'My business to her firm was worth more than her job': Guy gets revenge on the managers who fired him early in his career by costing them their jobs

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    Font - Posted by u/Spiffydude98 5 hours ago I was fired early in my career by a team of 2 senior people I reported to - revenge came in time. When I was in my early 20s trying to make it in the world and just starting out I reported to a senior sales team as a junior salesperson. Really it was a support role and I knew my place-watch, stay quiet, learn and help them.
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    Font - I report to a lady who was 'mid level' and the senior guy who was head of sales. I was green, and while I was seeking mentorship and periodically asking for advice to improve how I was able to support them they mistook it for incompetence.
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    Font - It was simple things like learning what format each of them preferred their daily reports in, and tasks they had to do. I also had an issue because the senior guy basically stole my first bonus at the 3-month mark. It was tiny amount to him but a lot for young me. I didn't officially complain but asked him about how he was able to keep my bonus when it was obvious it tracked back to my efforts on the data. He didn't like that and didn't pay me.
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    Font - I was doing a good job - I'm fully aware of my skills. But with the explanation "It's just not working out" they fired me a few weeks later. I spent a couple months getting a new job which turned out to be an amazing smaller firm where I was appreciated, mentored correctly and thrived. The new firm was very successful.
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    Font - About 2 years later after I'd become a vital- but-still-junior part of the smaller company, my former firm closed up in the region and put everyone out of work. So I saw through the glass while walking by the boardroom one day that the senior guy who stole my bonus was being interviewed for a job at my current firm. My current superiors didn't see me walk by but my old boss and I made eye contact.
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    Font - Now, in a small sales team at a small firm its important to have a nice working relationship and trust. It's also a lot of selfish salespeople who are there to make money and don't like being ripped off. So later that afternoon I quietly mentioned to the one boss "I saw X in the office today when I walked by - I used to work for him that as stole my bonus one time".
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    Font - It was all I needed to say because the last thing my current boss needed was a person who'd do that on our team. Then times got tough and I know that man spent 2 years looking for work. 6 or 7 years later I was at a new company in a more senior role and the one lady who I originally reported to called me and was selling at a new firm and she was calling to ask if I'd be interested in purchasing from her. I didn't know she had started working there.
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    Font - The firm she was with was selling something that was very basic - and interchangeable to competing firms. She'd gone from selling important things to selling a 'nothing' product after the original firm closed. She acted all happy and nice to me - and recalled the great job I did when we worked together. I also know she didn't want to be talking to me but her call log said she had to call.
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    Font - I told her thanks and send me along an official quote and proposal. (several hours of work for her). In the industry we were in she was paid not only on new sales but a 'net sales' measurement - meaning she had to retain clients as well and bring in new ones. I had a LOT of commitment at the firm she was now at. While she spent her afternoon drafting a proposal I spent a couple hours pulling all my business from that company and subbing it for a competitor up the street.
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    Font - She emailed me a full proposal and mentioned she was excited to be working with me again and supporting my business. She had no idea yet i'd just pulled everything and she would never receive a bonus this year because of the size of the amount I pulled. The next day she emailed me quite upset and had CC'd her boss who i've known for years and had a good working relationship with. I replied-to-all and thanked her and said I'd decided to go with a competitor because "It just won't work out
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    Font - Her boss emailed me back directly and asked what happened and I replied that i just don't think she is a sincere person. My business to their firm was worth more than her job and she didn't last more than a month there after that.
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    Font - DriftlessHang. 5 hr. ago I thought this was petty through the first part, but holy so you torpedoed that woman's career. I guess the lesson learned is to treat people nicely regardless of age or experience because they could eventually be in a position to destroy you just for fun. 770 Reply Share Brother Mort. 4 hr. ago Heard this saying the other day: The toes you step on today may be connected to the foot that kicks your atomorrow. And it fits here perfectly. 343 Reply Share ...
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    Font - captaincinders 5 hr. ago edited 1 hr. ago Nice. I got a similarly story but much smaller than your's A new manager was appointed for our team. It became very clear that his aim was to push out current team members and bring in his own favourites. He ignored skills, education and experience and handed out trivial menial jobs and made it clear that there was zero chance for advancement. I even had his favourites come to me for my help and to quietly apologize for his behaviour.
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    Font - I moved to another company where I thrived and got several promotions. I heard the original company had gone bust and one day saw my old boss in a closed door meeting with our MD. I was told he was on the shortlist for a senior management role. I told my MD that I would never work with him and the slightest hint that I would be working for him would be my last day. He seemed shocked and asked me a bit more about my experiences. My MD never said another word about it, but I never saw my ol
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    Font - llama_fresh 5 hr. ago That's why they say to be careful how you treat people on your way up, you might meet them again on your way back down. 107 Reply Share MisteeLoo 5 hr. ago Absolutely. I heard it originally as: When you climb the ladder of success, be careful who you step on, as you may meet them again on the way down. 26 Reply Share
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    Font - Desperate-Put8972 5 hr. ago That's not just pro, that's borderline nuclear. 442 ↓ Reply Share MikeyMBCA 4 hr. ago · Borderline? That's full on "burn them with fire from the sun and turn them to glass" nuclear. Reply Share 46 6
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    Font - . zyzzogeton 4 hr. ago I saw a guys name on a sales interview list who had gone out of his way to throw me under the bus as an SE for things that were his responsibility as an AE. "That guy's no good" was all I had to say to our VP of sales. He said "that's enough for me" and erased his name from the board. 47 Reply Share
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    Font - matt_mv 3 hr. ago I worked for a guy who always had someone on his target list to be fired. Didn't matter if everyone was good, someone was always under the gun. After a few years I saw myself heading for the target list so I took the opportunity to transfer to a larger group with more opportunities. A couple years later his department got closed down and he did an initial interview to join my group. I told my new boss "This guy is a cancer" and gave him a brief history. He wasn't hired.
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    Font - Background-War9535 4 hr. ago Man. This is r/nuclearrevenge 16 Reply Share
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    Font - AntiDbag 4 hr. ago This is the long term version of FAFO 6 Reply Share
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    Font - Stormy8888 4 hr. ago Now THAT is pro revenge. 11 Reply Share
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    Mammal - strawberry36. 4 hr. ago Always pays to be nice to people. 46 Reply Share
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    Font - crystalsinwinter 3 hr. ago This reminds me of an awesome quote I heard before: "Be nice to people on the way up because you might see them again on the way down." 45↓ Reply Share
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    Font - TheexpatSpain 1 hr. ago Well done, what goes around, comes around. 5 Reply Share
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    Font - Both Lychee_1708 · 3 hr. ago Lesson: You aren't throwing rocks at people, you're throwing boomerangs 3 Reply Share
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    Font - AChromatic Heavn 2 hr. ago Bravo, OP. 3 Reply Share
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    Font - LVII Express-Ad9482. 4 hr. ago Supreme 4 2 Reply Share
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    Font - No-Mango89234 hr. ago. OMG stories like this make my revengeful little heart sing :) Reply Share 2
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    Font - LabradorDeceiver 4 hr. ago Hah. I once got fired from a non- profit for not reaching a fundraising quota. A couple of months later, the woman who fired me was working as a temp doing data entry on the industry directory I was assigned -- in my new dream job for a national trade magazine. We went to lunch. 3 Reply Share
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    Font - TurtleSandwich0 - 4 hr. ago I felt sorry for the woman after reading this. You could have done a better job explaining how she wronged you. I'll just assume that she had it coming. Great job at getting revenge. Reply Share 5

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