'He answered that I was not qualified, nor smart enough to do this job': Employee denied promotion, maliciously complies and causes store to close down

The number of red flags based on this boss's behavior alone is astronomical. Let's start with his refusal to promote this employee, who shared his story via Reddit's r/MaliciousCompliance subreddit. The employee was more than qualified for the position after having worked at the store for several years directly under the last person who had the job. Additionally, he had stepped in to take over the position for a period and proved his worth. Yet somehow, his boss refused to acknowledge his contributions and still refused to pay him for all this extra work.

After receiving this difficult rejection, the employee decided that it was not worth his time to do all that extra work then. He simply went back to completing his regular job responsibilities, since that is what he was getting paid for anyway. Of course, it did not take long for his boss to reprimand the employee for this, but clearly, the boss's ego got the better of him. He fired the employee at a time when the store was already so short-staffed. The employee packed his things and began a new job search.

It wasn't even a full 24 hours later when the Redditor's former boss reached out and begged for OP to return to work. In a moment of triumph, OP hung up on his former boss in the middle of the phone call, since he already had several interviews lined up. Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions in the comments section. When you're finished, take a look at this post about an employee who refused to let his manager have remote access to his PC.

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