayed clean.
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  • 17
    Font - firesquasher 15h Basic tasks: "Go do this" They probably couldn't think for themselves and struggled to work without direct supervision. 4 17 ↓ fiya79 OP 15h Go to third street and pick up the lumber I ordered. Talk to Matt about it if there are any questions. Deliver it to bridge 14 before noon tomorrow. Drive the white truck and black trailer and strap everything down. : 432 firesquasher 13h Did you write it down? I have a highly functional, well compensated business I run, but if someo
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    Font - fiya79 OP. 12h For about a year I did. Weekly email with daily task lists. Text follow ups every few days or after big events. Written reprimands with specific complaints. The final documented straw was a major event. Think annual fundraiser that significantly funded our division. All hands on deck. His job was something like picking up the guest list and the keys to the venue. Got to the venue in advance and verify the table setup and lights were up, give the guest list to the venue. Ema
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  • 19
    Font - Step into my office. We need to talk. He was a slippery one. A lot of the time he would do stupid stuff but there was 1% ambiguity. Or he was alone and just claim something else happened. The truck was wrecked when I got it. Or it must have been vandals that broke the backhoe trying to move a giant rock that wasn't supposed to be moved. Even though I had the keys and you told me not to move that giant rock. I thought you meant the other kinda giant rock, but it was vandals anyways.
    via fiya79
  • 20
    Font - AverageCowboyCentaur God we all work with a Tim in our lives. Unfortunately I work with a Tim a Timothy and a Timmy. The triplets of terror and I hate each one of them. My super isn't document anything unfortunately. These guys have been caught sleeping, stealing, time card abuse, sick time abuse and nothing has happened. Me and a couple of the other guys brought it up, even with pictures and still nothing happened. Everybody fails upwards here. And the honest ones get sh t on. The only n
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  • 21
    Font - Fancy DapperHamster 19h 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!
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  • 22
    Font - PhoenixFlare1 16h And that's what happens when parents continuously bail out their kids instead of letting them take responsibility for their own actions. When I turned 18, the first thing my mother said to me was "If you do something illegal, don't call me for bail money."
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    Font - PhillyCSteaky • 18h 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. : Reply 488 celluj34 16h 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.
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  • 24
    Font - WHYOhWhy_MEOhMY 15h THIS GUY HAD A WIFE? I was picturing a teenager. Yikes. m : ● fiya79 OP Wife, 2 kids. Upper 20s 14h Reply 425
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    Font - 31 spiders +2 18h Is the revenge implied? Did you or your office put a bug in the wife's ear? Good read either way. ⠀ 00 Reply 438 fiya79 OP 15h My HR is famously scared of lawsuits and generally roll over and just keep employees on the books of the whisper workers comp or wrongful termination. With my documents they actually held the line for once. He knew it was next to impossible to get fired. He made my life suck for almost a year. So I took that year to write a book thick enough to a
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