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'[He] asked me to return [...] at double my current pay': Boss gets fired when worker stops doing extra work for them

It's hard to imagine how many times I've written this sentence in various different ways… but you really should not overestimate your knowledge when joining a leadership role in a new organization. Take some time to integrate yourself and learn the ins and outs along with the important players before even considering making changes. If you make changes too soon, wielding your ego with ham-handed fury, you'll soon find the organization crumbling beneath your feet.

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  • This worker has shared an update to a story they shared several months ago with a popular online community. In the original story, they detail how they worked their way up in their organization, consistently taking on new tasks and learning, receiving continual promotions in return. Everything was going well until their boss got a new job, and a new replacement was hired from outside the company who had no idea of the status quo—you can probably see where this is going. On a Thursday, they finished their tasks for the week, already having worked over 40 hours, when their boss insisted that they still come in on Friday, so on Friday, they took to helping other departments catch up as they normally would. Instead of being grateful, their new clueless boss pulled them aside and demanded that they stay within their own department instead of hanging out with their "friends at receiving," then making the fatal demand that they don't do any work outside of their designated role. Their help was sorely missed the following week when the other department heads came begging for their forbidden assistance. 

    In this latest update, the worker tells how they have since moved to another area of the company and were recently approached by the flustered company owner, who was desperate to figure out why productivity had dropped substantially in their old work group. As things deteriorated further, their old-new boss was fired, and a replacement was brought in, who presented the worker with a satisfying offer…

    The original thread starts on item #2 with the update on item #17.

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    Black - Update: "The manager that I with had problems decided to 'resign.""
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    The Original Thread, shared around two months ago

