Negligent boss fires former employee two years after he resigned: 'Your employment [...] is being terminated for job abandonment'

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Apr 6, 2024 8:00 AM EDT

Imagine quitting your job, moving to an entirely different city, and then two years later, hearing back from your former employer that you've been fired. Come again? If you were expecting anything from this guy, it was probably a message wishing you well, or perhaps even asking for recommendations or requesting a personal non-work-related catchup. Instead, of all things, it was a letter of termination on the grounds of "job abandonment."

The Redditor mentioned that their former boss was a bit disorganized, which sounds like the biggest understatement I've heard in quite some time. The first offense was when the Redditor was still working at the company and was injured on the job. His boss took forever to make sure he was properly compensated and that his medical bills were covered. That experience likely motivated his choice to run away from that company as quickly as possible, so he did. He got a job in a different city, put in his letter of resignation following all the proper channels, and fully moved on with his life. 

So how could this negligent boss have messed this up? The original poster revealed in a comment that he wasn't a salaried employee and it's not like he was receiving pay after he quit, so there was simply no sign of this coming. Our main take on this is that HR is definitely up to something fishy here for their official records. The good news, and something the Redditor should remember, is that this bears no effect on his future employment. 

Keep scrolling below for the full post and the best comments. For more, here's a story about an employee who got back at their former toxic manager.

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    I left a bad job in 2021 with a resignation letter. Last week they sent me this Dear The management team at the you regarding your employment status with no response. location has made several attempts to contact Effective March 28,2023 your employment with | is being terminated for job abandonment. If you have any questions regarding your status, please contact Business Partner at Regards, Human Resource Human Resource Business Partner
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    I'm overall very confused and concerned about this development. I left a bad job in 2021 because I was moving. I provided a resignation letter with two weeks notice to my boss. He was a rather negligent boss - I was injured on the job once and it took months to get Workers Comp paperwork - but I assumed he would do what was necessary to terminate my employment.
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    Well, apparently not, as just this week I received this correspondence from my former place of work. Mind you I have not visited, signed in, or done anything at my prior place of employment in nearly two years (because I physically was no longer in the area, and as far as I knew I had resigned).
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    Does anyone know what the best course of action is in this scenario? I don't want to owe my prior place of employment anything, or have it on my record that I was fired for "job abandonment". Thanks
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    zaphodmonkey 14 hr. ago here for the memes Make sure they pay you for the 2 years ✓ 12.2k Reply Share
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    Sp4c34ndT1m3 OP. 14 hr. ago Unfortunately it was hourly, not salaried, so I don't think they owe me any pay 4.2k Reply Share
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    strechnator. 14 hr. ago Did u receive your PTO hours lol. Thinking they owe you at least that lol. 3.7k Reply Share
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    Suspicious-Bed9172 13 hr. ago This either feels like a ppp loan fraud or a new hr person took over and is incredibly stupid 3.9k Reply Share
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    Eagle_Fang135 11 hr. ago I am betting new HR or Finance person did an employee audit. They identified all "ghost employees" and terminated them for not being there (job abandonment) which is technically true, just not accurate. They probably have no record when/why the missing people left.
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    I think the only thing this could impact would be a UI claim. But if you gave notice then you quit and no UI. I mean you could always respond to them with the actual facts. 1.6k Reply Share
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    Chelular07 14 hr. ago Do you still have a copy of your resignation letter? Did you give a paper copy or did you email it to your former boss? My first idea is emailing them back with some sort of proof that you resigned properly, and management didn't process it. 2.4k Reply Share
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    Sp4c34ndT1m3 OP. 14 hr. ago I gave my boss a paper copy, but I still have the file on my computer dated 2021. 2.1k Reply Share
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    rustys_shackled_ford. 12 hr. ago Anarchist A I quit. 2 years later Oh yea? You're fired! 601 Reply Share
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    Caledric 13 hr. ago . There is no such thing as a record lol. 198 Reply Share ... -BoardsOfCanada- . 12 hr. ago. edited 38 min. ago They really convinced us all in 3rd grade about how everything goes on our "permanent record", didn't they? 146 Reply Share
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    DraculKuroHemming. 13 hr. ago "Thank you so much for contacting me about this. I was under the impression that I had terminated my employment two years ago. However, with this new information brought to light, I did be sure to collect unemployment to cover the two years of employed but unscheduled employment I was on."
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    HeftyLeftyPig. 12 hr. ago That's two more years of experience you get to add to your resume
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