'My new employer [laughed it] off': Boss calls worker's new employer to accuse them of "poaching" when the worker leaves for better pay

Brad Dickson • Managing Editor

Apr 4, 2023 12:00 PM EDT

It's nice to feel valued for your work and know that your employer understands that you're important to their business, though you might hope it wouldn't take handing in your notice to find that out. You might also prefer that this was communicated to you in a way other than through your old boss calling your would-be new employer to accuse them of "poaching."

Alas, some people just don't know how to communicate properly. Maybe they never learned, maybe they just don't care… maybe they aren't even aware of their own communication deficiency. So, you end up with situations like this where the boss thinks they're the victim despite the fact that the employee wouldn't be leaving if they had just been shown how valuable they were while working there.

Worker u/o0cameron0o shared their experience on Reddit's r/antiwork subreddit, generating a flurry of responses from readers who were angry at the boss's actions. Keep reading for the screenshots. For more, check out this worker who quit after their boss wouldn't let them have the day off for their child's birth.