‘My boss gave the new hire my promotion, so I quit’: Employee quits after being denied promotion; VP fires new hire, demands employee be reinstated

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Eleonora Bader
May 14, 2023 10:00 AM EDT

It's ironic how few effective management skills "managers" possess, with their leadership abilities sitting around the same level, which is somewhere around zero. Managers love a good buzzword, but action orientation is not their strong suit. In this case, OP was working as a top-producing salesperson, in charge of training several salespeople and getting their numbers up, which OP did well. An opportunity for a promotion popped up, and OP thought they had the experience as well as the skills needed for the new position. Unfortunately, his general manager ended up giving the promotion to someone who had no experience in the sales field whatsoever.

OP's manager then told OP he was going to introduce him to his new boss. OP was in a state of fury and dismay, at a loss for why his boss would give someone underqualified the position that he was overqualified for. So when OP was introduced to the new hire, OP stared him straight in the eyes and said, "I quit." He then grabbed his belongings and stomped out of the place, not bothering to put in his two-week notice, which forfeited him two weeks' pay.

After the VP heard of the whole debacle, he was less than pleased. Scroll down to read what happened next. For more stories like this, here are some LinkedIn posts that earn an award in 'cringe.'

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    Font - Posted by u/ImbambiB 14 hours ago s "I'm excited to work with you" "yea...I quit" Some times companies make stupid decisions.
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    Font - I was working a B2B sales job, coming into this location I was the top producing sales person. Not only was I the top producer I also trained several sales people and got their numbers up as a sales person.
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    Font - I know my craft inside and out and I knew my team. Well my sales manager got fired (she was a horrible sales manager) So I took over as interim sales manager and for 4 months I ran that place, I made a really great hire, we
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    Font - had great sales, not only did we have good sales we had nice clean business. I worked with the the production side of the house to ensure the sales team was selling stuff they could delivery on. I applied for an
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    Font - interviewed for the sales manager and I felt I knocked it out of the park. So I came into the office and my GM calls me into his office and tells me the company decided to hire a
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    Font - retired Army officer because of his leadership abilities and that I'm in 2nd line behind him. I was shocked, dismayed. My GM then tells me he's going introduce me to my new boss.
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    Font - So he walks me into the office I worked out for 4 months. This retired Army officer tells me how many good things he's heard about me, how he looks forward to working with me, how I am so critical to his
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    Font - team, and what not. He finished off with "I'm excited to work with you" I looked him dend in the eye and said "Yea...I quit" Both my GM and "new sales manager" where shocked,
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    Font - my GM asked me "What do you mean I quit" I looked at my GM and said "Today is my last day, I'm going home" I got up, went over behind the desk where the sales manager was sitting, asked
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    Font - him to open the drawer took my favorite pen, my mouse pad, and my headsets and walked out the door. The next day my GM called me "You are really quitting cause we didn't promote
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    Font - you?" and I said "No i'm qutting cause you hired someone underqualified to be my boss" Took me 6 weeks to start my next job.
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    Font - That experience taught me to never be loyal\ I was so pi: sed off I didn't put in my 2 weeks notice, would have entitled me to 2 weeks of pay. Hell my VP called me and asked me to send him a two week notice email and he'd get HR to pay me for 2 weeks and I never did it.
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    Font - Please don't beat up the Army Officer, he applied, interviewed, got the job what was he supposed to say? He did what was best for him and that's good
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    Font - haemaker 14 hr. ago Hmmm, sounds like the VP was not 100% on board with the call to hire the new guy. I know you are mad, but keeping in touch with that VP might not be a bad idea. 638 Reply Share
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    Font - OP 14 hr. ago Your right, VP didn't like the call. He ended up firing the guy like a year later. Messaged me about the position I was in a position I was happy with. ImbambiB ↑ 651 ↓ Reply Share
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    Font - AdhesivenessReady349 14 hr. ago Next time someone posts here asking if they should be loyal to the company they work for when considering another employment option - this post needs to be brought to their attention. 100% WAY TO GO! 2.6k Reply Share
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    Font - Most BotsAreBad. 14 hr. ago Virtually no one in the corporate world, especially, in my experience, knows what "management" actually is. It gets to be impressive. 337 Reply Share
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    Font - imjoeycusack 10 hr. ago Stunning how little effective management skills are on display in "managers". Even worse, they all have zero leadership abilities and it seems to be systemic across industries. 84 Reply Share
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    Organism - tryingtimeegg1990. 14 hr. ago I am so glad you did that! Know your worth..it happened to me too but the chick didn't last two weeks before making a scene and quitting 208 ♡ Reply Share
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    Font - GucciGaropp 12 hr. ago I worked with the the production side of the house to ensure the sales team was selling stuff they could delivery on. As someone who has worked in production their whole life, this is music to my ears. 98 Reply Share
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    Font - இர augustbandit 11 hr. ago I did this when I was hired at REI and they didn't schedule me for my first shift for six weeks. They were shocked that I had found another job in the time it took them to actually schedule me. Reply Share 70
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