Boss finds out employee got an interview elsewhere, pressures her to resign: 'She doesn't even know if she got the job yet'

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Oct 4, 2024 8:00 AM EDT

This employee was meant to feel like she made a mistake for considering the possibility of working somewhere else. That's how you know she's stuck in a messed-up work environment. It's probably for the best if she does, in fact, leave. However, she certainly should not give into the pressure to hand in a resignation letter. If her boss wants to fire her, then they need to fire her. The employee should not help make the process easier for her boss.

Why did the boss pressure the employee to resign instead? Well, that's simple. That's because the boss did not have justifiable reason to put to paper. The employee simply scheduled a job interview somewhere else and made the mistake of confiding in her supervisor about this, thinking they were close enough as mentor-mentee. Now, she has learned her lesson, but regardless, the boss is still very much at fault here for feeling so threatened that she felt the need to punish folks for wanting more. That's not how you create loyalty across your team.

For more stories like this, check out this post about another micromanager's comeuppance.

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    They made my best friend resign this morning because they found out she interviewed for another job
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    She doesn't even know if she got the job yet, but her last day is 10/31. Literally came into work and they pulled her into a meeting and demanded a date.
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    She's been here 2 years and has pretty much singlehandedly pulled our children's department off the ground; she was planning on
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    sticking around for a few weeks and training whoever's coming after her, but 'em. that, I guess.
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    I think we're up to eight people who have left since I've been here, and a lot of it is management. It is genuinely disturbing how corrupt even something as peace-bringing as a public library can be.
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    NightmareTwily 18 hr. ago Tell her to rescind her resignation and tell them she'll stay so she can claim unemployment all else fails
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    pickingsunflowers. 17 hr. ago This is so important, she needs to make sure they let her go and it's not a resignation. They probably pressured her into doing so somehow. She needs
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    a backup in case the other job doesn't move forward with her.
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    stuloch 18 hr. ago "Made her resign" sounds like some sketchy happened
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    Koolest Kat 17 hr. ago 1. Never disclose anything to anybody at your job search.
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    2. Never resign, put the ball in their court to fire you.
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    3. You don't owe them anything.
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    lydriseabove 16 hr. ago No one can make someone resign. They are either firing her or not.
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    DirtyPenPalDoug 17 hr. ago H Never resign.. make them fire you
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    Ok_Independence_4431 18 hr. ago How did they know she was being interviewed? So she told them her last date even she has not secured the job.
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    GiftoftheGeek OP 18 hr. ago She told her boss of sorts who she didn't think was going to immediately tell the director, just to give her a heads-up, but
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    for some reason her boss went ahead and told everybody like she was definitely leaving.
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