Update: ‘Instead of getting promoted, I got fired’: Employee comes home from vacation, finds out they lost promotion, then gets fired

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Eleonora Bader
Aug 2, 2023 1:00 PM EDT

Despite finding it difficult to fathom, I am fully aware that coworkers have the tendency to try throwing you under the bus, and you can either sit there and take it, or hatch a clever plan to dodge their attempts. But sometimes, the bad guy wins… we aren't exactly living in a corporate fairy tale. Before we get into u/TroaAxaltion's story of petty revenge that actually ended them up being fired, you can check out their first original post for some extra context, here.

OP was working in the contracting department for a medical equipment company. There he had a coworker we'll call Hank, who was an account manager. Hank was caught not doing his job, got in trouble, then tried to throw OP under the bus and pin his incompetence on him. But, tough luck, as OP had kept the receipts and proved that Hank was the real problem. Now, all that was good and dandy, but as it turns out, Hank wasn't the only problematic employee at the company.

Enter Mary, a conniving sort of person, to say the least. She teamed up with Hank, who already disliked OP for dodging his attempt to get him fired. Unfortunately, this time around, they were both successful. Scroll down to read exactly how OP was, once again, thrown under the bus. For more, here is another OP who got fired after refusing a promotion.

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    Font - Posted by u/TroaAxaltion 18 hours ago [UPDATE] Throw me under the bus? It worked. I got fired.
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    Font - Quick tl;dr for those new to the story: an account manager named Hank wasn't doing his job, got in trouble, tried to throw me under the bus and pin it on me, but I'd kept receipts and proved he was the real problem.
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    Font - So, as the title states, I'm now working with a different company. So what happened? Well for that we need background on Mary. Mary was an account manager a few years ago, ambitious, slimy, and willing to cheat. When she saw a
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    Font - woman near retirement making double what she made, she saw an opportunity. Sarah had a team of three under her, and she was old fashioned and very particular. It would've been easy for Sarah to rub people the wrong way. Sadly, she was an easy target.
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    Font - Mary got some friends together and launched a character a Sarah, pointing out their "slow meager growth" and saying she could do that whole team's job blindfolded if given the chance. on The company listened. Sarah was pushed into early retirement and
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    Font - Mary was given Sarah's job... But they didn't give Mary a team. Since Mary said she could do the whole team's job herself, turns out the company took her at her word. Company saw they could fire 4, promote 1, and cut costs. Whoops.
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    Font - Now Mary can't promote the AM buddies she'd conspired with. Not yet anyway. So she buckles down and does her best to stay afloat. Mary flounders. After a rough year and a half, she's deep in d and b her numbers are terrible, and she's facing a firing squad
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    Font - because there's an employee in her department, a lower rung contacting guy, who is outpacing her. That's right, if you haven't put it together, Mary was my current boss. (And I sadly didn't know about Mary's rise to her position until after the hammer dropped, talking
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    Font - with her coworkers) Mary was doing the job of my 4 previous managers and DEFINITELY struggling to keep her head above water, having WAY TOO MUCH to do as Sarah's team's replacement. My entire team knew she'd be promoting people into Sarah's
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    Font - team's old roles eventually and we all hoped for a spot. Since I was regularly hitting 200% quota, I was a shoo-in for one of those spots... Or was I? Sadly, it turns out that Mary's position was actually worse than any of us knew.
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    Font - After underperforming for too long, she was secretly facing termination. And turns out? They were looking to hire me in her spot when they brought me up for training, right after my vacation.
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    Font - Mary was panicked, facing losing her job, and she knew I kept receipts so she couldn't make up a story and write me off like she'd done to get where she was now. Then, the Hank problem happened. I emailed her my receipts, and instead Mary found an ally. She saw
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    Font - an opportunity, to work with Hank, an AM who also wanted me gone now for his own job security, and together they devised a plan. While I was out for a week visiting family down south, they collect several "Account Manager complaints" that no one ever saw,
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    Font - just "stuff she knew" about AMs that didn't want to keep working with me. Hank and Mary worked together while I was out of the office and couldn't defend myself, pressured my weak willed boss, and made their move.
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    Font - She said my emails were unprofessional, citing an email where I asked "I was wondering if you'd had the chance to review the contract I'd sent over a few weeks ago?" As being "pushy, unprofessional, and accusatory." My boss crumpled like a house of cards.
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    Font - No warning. No write up. No training to improve. No days without pay. No demotion. For a trumped up email charge and some vague promises of whispers in the wind (and probably some money or favors to my boss), my boss caved and went from a slap on the wrist to launching the n
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    Font - When I got back on Monday, they met me at the door (so to speak, we all work from home) and let me know they had decided to let me go, no discussion, it was all decided and finalized. I was hired by another company same day, so I'm fine. Making the
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    Font - same money, so the worst thing I'll lose out on is that 200% bonus payout every few months, which does suck. Be careful. Some times, when you avoid being thrown under a bus, they just get a bigger bus and try again.
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    Font - Rabid Dingo +3 17 hr. ago · If your numbers are as good as you say, they will be hurting for certain when they realize one incompetent manager managed to fire her main life boat.
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    Font - She'll sink for sure. I kinda hope to hear an update on the loss of millions later. 4 1.9k Reply Share
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    Font - WarmCry35 +1 • 18 hr. ago Sounds like way too much drama and conspiring motives. It sucks now but I guaranteed your mental health will thank you for it 388 Reply Share
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    Font - 16 hr. ago Yeah definitely. New job is a challenge but I'm rising to it. Reply Share TroaAxaltion OP 183
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    Font - Due-Procedure5918 · 17 hr. ago You should sue for wrongful termination, see if you can get a settlement 4402 Reply Share
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    Font - 16 hr. ago Can't, sadly. Right to work state. They could fire me for TroaAxaltion OP wearing blue or just cause they feel like it. 4212 Reply Share
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    Font - gfeldmansince83 · 16 hr. ago You were forced out of a toxic environment. Leadership was clearly incompetent. Not the type of place you want to work at for years anyway. This is a good thing 46 Reply Share
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