    Font - Posted by u/JojiTheKitty4 2 months ago The title must fit the job L OC ņ Ok, to start this I want to say I won't give out real names nor the name of the company as I have been treated very well and kept care of both in a wage sense and the ability to take care of my mental well being.
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    Font - So I started here at the company I'm at about two years or a little less. I was just a lackey pulling decent hours doing manual labor and helping keep the pace on our receiving end with the boys over there and got quite close and friendly with that bunch of guys. We drove forklifts lift heavy things into storage bins and crates. Pretty easy but also tasking labor.
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    Font - About 3 months in, I'm dragged into a meeting with my boss, his boss, and his boss. They ask if I'd like to learn more and get the opportunity to grow inside the company. I know that corporate jargon for growth and more money so obviously I said yes. Withing the next 2 months I was trained on every lift and operable machine we use. Another month after that and I was asked to take a promotion to the next pay grade and given a massive raise on top of it.
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    Font - Now another month passes and I'm finally taken from the department that I started with the company and moved to a easier but faster moving one. Again I do my absolute best to be there and put in hella hours to show my gratefulness for the opportunity. We get caught up and stay caught up while I'm at the helm of this department and all of my bosses are grinding ear to ear looking at my work. I feel like I'm doing well and they eventually withing weeks ask me to take another promotion and p
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    Font - Now we are where I am currently in the job I have now. At first getting a hang of the the timing and pace was very difficult. I was behind constantly and never able to clear my work completely out. Eventually a couple months in I find the rhythm and am able to clean all the work out and help other departments after I finish. Everyone is happy for like 4 months and things are only getting easier and easier for me.
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    Font - So being caught up to present day, everyone that has come before me for this job has left or been let go. Nobody in my building let alone department knows anything about my job. I have asked over and over to train someone so when I take a vacation they can help but it all falls on deaf ears. My head boss left for another facility and probably better pay. And was replaced by someone new to the industry and completely unaware of the situation of things and how much or little work is needed
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    Font - Last week Thursday I had 40+ hours in and was done with everything my department could do. New boss says everyone is mandatory for the coming Friday. I'm not hurt or dying because of it but I'm a little sad I can't hang out with family or my girlfriend because of the 5 hours minimum we work that next day. I show up, knowing my duties are already complete, I start working on the recieving center immediately
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    Font - to help them get caught up more and about 2-3 hours in I get called into the bosses office alone. He sits me down and tells me how much he loves my work and appreciates my time I spend to make sure we stay ahead. But now he starts in with "I would like to see you in your own department on Fridays rather than with your friends at receiving". I try to tell him that I'm done with everything I can possibly do for the week and that I am just lending a helpful
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    Font - hand but he is hearing none of it and immediately shuts me down. He tells me something I have heard over and over on this sub, and I quote "I don't want you doing work outside of your designated title. You're friends have their job and you have yours." Before leaving I asked for that in writing or an email knowing that leads and other employees were going to harp on me for sitting around all day and getting paid with my feet up. He obliged and I was sent back to my desk.
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    Font - Friday came around and I sat at my desk and texted my family and girlfriend the entire shift. Nothing to do but catch up with people. Little needs to be said but they fell well behind at receiving and the last few days. We went from waiting for the next semi to being behind and having 6 trucks waiting on us to find space. And now I refused to move my feet if I was done. My job title was firm in its description and my boss wanted me to stay at my department with no exceptions.
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    Font - Now the following Tuesday I have every lead and manager begging me to ignore the new hotshot and continue to help as they are missing 2 guys, 1 quit and 1 went to help his wife with their new baby. Leaving a sole guy up there at receiving by himself. I again just forward the email he sent me being as he is everyone's boss and continue to do my titles duties and nothing but my titles duties.
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    Font - I should also state that I'm transferring departments soon anyways so I no longer care to help the current state of affairs they have found themselves in. Better boss, better time management and better overall situation. But I will for the next two weeks only do my titles job and that alone. Sorry for the wall of text. But I had to share because I'm giddy that it actually happened to me.
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    Font - Ok_Art_1342 2 mo. ago Alarms should have rung and red flags should have risen anytime someone ask you to put something you said into wording. lol 420 ● 141 Reply Share JojiTheKitty4 OP 2 mo. ago Idk if he knows in switching departments yet, rarely see the old f the way it is. Reply Share
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    Font - DriftlessHang 2 mo. ago We will, of course, need an update on the fallout of another classic story of manglement. 117 Reply Share JojiTheKitty4 OP 2 mo. ago ● 88 Oh I'll do an edit or new post when my time in this mess ends and I get put into the new role. ●●● Reply Share
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    Font - 044-²7 Stabbmaster · 2 mo. ago Fun times, but we all know you'll be giving us a follow-up in a few weeks and things descend further into madness. 10 Reply Share JojiTheKitty4 OP 2 mo. ago Yes. That is the plan, either a new post or an edit. This place is a pressure cooker waiting for the correct ingredients to explode. 14 Reply Share
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    The Update

