Manager urges undervalued employee who was laid off to view termination as a 'learning opportunity' and instructs him to train new hire

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Sienna Varady
Feb 23, 2024 7:00 AM EST

Nothing in the business sector is 'personal', everyone is interchangeable, and the entire industry runs like one large corporate machine. Securing the flow of funds is of the utmost significance for those in positions of authority. In order to succeed in the business world, one must be prepared to give up everything or anybody who stands in the way of success.

Here's the account of a Fortune 500 firm employee who was left speechless. The Original Poster (OP) has dedicated the last six years of his life to the company's success. OP was thrilled with his work and looked forward to advancing further within the organization. He frequently conveyed his desire to make a major contribution to the company's expansion and success. However, when the company's vice president informed OP that his employees would most likely be offshored over the next six months, things really took a turn for the worse. Stated differently, half of the current team will unfortunately be let go. 

You may wonder how this relates to OP now. In addition to losing his job, OP is also required to train the recently hired employee before he formally leaves. Having said that, be sure to read the story below if you're interested in learning what happens next! When you're done, don't forget to read the account of the hotel staff member who gladly removes the childish visitor from the premises!

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    "You know where you can stick it...”
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    VP told me not to look at my job being offshored as a job lost, but an opportunity gained
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    Worked for a Fortune 500 company for over two years and I absolutely loved it. I worked hard, got amazing performance reviews, took on extra projects/cross trained in other areas, networked internally for the next role I wanted, and basically did everything "right".
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    I found out the team I was on when I first started was being offshored; I was incredibly sad for them and it really started to change how I looked at my company. And then my new team found out we were being let go a few months later (someone from my
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    first team managed to land a job on our new team after first layoff rounds were announced, so she had to go through this process twice - she says this has changed her into a very bitter person).
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    All of our jobs were being moved to India and Mexico and we we would be responsible for training the people replacing us. They stated over and over again that it was all for efficiency purposes. Well, that just didn't sit right with me - how is it possible that all of
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    this complication leads to better efficiency? Even worse, all the internal roles I was networking for were being offshored as well. So I set up a meeting with the VP of our department to seek clarity (not that I was expecting it). But even I was
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    surprised at how cliche her answers were. “People at banking jobs were really upset when the ATM came around cause they were worried about losing their jobs! But we forget that those ATMs also create new jobs for people
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    to service them, etc." (never mind that the banker losing their job probably wouldn't be qualified to do that but okay). And then she hit me with such a laughable answer I don't know how I kept myself from smiling.
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    "Try not to look at this as a job lost, but an opportunity gained. Every job you have gives you more tools to add to your tool box that you can bring to your next role!"
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    I asked how I was going to bring those tools to a new role when all of the roles I was qualified for were being moved overseas. She didn't have an answer.
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    This experience was the kick in the a I needed. I have a job and manager now that I really like but I will never go above and beyond for a company again.
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    diwhychuck 16 hr. ago Why not leave before the training started. Remember corporations don't care about. None of your reviews mean a thing when it comes to their stock price.
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    StellarSloth 16 hr. ago You had to train your replacements? That right there sounds like a recipe for some extremely petty revenge.
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    Ouisch 10 hr. ago Long time ago I was one of 10 (most of the department) employees laid off. I worked in the advertising department and the company had decided to use an outside company to handle their advertising. While I was still coming to grips with the news
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    that I'd lost my job of almost six years and tearfully packing up my stuff, a stuffy woman in a gray business suit entered my cubicle and informed me that this was her assigned desk starting tomorrow and asked me for the combination to my locking desk drawer (it was
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    one of those drawers you could pull out so far until it exposed a thumb wheel three-digit lock). In order to open the drawer fully you needed the three digits that served as a primitive PIN number. I gave her the number, she left, and I chuckled through my tears.
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    "How naive can someone be?" I thought as I dumped the contents of my wastebasket into that drawer, changed the combination number and locked it.
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    StellarSloth 7 hr. ago I'm surprised you even went that far. "I don't work here, lady" would be the only response she got from me.
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    leakmydata · 14 hr. ago The sad part is that the "efficiency" is all on paper. It's just on a spreadsheet for people who have no clue how the business actually operates. The reason they do layoffs is because is easy to quantify how much money is no longer being
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    paid to someone's salary, but incredibly difficult to quantify how much was lost through hiring, onboarding, training, and everything that slipped through the cracks due to lost institutional knowledge.
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    Pokemon_Gangbang 7 hr. ago Efficiency is just a code word for increased profits.
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    NewSinner_2021 · 11 hr. ago Getting p nched in the face and calling it an opportunity to heal.
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    Jealous-Friendship34 · 13 hr. ago Never, ever train your replacement when you are being laid off!
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    LetsGoBubba6141 · 11 hr. ago Your replacement training creates new opportunities for others. I'd collectively walk off the job that's asking you to do this.
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    sonicsean899 · 9 hr. ago An opportunity for them... to make more money. And I wouldn't bother training anyone. If you're not good or "efficient " enough for the job you shouldn't be teaching people how to do it (for substantially less)
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    Trentdison 14 hr. ago Dunno what you're expecting from a corporation. They exist to make money for their shareholders - you are just a tool they use until they don't need to any more.
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    Bankshot McG. 7 hr. ago Amazing that they think the replacement is going to get good-faith training. Sorry that happened, OP. It start to finish. from
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    Sweaty_Assignment_90 · 11 hr. ago While what the VP is saying is true, doesn't mean anything when they are showing you the exit.
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    bengalfan 6 hr. ago . "We are right-sourcing" our work...."think about the shareholders"... Their clever words and phrases are simply put, ridiculous.
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    Common Meaning · 6 hr. ago Did you ask why she isn't looking for the same 'opportunity'?
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    NewEmergency25. 3 hr. ago Y'all can just not train the new hires. What are they gonna do, fire you?
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    ConsultantForLife 2 hr. ago "All of our jobs were being moved to India and Mexico and we we would be responsible for training the people replacing us. " Sounds like an opportunity for some creative training....
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