'No way José': Boss refuses to promote contracted employee of three years to full-time, fires him, then expects him to train replacements

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Sep 28, 2023 8:00 AM EDT

If they say they can't promote you or give you a raise but then they keep hiring full-time employees, it's time to get out of that toxic work environment. Because whether or not you're ready to admit this to yourself, the truth is they are never going to promote you, especially if you keep bringing it up and they keep doing next to nothing about it. If they were going to promote you, they would have done it already. Instead, they seem to want to squeeze as much underpaid labor out of you as they possibly can.

This thread was posted to Reddit by u/BeastTitanVI, a contracted employee of over three years who not only was denied a promotion to full-time employment repeatedly but was completely blindsided by his boss when his recruiter reached out to inform OP that he was getting dismissed. you would think José, the boss, would have had the decency to let OP know himself, but nope! On top of that, José then requested that OP train the full-time replacements, a responsibility that wasn't in OP's contract whatsoever. 

Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions in the comments section. When you're finished, check out this post about a job candidate who ghosted a recruiter after receiving an appalling offer.

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    Property - "My Boss of three years [let] me go [but] wants me to train my coworkers." TV pumunt PLAY
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    Font - My Boss of 3 years at my contract position gave the staffing agency a weeks notice regarding letting me go but didn't tell me anything or talk to me at alland wants me to train my coworkers.
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    Font - Long story short I've been working at company A for 3 years in DC as a contractor. I got the job during Covid and was working from home. In 2022, we went back to the office but I totaled my car so my boss let me work from home. I've asked numerous times to go permanent over the last 3 years...
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    Font - but they said they didn't have it in the budget which Fast forward to present day they hired one employee, and 2 more a week ago on my team (1 temp, one perm, on my team totaling 3) I've never gotten any complaints about my work such as (I'm doing a bad job) or I need to tighten up etc nor was asked to come back into the office.
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    Font - Last Wednesday, my manager Amy asked me on our weekly call if I was going to be training the new person which I found suspicious but I let her know nothing was said to me. The next day (Thursday) my teammates booked a meeting for me to train them on everything I know on the following Monday....
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    Font - And then this past Friday I got a call from the recruiter saying that Jose (my boss) called and said they are going into go into another direction and didn't provide any positive nor negative feedback to her. However, it is now Monday (training day) and my boss as not reached out to me regarding this at all. I decided to reach out to my manager Amy and she basically said she didn't know anything but my coworker who scheduled the meeting I called and asked her if Jose is aware of this meet
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    Font - They also had a meeting after to check back with him and discuss. I'm not sad about the job, but I'm sad that Jose didn't even respect me enough to have this conversation, but went right to the recruiter after 3 years and expected me to train them. I like my co workers but I even feel weird towards them also especially Amy now that I know she was on the call. AITA for not wanting to train them? I postponed the meeting for two days but I don't think how he went about it was very profession
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    Mammal - UPDATE: they canceled the meeting. I still feel as though I need to let my boss know what he did was wrong though.
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    Font - kiwimuz 22 hr. ago You are a contractor and not their employee. You are under no obligation to be training anyone. They can train their own employees. 4 2.8k Reply Share
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    Rectangle - Cigars-Beer 20 hr. ago "I'm a contractor, not your employee. Training is not in my contract." Simple and to the point. 810 Reply Share
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    Font - mouthscabies 22 hr. ago Don't do the training. Find a new post and leave. They don't value you and you deserve better. 665 Reply Share
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    Font - ShaneVis 22 hr. ago This is where 5 minutes before this meeting you let jose know that something has come up and unfortunately, you can as of right now no longer work for his company. 392 Reply Share
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    Font - Eladiun 20 hr. ago The simple answer is: No way, Jose 364 Reply Share
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    Font - sallysaunderses - 22 hr. ago If you aren't qualified to keep the job you definitely aren't qualified to train someone else to do it. Did i just hear you sneeze? Cough? Better go back to bed and take a sick week. 351 Reply Share
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    Font - parkesc 22 hr. ago NTA, you don't owe him a thing. What a spineless Be direct in your response - decline the meeting and let him know exactly why. 150 Reply Share
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    Font - LessThanThreeHundred 21 hr. ago Training is separate rate/contract 400/h 128 3 Reply Share
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    Font - Associate Jaded3931. 21 hr. ago Unless it's in your contract, you have no obligation to train for them. That function has special skills and needs considerable preparation. Plus, it seems that you have nothing in writing concerning any of this. Has the contract actually expired, or was some performance clause triggered? This all sounds very unprofessional on the employer's part. ↑ 121 ↓ Reply Share
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    Hat - ReaperofFish 21 hr. ago You are a contractor. If they want you to do training, that is a new contract.
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