Employee quits job for better opportunity, boss threatens to contact new employer and get them to take back their offer: 'There's a chance I may be stuck here'

Imagine reaching the end of your final two weeks at your mediocre job you can't wait to leave and learning that your boss knows your new boss. To make matters worse, not only do they know each other, but your current boss feels comfortable threatening to inform your new boss that you are the type to slack off on the job. 

Of course, this isn't exactly true. This employee had just been slacking off and doing the bare minimum over these last two weeks because who goes above and beyond when they're about to leave a job for good? However, that was clearly noticeable enough for their soon-to-be former boss to take note and to attempt to enact vengeance. 

Keep scrolling below to see how the employee responded to their boss's unnecessary threats. For more stories like this, check out this post about a manager who got in trouble for speaking out of turn to her team of employees.

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