‘I don’t need to train anybody; I don't work for you anymore': Boss demands employee who quit come back to train new hire, employee's refusal leads to dozens of phone calls

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Eleonora Bader
Jul 7, 2023 10:00 AM EDT

Management often doesn't realize that when you quit, you technically stop working for them. In this case, OP was working for a security company, and one month in, already decided to quit. OP gave his manager two weeks' notice, despite the fact he didn't actually owe them that. Two weeks go by and OP's manager hadn't yet found a replacement. On OP's last day, things changed, and a new trainee showed up, less than eager to be trained. OP did his best to train the new hire, despite running into a few hurdles along the way, most of which consisted of the new hire spending the whole time on his phone.

As OP predicted, at the end of the shift, the trainee had no clue what he was supposed to do. But by then, OP didn't care, as he was free from his obligations to the company. Apparently, OP's manager disagreed. OP's manager called him and asked him to come in to train the new employee again, despite the fact that OP wasn't working for the company anymore.

Scroll down to read what happened next. For more, here is a boss who demanded a new hire work unpaid overtime due to being short-staffed.

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    Font - Posted by u/GentlyUsedOtter 20 hours ago "I really need you to train your replacement right."
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    Font - So a few years ago I got a job working security for a sh tty little security company. I gave it a month I didn't like it so my dumb a s gave them the two weeks notice. So they had two weeks to send me a trainee to train.
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    Font - On my last day, on the day that I literally cared the least they sent me a guy to train. Alright I'll do my best. So the kid gets there and immediately just sets up his laptop start gaming. And I told him that we were going to train today, his response was "well they told me that I could be on my computer." Which
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    Font - they had told me that too, they didn't really give two sł ts. And I responded with "well I kind of need to train you to do the job first." So in a huff he closed his computer and I attempted to show him what to do. And the entire time he's on his
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    Font - phone. Now this is my last day I don't really give a sh t if he learns it or not. So at the end of the night I give him control of everything and as I predicted he couldn't do any of it because he wasn't paying attention. So the shift ends. And the manager calls me and asks me how he did.
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    Font - I don't sugarcoat anything, I let him know that the kid didn't pay attention so he didn't learn a goddamn thing. So here's how the next conversation went.
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    Font - Manager: "so can you train him again tonight?" Me: "no I start at my new job tonight." Manager: "So can't come in tonight?" Me: "no as I said in my email last night was my last night" Manager: "but he needs to be trained" Me: "then I would suggest you find somebody to train him"
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    Font - At that point I hung up, I was done with the conversation. On my way home he called me another dozen times, I didn't pick up. If you want your people trained well, Don't have their trainer be the person who's quitting. They have no investment in how this person does.
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    Font - $42 AWholeNewFattitude 19 hr. ago I put in my two weeks notice at my last job, I've been there for 15 years and I think they didn't believe that I was actually going to leave. Well for two weeks I didn't hear anything really from anybody my manager nobody
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    Font - nothing so I did what I had to do and wait it out just counting down the days. Well, my last day comes and about halfway through the day I start getting panicked emails, oh can you just finish up this before you go, can you just make sure this is taken care of before you go, can
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  • 11
    Font - you make sure this is done. I had my exit interview at 1 and speaking with HR they were like You're done for the day, what are you talking about you did your exit interview, go home, so I did. I'm like I gave you two weeks notice, you had two weeks to get all this done and because you didn't pay
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    Font - attention or you weren't planning or whatever you're going to try and put it on me on my last day, when I could give less of a st t, good luck with that. ↑ 1.5k Reply Share
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    Font - GentlyUsedOtter OP 19 hr. ago Oh absolutely they don't think the long-term people are going to leave. 499 Reply Share
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    Font - D soaringseafoam 19 hr. ago This is a classic "that sounds like a you problem." Tbh you did enough trying to train the guy, a lot of people wouldn't have even done that. 567 Reply Share
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    Font - An_Actual_Thing. 20 hr. ago I love and hate that moment where managers somehow don't understand that quitting means you're going to stop working for them. 487 Reply Share
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    Font - Undersmusic · 18 hr. ago In my first ever corporate company job. I went for an advanced role. As I'd been filling in for the role while someone else was on maternity.
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    Font - I didn't get the role, but was still expected to cover until they return from maternity leave. Sure why not I was anyway. Later that week I get called upon to shadow and train the new person who did get the role...
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    Font - So I'm like. Ok you didn't feel I was the right fit for the role full time. Despite doing it for 6 months. But you expect me to now train the person you do think is right for the role.
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    Font - Well the next 6 months they were one person down and one completely untrained but trying to do the job because I went right back to my actual role Reply Share 223 D
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    Font - LeMaik 20 hr. ago If you want your people trained well, Don't have their trainer be the person who's quitting. They have no investment in how this person does. also maybe dont send them in
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    Font - on the other persons last day but give them a few days to settle first. whatever, its the managers fault and problem ✩ 6.8k 6.8k Reply Share
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