Man is left jobless when scorned ex-employee refuses to hire him after receiving the same treatment 9 months prior: ‘HE is now redundant’

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Lana DeGaetano • "Show me to me please."
Nov 10, 2024 1:00 PM EST

Nothing feels worse than being "made redundant" at your company after spending years being the best employee you could be. You did everything right! An employee that was always on time, always got tasks done in a timely manner, and never caused a ruckus in the office. Sometimes, there's no rhyme or reason to being made redundant. It's not a reflection of your work ethic, but rather, the very DNA of the corporate machine. Churn in, churn out.

When you finally go to apply for another position, you're surprised to see one of your ex-colleagues at that specific company. Hoping this would work in your favor, you complete the interview with high hopes. Instead of putting in a good word about you, your ex-colleague decides to tell the interviewer that you had "asked too many questions" at your previous workplace. Isn't curiosity what most employers want? Well, 9 months later, you see someone very familiar waiting to be interviewed at your new company. Your mouth turns upward into a small smile when you realize it's the same ex-colleague who refused to hire you. Sweet karma.

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    Revenge 9 months after being made redundant
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    So I worked in a technical support team based at a client site late in the 90s. One of my colleagues (bit of a , didn't like sharing information) left our company and went to work directly for the client - okay it happens.
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    Some months later I had an interview to also work for the client - I absolutely killed the interviews (whole day of various tasks with a dozen people) until it got to the final
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    interview that this ex- colleague was also asking. questions. I found out later that I did not get the job because ex-colleague had said I asked too many questions at work - well
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    duh yes I am going to ask questions about specific issues if I know you know the answer instead of guessing. Anyway some months later (it was early
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    December) everyone turned up at the site as normal only to be called into a meeting with our boss who must have flown in that morning and the main client manager.
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    Within 10mins we were escorted to our desks to collect personal belongs and escorted offsite - made redundant on the spot. It seems our ex- colleague had managed to
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    cause enough issues and blame his old colleagues. that the client (his new boss) cancelled our support contract. It took me 3 months to get a new job and I had to
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    work&live away from home during the week. A few months into this job I saw the ex-colleague go into my manager's office, I wanted to punch him there and then. But anyway I
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    waited until he was leaving and made sure to pass him and throw a quick "hi" as he was leaving - pikachu face describes it perfectly (even if it wasn't a thing back then).
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    After he left I went into my manager's office and he confirmed he was interviewing him - I asked if he asked ex-colleague on why he left previous job, he said no (yeah this
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    boss was not too bright). As it happens I knew why ex-colleague was sacked not long after the rest of us were made redundant taking his secretary away on conferences/ training
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    courses etc that she had no business being at (yes he was married). So in the end ex-colleague was not offered a role at the company.
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    In the end I left the company after 6 months so I could work closer and be home every night but will always be grateful to that company for giving me the opportunity to get one over a guy who had got me made redundant.
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    Since I cost him financial hardship for a while longer as he did not get the job I am not so sure how petty this was but made me happy anyway.
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    Comm... $3m ago. Very petty but also you were just truthful. It's the best when you can use an hole's own behavior against them. Well played.
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    o... OP 16m ago Many thanks - I made sure to share with the rest of my colleagues who were made redundant the same day as me.
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    delulu4... 1m ago HE is now redundant
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    That_Ol_Cat • 29m ago • Karma was your cat, purring in your lap cause it loves you... Ok-Relationship-5414 OP 28m ago • If it was my cat it would be snoring
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