Boss contacts former employee asking for forgotten passwords, employee refuses to comply without being paid the $10,000 they were owed before leaving: ‘Pay me first’

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Nov 11, 2024 3:00 PM EST

When one leaves a job in which they didn't like their boss, there are two things they might hope for any future interaction with said boss – Either no interaction at all and completely severing any connection with that person, or getting to see them one more time and proving to them just how much that boss missed out on by letting them go.

Out of those two options, the best stories obviously come from the latter, much like the story we have here. OP (original poster) was contacted by their former toxic boss and was asked to retrieve old passwords for an email and Instagram account. Considering how OP left that company, they weren't too eager to help their former boss, especially since they were still owed $10k of unpaid commissions. The people in the comments were quick to tell OP to use this opportunity and get that money in exchange for the passwords.

Keep scrolling to read the full story. Up next, check out this story of a job candidate who got a second chance by creating a new email address.

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    opti Password PENVBI(2qv3? qwerty 123 9cFY/d7X]e mail 72345 mail Ckgh#cv9?F Ассос #2
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    Old boss asking for passwords. almost a year after I left
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    One of my former bosses has been texting, emailing, and calling me nonstop for the past few days asking me to send him a Google Verification Code so he can regain access to an old email
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    address and Instagram account that's connected to it. I gave him a list of all of the company passwords before I left, which I have confirmed in writing by his lawyer in old emails that they
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    received it and could open the document. I guess now that my work email / Google Drive is no longer active, they no longer have access to this document of passwords. He wants access to
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    this Instagram because he wants to launch a new business venture with that handle and I guess the recovery email is mine. His business partner owes me nearly $10,000 in unpaid
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    commissions and he has ignored every request I've made to get that paid out. I left the company nearly a year ago because it was extremely ab ive and toxic and I was constantly getting paid late
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    or not at all and was treated with the most disrespect in my life. So...am I under any obligation to respond to this person? I have not replied to any of his messages and I already sent him
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    all of this information a year ago. I don't think it's my fault if he lacks the reading comprehension skills to see that he already had all of this information and neglected to download it or change the passwords a year ago.
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    • Francl27 2d ago • Why haven't you reported them for wage theft yet?
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    Outside-Carpet7479 OP 2d ago • I started filling out the claim months ago and honestly was just afraid of dealing with them again. They are vindictive evil people and they are public figures.
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    llama_llama_48213 • 2d ago • No discussion until his PARTNER gives up the $10k. If he says he can't control him, not your problem. Once you have it, you can block him.
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    LA-forthewin ⚫ 2d ago • • This might be an opportunity to get the money owed. Tell him that he needs to pay what he owes first
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    The_London_Badger • 2d ago Ask for the 10k, tell him your consultation fee is 1k per day. That you handed over everything and it's not your problem anymore. If he makes an excuse about he can't
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    control his business partner tell him that's fine I literally tossed and deleted everything related to your business as per data protection act.
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    III-Illustrator-7845 • 2d ago • Ask him to pay you the 10k, plus your time and effort to retrieve it, plus a 29.99%+ interest for a year on top, before proceeding with any "help". And charge him hourly or a flat rate for anything you are asked to do with a prepaid retainer
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    amcmxxiv 2d ago No obligation. But they are obligated to pay you. Pursue that whether you help with passwords or not. If you have written evidence of the obligation, see if it qualifies as a wage claim.
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    drumberg 2d ago • Highly doubtful there is a legal obligation here unless you've left something out. If I left a company on good terms I'd help them out by taking 15 seconds of my time. If I was owed a pile of money that they never paid me because they are d˚, I would not.
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    duxbak79 2d ago • Nope. Tell him you're happy to look around for those passwords when you receive your $10k plus interest
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    AccomplishedDonut760 2d ago • Youve already provided them the data they requested. As long as you do nothing malicious with it you are under no obligation, they can reach out directly to IG / FB Support and verify they're them and get access. Or they can pay you a consultants fee idk sure as h I arent paying you to tell you what to do
    via AccomplishedDonut760
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    sewingmomma • 2d ago • Report him to the department of labor for non payment! Don't help him with the passwords!
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    benlogna • 22h ago lolol send them a 10k bill for consultation services and then provide the passwords when they pay you.
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