Employee gets passed over for promotion in favor of external candidate who quits after 3 weeks, leading to a dispute when employee refuses to train another replacement: ‘I have no motivation’

Next time someone asks why the younger generation changes jobs every few years, instead of sticking with the same company for 30 years, you can simply send them this story as an explanation. 

The sad reality is that it is much easier to get further in your career by changing workplaces every few years than by staying in the same place. Companies today would rather hire external employees than promote employees from within, which means people find themselves changing jobs altogether in order to move ahead in their careers.

The employee in this Reddit story sure tried to get a promotion within their current workplace and was even encouraged by their boss to interview for a better position. However, the company instead hired an external candidate, whom OP (original poster) then had to train. Three weeks later the new hire quits, and OP is left to pick up the pieces, but this time with no motivation or desire to do any of the work…

Keep scrolling to read the full story. Up next, check out this story of a boss who fired a hardworking employee, and then begged them to come back a week later.