'CEO [told] me to help them with my old accounts or he'll sue me': CEO ignores former employee's warnings about outdated system, leads to decade-spanning malicious compliance

Some employers refuse to hear the truth, and if you're lucky, they will have to experience the consequences of ignoring your constant warnings. We all know what it's like to be a disregarded employee. Sure, most bosses say that constructive feedback is welcome no matter what your position in the company is, but in reality, you are likely to be ignored if you are at the bottom of the food chain. When this happens repeatedly, it soon becomes exponentially clear that the problems you are noticing are unlikely to be solved in a timely manner and that you are personally better off moving onto a better work environment while the clock keeps ticking before your boss finally realizes that you were right all along. This happened to a former employee ten years after he left the company. The worst part of the story, though, is that when the boss finally did reach out to OP for his help, he refused to admit that he was wrong and instead threatened to sue OP if he didn't assist. Not exactly the kind of "you were right" message OP should have gotten.

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