'[My] software was the heart of the company': New management gets what they deserve after firing the IT guy who created their workflow software; he deletes the program on his way out

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Jul 29, 2023 11:00 AM EDT

When you become the cornerstone of a company, it's unfathomable that management could ever fire you. In this case, a man who worked hard to become the heart and soul of a warehouse distribution company, was completely hoodwinked when management gave him the boot. OP had worked with the company for several years, cementing himself as a critical piece of the company's work flow. He took this a step further when he literally coded and created a new software (which was mobile AND desktop compatible) that allowed communication between the sales team and warehouse team to be seamless. With multiple gold stars on his lapel, OP felt invincible… That is, until new management came along. 

OP's old boss was fixin' to retire and when he did so, a new haughty manager came in and stomped all over the playground, beating his chest like a red-faced bully to assert himself over his new lackeys. Keep on scrolling to read about how one simple malicious compliance set this company aflame when the new manager overstepped his boundaries and stepped on OP's toes. In this tale you'll find treachery, villainy, and a climactic end to one man's career in the warehouse. 

For more employees who lit the company on fire just before walking out the front door, check out this story of a guy who hid all of the company's keys after turning in his resignation. 

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    Font - New Boss got the company in lots of trouble M OC
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    Font - I used to work for a big warehouse (Not as big as Amazon) for inventory management. From the first day I noticed that our workflow is super slow due to old software used for the office and warehouse.
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    Font - Since I wanted to impress my boss and my co- workers, I used some of my free time to write a new web-based software that you can even use on your
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    Font - phone. This was super convenient because it allowed my boss, the sales- team and others to litterally work while going
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    Font - around the warehouse or while working from home. Even the warehouse- staff was impressed since I asked them what they need to see when picking orders.
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    Font - This software was now the heart of the company and during my time I worked there, it was used A LOT and replaced our old software.
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    Font - Now my old boss was about to retire and together with the new boss, we all met in the warehouse, had cake and got to know the new boss who I'll call Eric. He was
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    Font - super nice to everyone but the next day he showed his true colors. He completly changed our workflow, requested useless stuff from the
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    Font - sales-team, added shifts (Morning, day, night) to our warehouse workers and got rid of stuff we barely sell.
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    Font - Within weeks we were all exhausted. Three people quit. Then Eric came into my office and gave me my two weeks notice. I was actually shocked. His
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    Font - response was "We have 3 IT-Guys, we don't need that many". On my last day at work Eric came into my office, looked around and
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    Font - said "Please make sure to reset your PC and delete any personal data." Now there's one thing Eric doesn't know. The software always checks for a local file on my PC. So if the
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    Font - or the checksum is wrong, it'll display an error and shut down. I asked him again "You want me to delete EVERY personal file from this PC?", his reply
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    Font - was "Yes, within the next hour! Cue malicious compliance! I made sure to delete the whole source-code of my software, deleted some personal stuff, cleaned my
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    Font - mail-folder and shortly before I was about to leave I pressed "DEL" on file required for the software. As soon as I left the building I saw people standing outside, having a
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    Font - smoke. While I walked to my car, a warehouse- worker told me that the whole warehouse is on pause due to some server issues.
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    Font - I made sure to leave as fast as possible One hour later Eric blew off my phone, demanding the source code from my software. I happily told him that per contract, the software is my property
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    Font - (My old boss even wrote a contract) and that he won't get the source code. He demanded I come into the office and fix everything
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    Font - "I'm sorry, I don't work for you anymore. You wanted me to delete all personal data. The key for the software is also my own file, so I had to delete that too!"
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    Font - I heard from some of my friends there, that Eric had to buy a license for the old software and within 3 weeks, he was replaced by another boss.
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    Rectangle - H PangPingpong. 1 hr. ago "I own that software you want, and will sell it to you for two million dollars."
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    Font - GuySmileyPKT. 52 min. ago License it, annually, with price increase for inflation, 4 hour minimum consultation for fixing it when they break it.
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    Font - Msabkelley 3 hr. ago Some managers have the common sense and emotional intelligence of a housefly.
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