'It was worth the laughs:' WFH employee gets laid off, so he makes sure to rack up the most expensive delivery fees for the company when returning their equipment

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Apr 5, 2023 2:30 PM EDT

What a time to be alive, are we right? We get to work from home and then when we get fired at home, we have to send back the things the job had sent us to use for work. Is it worse to get fired while working from home since it's not in person? That's an entirely different discussion. In the mean time, we have people finding creative ways to stick-it to their toxic bosses even though they don't see them face-to-face. 

For example, one guy told Reddit that when he was laid off from his WFH job they simply sent him an address and their delivery account so he can return his equipment. He went to the FedEx and he told them how he was laid off. So the delivery employees understood and made sure to make it as expensive as a delivery as they could. They pulled tons and tons of bubble wrap, used the fanciest tissue paper, etc. In the long run, it was only $68 and they probably actually appreciated the extra safety for their items being returned. But man in that moment, this now ex-employee was on cloud 9-of malicious compliance revenge.

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    Product - Posted by u/Rahori 1 day ago Work laid me off and only sent me an address and their billing account information to send my remote work package back. I complied
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    Reddit posted by u/Rahori

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    Font - Thursday morning last week I got an appointment randomly scheduled with the ceo. Come to find out they were laying me off and would send further details via email. In the email it just said sometime during this week send your laptop, monitor, and computer accessories to XYZ address and to use their billing account.
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    Font - I compiled. I went to my local Fed Ex with just the items unpacked. I asked the worker if they would package it all for me using their highest quality wrap and make sure it's incredibly secure. They just smiled and said they understand exactly what to do since I told them I got laid off by this company and I don't care how much they bill them.
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  • 04
    Font - They began using foot after foot of bubble wrap and yards of tape. Come to the end of the packing process they show me the bill and it's $68. Not a ton but it was worth the laughs.
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    Font - AsparagusFirm7764 1 day ago I work IT contracts. As someone who regularly has to deal with people shipping computers back and forth, I appreciate that you thought you were sticking it to the man by securely packing up your computer equipment. I wish more people would think that way. So many times I've opened up boxes to see monitors smashed, computer cases dented, etc.
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    Font - Also, in the same field, I've been paid multiple times to replace printers, then ship the old one back. With just plastic wrapping the printer it costs $180 per printer. I can guarantee you businesses don't care about shipping costs.
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    Font - Vergenbuurg +1 - 1 day ago Oooh man... 15 years ago I bought an Acer desktop computer that died after only 3 weeks. I packed it super carefully and sent it to the warranty repair center. They fixed it and mailed it back to me, in a box far too large, with zero protective packaging. The exterior casing was completely destroyed.
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    Font - Thus began an arduous 1 year adventure where I sent it back three more times for repairs, and every time it came back to me more smashed. I eventually demanded a full refund for the computer, which fell on deaf ears.
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    Font - I probably could have pursued it further, but a parent took pity on me and got me a Toshiba laptop for Christmas, which was superior to the Acer's specs in every way except graphics card, and was rock-solid reliable for 5 years. I never bought another personal desktop PC again. ...and, obviously, I'll never touch an Acer ever again.
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    Font - +2 · 21 hr. ago edited 21 hr. ago My worst laptop ever was over a decade ago, a HP zd8230us that had so many issues that I ended up buying the extended warranty because it already had the battery shot twice and the cord once in the first year. Javasteam If anything, it got even shittier, and after the cord developed a fault and the battery died (again) it got to the point I couldn't move it or it would power off.
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    Font - I had already been trying to get an RMA on it, but instead they would just have me on hold constantly due to "higher than expected calls". This includes one day that was literally a solid 8 hours. The last call was when my dad got through. Instead of honoring the extended warranty they told him they considered my computer obsolete and offered to refund the remaining time on the warranty.
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    Font - For some odd reason I didn't like that option so I filed in small claims court instead. Within a week I had a call from a lawyer for HP who wanted to settle the case. When the lawyer first offered a PC from HP's laptop the very first thing I asked was if it would have the same terrible tech support. When he said yes I said no, and instead got a check for the full value of the PC, the extended warranty, and the accessories I purchased so that I could use it without actually touching it.
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    Human body - Full hardware refund, but it would easily be hundreds if not thousands more if I could have been compensated for my time.
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    Font - Pup5432 +1 21 hr. ago - My current work issued laptop is an HP. I can honestly say I considered switching jobs just to not have to use this piece of trash.
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    Font - MonkeyBreath66 +2.7 hr. ago My wife ordered a $4,000 desk set for the owner of her company. It took weeks and weeks and weeks to get there. It was damaged upon arrival. She arranged for it to go back and get a new one. It took weeks and weeks and weeks to get there. It was damaged upon arrival. This time the company she ordered from begged her to accept it and send a technician out to repair the damage with her having final approval. Fortunately for all involved he literally was able to r
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    Font - UEMcGill 1 day ago My previous company they fired a high up guy. He was instructed to bring his laptop in. He did. He'd installed a bios password and likely wiped the hard drive. It was a brick. He was on a contract and head of IP/Engineering and no one thought that maybe they should have had a clause about company property. They had no idea what he committed to, or what IP he had. Good times. Seems to me the laptop is almost an afterthought when it comes to IP. I can copy a hard drive no
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    Font - Trivius 1 day ago I was made redundant because where I worked wanted to create a new position with slightly less responsibilities and a lot less pay. The instructions according to policy was to return all equipment as recieved so I formatted the hard drives on all my devices because we originally recieved them with nothing on them and our department had to image them all. Unfortunately for them my devices had all the information for an entire series of Laptops including the master passwor
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