'I got her fired': Woman from HR makes employee's life difficult, employee names her in company-wide email announcing resignation

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Nov 2, 2023 8:00 AM EDT

Sometimes, the best way to get revenge on your manager is by being as direct as possible. That means making it clear that they are the ones who are making your life at work all the more challenging. That means calling them out when you can. Sometimes, it's the only way you can actually stand up for yourself. Now, personally speaking, I would never do what this employee did. I'm too much of a people pleaser to name my work enemy in a company-wide email, but I understand that this person felt they had nothing to lose at that point.

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    Tire - "At lunch, I logged off and send an email to EVERYONE"
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  • This thread was posted to Reddit's r/pettyrevenge subreddit by u/Homestuckstolemysoul, who worked at a call center and who got in trouble for hanging up on a caller once (an understandable reaction when dealing with Karens). That being said, OP managed to avoid getting fired for this because of medical reasons, which Amy from HR could never get over. Amy made OP struggle after this incident to the point where OP was finally really to quit. Thankfully, for the purposes of our entertainment, OP quit in the most fabulous way possible.

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    Font - Someone talked down to me so I got her fired. She was from the HR department This was back in 2019, I had worked at a call center for two years, I took phone calls, trained people, worked overtime, sometimes they'd even just have me walk around and answer any of my coworkers questions. They scored our calls and I never received below a 90. Now for Amy.
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    Font - Amy had only been working for about a year. She instantly disliked me because I dress a bit alternative, alternative. professional, but I was on some new medication for my funky little brain, and it didn't react well, it made me more blunt.
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    Font - A customer was arguing with me saying I was stupid for not giving them a promotion item that was not going on. So I told them flat out that I was right. She started screaming, so I said I'm not taking the abuse and hung up. Seemed reasonable at the time, right? If I was right there wouldn't be a story.
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    Font - I got called in the day after next, they fired me for hanging up without a warning (Edit- my manager was included in all the meetings and they talked to me before hr the day before. Also a hang up without three warnings was an automatic fire). I told them I'm on new meds cause I'm bipolar so they couldn't fire me for that, but they needed paperwork proving I'm bipolar. Fair enough.
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    Font - Then comes THREE MONTHS of calling numbers, getting things sent out only to have Amy tell me they didn't receive anything. When we had meetings she would talk down to me, tell me being good at my job didn't matter because I was only still there because of my "excuse with your meds". She even ignored two of my managers saying I deserved to stay because I was great at working. She kept on saying my paperwork was lost.
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    Font - Later, we were all work from home, so I decided to move, and she found out, telling me she had to approve it before I did so and that she would approve it. I moved, and about 2 weeks later, she broke me. She had scheduled me for 3 12 hour days in a row which I had said I cannot work those in a row. Amy told me I needed to show up or there would actions taken against me. I got online, and started working. At lunch, I logged off and send an email to EVERYONE.
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    Font - Saying that I had great managers and coworkers and it was a great job but sadly I just couldn't stay because Amy was making my job rough. I named her in that email. Then I logged off and went to sleep I got a call the next day from the head of HR begging me to come back, saying that Amy decided to "leave for a different opportunity" and said we could discuss a raise. I said thanks but no and never looked back.
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    Font - Never thought I'd share this but after listening to rslash videos for so long, I figured I should add my own. TLDR: HR woman was and condescending. I quit, blaming her as the reason, hr fired her and tried to rehire me.
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    Font - Severe_Assignment943. 13 hr. ago If you enjoyed everything about it but Amy, and if they fired Amy and offered you a raise immediately when you made it clear what was going on, why did you decline? 467 Reply Share
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    Font - Homestuckstolemysoul OP 12 hr. ago . I got a better job offering me a few dollars more! Plus if was a call center, it really ruined my mental health. I liked everyone except Amy and the customers 425 Reply Share
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    Font - CoderJoe1 13 hr. ago O you, Amy 137 Reply Share
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    Font - Klutzy-Captain9013. 7 hr. ago Amy was in HR but did your rota and line managed you? Sounds a bit O You both sound like a nightmare. I know what I'd think of someone who "named and shamed" a colleague in a company-wide email.
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    Font - TapestryMobile 9 hr. ago Long story, but it basically boils down to "after I quit, they couldn't do without me", as so many self congratulatory postings are.
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    Font - Homestuckstolemysoul OP 3 hr. ago Naw, they could go without me, It was just a bit harder then others to replace me, especially with the high turnover rate
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    Facial expression - fiddleri 10 hr. ago Did they really fire her or only told you that to humour you?
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    Rectangle - Homestuckstolemysoul OP - 9 hr. ago They really did! I had a few friends who still worked there
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