‘Good luck replacing me’: Senior machinist gets fired for 'doing his job too well', company ends up hiring 5 employees to replace him

'If you don't like it, find another job', said a grouchy manager through clenched teeth, certain that his employee would back down like a pup from a wolf, but to his dismay, this machinist did not take the bait. 'Good luck replacing me', said the machinist, grabbing his things and taking off, not forgetting to inform the manager that he would take ALL his accrued PTO & vacation time for the next 2 weeks.

This is what happens when companies hire managers without a day of experience. A machinist took to Reddit to explain why he had gotten fired, and what had happened in the wake of his replacement. When I read stories like this, I wonder who on earth approved the firing, but hey, I am not a micromanager so my brain is still somewhat intact.

After reading through this story, you can check out another one about a manager who demanded their worker choose between grad school and work. Hmmm, I wonder what he was thinking… that the worker would quit, I guess. But it did not work out exactly as he thought it would.

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