‘I already moved on’: Manager demands former employee train new hire, despite them already starting a new job

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Apr 21, 2024 7:00 AM EDT

Not every employee who quits their job does it because they hated it. Some actually have a good relationship with their manager and hold a special place in their hearts for their place of work. Because of that, when the moment to leave arrives, they are actually happy to train the new hire and help the company as much as they can before they leave.

Unfortunately, that dream situation doesn't happen to many, and a lot of employees don't enjoy the process of training their replacement, like the person in this Reddit story (OP, original poster). OP put in their notice after a month on the job, and only when their final day arrived, did the manager bring the new hire to be trained. The training did not go well, and when the now-former employee told the manager about it, they demanded OP give it another day. But by this time, OP already had a new job lined up, so the conversation did not go well.

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    "Time to move on, boss"
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    "I really need you to train your replacement right."
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    So a few years ago I got a job working security for a little security company. I gave it a month I didn't like it so my dumb gave them the two weeks notice. So they had two
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    weeks to send me a trainee to train. On my last day, on the day that I literally cared the least they sent me a guy to train. Alright I'll do my best. So the kid gets there and immediately just sets
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    up his laptop start gaming. And I told him that we were going to train today, his response was "well they told me that I could be on my computer." Which they had told me that too, they
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    didn't really give two And I responded with "well I kind of need to train you to do the job first." So in a huff he closed his computer and I attempted to
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    show him what to do. And the entire time he's on his phone. Now this is my last day I don't really give a if he learns it or not. So at the end of the night I give him control of everything and
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    as I predicted he couldn't do any of it because he wasn't paying attention. So the shift ends. And the manager calls me and asks me how he did. I don't sugarcoat anything, I let him know that the kid didn't pay
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    attention so he didn't learn a thing. So here's how the next conversation went. Manager: "so can you train him again tonight?" Me: "no I start at my new job tonight." Manager: "So can't come in
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    tonight?" Me: "no as I said in my email last night was my last night" Manager: "but he needs to be trained" Me: "then I would suggest you find somebody to train him"
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    At that point I hung up, I was done with the conversation. On my way home he called me another dozen times, I didn't pick up.
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    If you want your people trained well, Don't have their trainer be the person who's quitting. They have no investment in how this person does.
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    LeMaik If you want your people trained well, Don't have their trainer be the person who's quitting. They have no investment in how this person does. also maybe dont send them in on the other persons last day but give them a few days to settle first. whatever, its the managers fault and problem
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    D soaringseafoam This is a classic "that sounds like a you problem." Tbh you did enough trying to train the guy, a lot of people wouldn't have even done that. 702 Share Gently Used Otter OP. Yนนนนนนนนนนนup
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    An_Actual_Thing I love and hate that moment where managers somehow don't understand that quitting means you're going to stop working for them.
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    Gently UsedOtter OP Yeah he's a big fan of saying the term "company loyalty". I have expected him to say that I wasn't being loyal to the company.
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    wiserone29 It makes perfect sense to manager who doesn't see their employees as people to send in the trainee on the last day of the person they are replacing. You are nothing but a tool that's being retired and replaced. Only on your last day did they bother to get someone in.
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    A humanistic way is to hire someone sooner so that the three of you are working together and manager does the training. Why? Without the manager there, the person resigning won't give a , the new hire won't listen to them and you will end up making work for yourself later.
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    LeviathanGank so are you gonna come in tonight?
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    ChefCory feel free to call your boss back with your new consultation fee. I'd suggest something big, $200/hr, minimum 4 hours, something like that. feel free to call up for your services.
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    NinaRossBusiness Nice! Good for you. Manager was a lazy ◆. Hired an even lazier person to take your place. Now they want you to stay in that place to train "Einstein". Their problem, not yours
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    Gently Used Otter OP. Oh absolutely I don't give a about a job after I quit. I don't give a about my current job during the hours when I'm away from my job.
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