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'I was leaving the company... effective immediately': Buyer told by their boss to "deal with it or leave" chooses the latter option

The trouble with setting ultimatums is that you never know when someone is going to take you up on them. It's hard to know just how tired that person is of being under your thumb and whether they're just one strike away from reaching their limit. If you try and throw your weight around with an authoritative ultimatum, you just might find that it gets thrown back in your face and that your wish is granted. 
 

After suffering the insufferable for long enough, with long days being overworked and micromanaged, this worker was pushed to their breaking point. They had been hired under false pretenses of the hours they'd be working and soon found themselves covering the tasks of other incompetent members of the organization. Regardless of their efforts, after being thrown under the bus by the night crew, they were told that they were "underperforming." The worker had evidence that the error wasn't on their part but was told to "Just deal with it, or leave." They accepted the challenge, and everything unraveled from there.

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Posted by Brad Dickson
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