    Font - Posted by u/JojiTheKitty4 10 hours ago Long due update, "The Title Must Fit The Job" M OC So, it's been a long time and I am astounded it took this long for everything to pile up end the way it did. Just like my first post I'm not sharing names of people nor the business as I get treated very well and respected as an individual so I will do my part and keep from name calling.
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    Font - After I stopped helping other departments because my direct manager had written me an email telling me to only work on orders and transactions within my department, the other departments fell behind immediately. I'm talking about 12 hour days 5 days a week. And even then, they couldn't keep the work from piling up and drowning in parts and orders.
    Via u/JojiTheKitty4
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    Font - To be clear I'm one of about 4 people who has complete access to every part of our inventory and OP softwares. Making the other departments work easier for me to do and keep organized. Without the software each order takes up much more time.
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    Font - Eventually the FACILITY OWNER had come in for a unexpected visit and was flustered by the lack of productivity in both other departments in the warehouse. I had just escaped to my new position which was more comfy and had less responsibilities. I was propositioned about returning to help the sinking ship that was my former job. I declined politely stating, "as long as (old fa manager) is still in that role, I choose to not return."
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    Font - Another month or so of work goes by and reviews are had and all sunshine and rainbows for me. I even got to the support role with my new manager being his exclusive intelligence into the inventory software. As no one before me knew how to use it or how to complete OP stages or transfers. I got better pay than I already had, I was respected and made a ton of friends in the department that had my back 100%.
    Via u/JojiTheKitty4
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    Font - Sadly eventually it got the point where the warehouse was no longer delivering items to us or any other department because they were so heavily behind. They asked several times and I declined all of them as the manager had not changed. It got to the point where I worked 2 of my 10 hours a day and sat around talking the other 8 waiting for parts or tools to be brought by forklift. Which would either never show up or show up at the end of the day.
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    Font - Then last Monday happened. I was called into a meeting along with all other people who had access to the inventory system and had been at this company for a while and they told everyone they were hiring temporary help for a while to fix the fi up that had happened. They also explained that the manager that I had problems with decided to resign and they were going to fill his spot from within because they wanted someone that was intimate with the information.
    Via u/JojiTheKitty4
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    Font - They hired a guy I thought should have been the manager from the start and he made leaps and bounds in the warehouse and caught up within the week of being in the new position. Things were looking up finally. He then called me into a meeting, and asked me to return to warehouse at double my current pay and I would be doing the same thing, but for the whole building. I would have a lot more on my plate but I would
    Via u/JojiTheKitty4
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    Font - always be busy and work would feed itself to me through our software and I would work based on the orders fed directly to me. I accepted obviously. I no longer had to do an allotted amount of work for the day and helped the whole building whenever the order came through. It's been amazing. I hope this wasn't too late to share the ending of what was a crazy couple months here.
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    Font - shpiffeh 9 hr. ago • Previous post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Maliciou sCompliance/comments/15rvklp/t he title must fit the job/ TI; Dr OP is one of the more knowledgeable and efficient people in their workplace (a warehouse?) and often helps other teams catch up when OP finishes their own alotted work. But incompetent new manager says only to do their job and no others. MC is that OP now sits around doing nothing when their own work is done, leading to other teams falling behind. Vote Rep
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    Font - bobbo_tor 9 hr. ago ● Congratulations! Be sure to train your replacement so you can be promoted later. If you're irreplaceable you're stuck in that job forever. Vote Reply Share soberdude 7 hr. ago A friend of mine was told by his boss "You're irreplaceable." My
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    Font - buddy looked at him and asked for a promotion. When the boss said he was irreplaceable again, my friend said "I will be replaced. What you need to decide is whether it's because I've been promoted, or someone else sees my real worth." Surprise, he quit a month later, because he wasn't promoted. His boss was shocked when he turned in notice. Vote Reply Share
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    Font - JojiTheKitty4 OP. 9 hr. ago Thank you. And yeah full training sessions are planned for just that reason Vote Reply Share
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    Font - just2quixotic 8 hr. ago · edited 8 hr. ago They also explained that the manager that I had problems. with decided to resign Translation: He find up everything sooooooo bad that he was told, we can fire you for cause and we will fight your unemployment claims, or you can 'resign' and save us the effort and paperwork & possibly severance depending on his contract. Vote Reply Share ●●●
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    Font - Lylac Krazy 8 hr. ago Best boss I ever had told me when I started, "you know the job better then me. I dont want any phone calls complaining from others" I stopped in once a week to say hello to him, when I didnt, he called to say hi. Vote Reply Share JojiTheKitty4 OP. 8 hr. ago This new guy is kinda showing the same signs as this. I hope he keeps it up and doesn't just drop it a few weeks in. Vote Reply Share
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    Font - Nevermind04 · 8 hr. ago Wow, this really is the best possible outcome. It sounds like your income has risen dramatically since the beginning of this situation, but your workload is pretty much the same because upper management learned how important your role really is. Congratulations on all of your success. || Vote Reply Share JojiTheKitty4 OP. 8 hr. ago Thank you! Vote ●●● Reply Share ●●●
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    Font - Bubba-jones. 7 hr. ago This is a great example of not just malicious compliance, but letting other people do their job. You revealed both the fundamental flaws in the work flow, but your own value. And it sounds like you did it in a productive way that left doors open rather than burning bridges. Vote Reply Share
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    Font - B DisneyBuckeye 8 hr. ago It's amazing and sad that one she manager can hamstring an entire company. Glad things got turned around and that you are doing so well!! Vote ● Vote Reply Share JojiTheKitty4 OP. 8 hr. ago Yeah it's sad to see. And thank you! Reply Share
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