'Make your own': CEO fires the one employee who knows how to manage their 3 largest clients, ending up in a tailspin after they delete all of their work on their way out

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    We hate your slides but we secretly use them S A while back, I used to report directly to the CEO of a small startup. As it often happens in startups, things were hectic, and
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    the CEO frequently used my slides and reports for her presentations, which I didn't mind -until we got a new manager. This manager really didn't like the fact that my work was getting used by the CEO without their input. They became hypercritical
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    of everything I did. Fine, I thought -if they want better slides, I'll keep improving them. And I did, all while working on three major projects for clients. Fast forward to a few weeks before my impending doom (aka
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    layoff), and suddenly I'm getting feedback that they hated my work. All three projects that I had been working on for three whole weeks were no longer aligned with the company's direction. They were pivoting, they said. I
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    was a bit annoyed, but okay-I moved on and cleared my backlog, including deleting all the slides I had made for those projects since they were "irrelevant" now.
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    Then came layoff day. Surprise, surprise-during the handover, they came to me asking for those slides. They were pale-faced and desperate. Apparently, someone higher up had no idea I was told to scrap them, and they suddenly needed them for the clients.
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    I calmly explained that I deleted them after the meeting where the CEO and my manager explicitly said we were going in a "different direction." Their panic set in. They begged me to help, even asked if I could stay on an extra two weeks to rebuild the slides.
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    My response? "F*** off. You have all the raw data and reports. Make your own slides." The cherry on top? I later heard that all three clients bailed on their commitments because of how poorly the projects were handled.
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    RealUltimatePapo • 3h ago "We're going in a different direction" "If you insist. Enjoy walking off that cliff" "wait what"
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    Stupid management can never get out of their own way. Well done for telling them where to get off
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    indyK1ng 2h ago "You've laid me off after making clear my work was no longer aligned with the company's direction and now you want me to stay an extra two weeks?" Followed by hysterical laughter would have been my response. Maybe just the hysterical laughter.
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    SpecialFX99 • 2h ago. I had a boss that was using screenshots of my powerbi reports and passing them off as his own. I know he didn't have powerbi installed so I added "Created by Special FX99" at the
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    top and he couldn't do anything about it. It wasn't long before people started coming to me about the info and he was out of the loop. I was glad when he left for another team.
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    PN_Guin 2h ago Glad you didn't let that slide. Congratulations on leaving this dump.
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    Grapefruit175 • 55m ago. "I'll stay for 2 more weeks at 5 times my current pay with 20% of that as an upfront payment."
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    creesto 2h ago Oh man, I hope you landed in a far better paying job with less incompetent management, as the icing on the cake
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    DrHugh 2h ago Let's fire the people who actually do the work. What's the worst that could happen?

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