After managing company's largest client, employee gets wrongfully fired, leading client to hire them externally instead of accepting replacement: 'Was told I'm easily replaceable, so I fixed that'

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    Got fired and was told that I'm easily replaceable. So I fixed that.
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    At my old company a guy was fired for hasment. The week after that, I was fired for hsment. Someone put in a retaliatory complaint against me thinking I was
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    the one that got the guy from the week before fired. I didn't. HR was very vague when they fired me and showed no proof. Said they would just replace the two of us and move on.
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    I handled our largest client. Did all their projects. After I got fired, client called me with some usual questions and I told them I was fired and didn't work there anymore.
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    Heard through the grapevine my old company struggled to keep up on the work load, even though they hired one person.
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    Two weeks later I get a call from the client. They want to hire me in-house and stop subcontracting old company. I never sent them an application or interviewed with them,
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    they just asked me to come in to discuss an offer. This client was my old company's highest paying client. About $60k in billables a month. And
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    since client hired me, they lost that contract. Gladly took the offer and now old company doesn't have to worry about replacing me.
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    BrickyWaitForlt Awesome that you're tying to help out your last boss by taking the business somewhere else, really considering love it!
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    Beaconlcon OP That's what happens when HR decides to be the judge, jury and executioner and treat people as numbers.
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    MarkxPrice I'm usually not one for being petty, but I REALLY hope you find a way to shove that in your old company's face.
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    Beaconlcon OP There was an overlap where old company and I were on the same site when I first started and they saw me so they definitely know what happened. I was internally very smug but kept professionalism as it's a small industry.
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    ClearlyDemented Hopefully you didn't sign a noncompete
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    Beaconlcon OP Nope!
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    Evil_spock1 At the very least to let them know to send over all the client related files, data and ask them to sign a letter of understanding that all the client data needs to be purged from their systems with the possibility of being audited.
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    Beaconlcon OP Client had already gotten those files for me and handled all that when I started thankfully. I was able to pick up where I left off.
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    SuitableLeather What's the new vs old salary? Hopefully a bunch more since your company was previously paying $60k/mo to the old company for your services
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    Beaconlcon OP correct, a lot more since client is saving $$$ now that they dont need subcontractors. It was my first time being fired, but it all worked out.
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    EmEmAndEye Is there any word how the old company is doing now? Maybe some details on what happened among management when the client left and also when they learned why they left?
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    Beaconlcon OP I have no idea. I sent an email with proof of retaliation and never heard anything. I haven't had or wanted to have any contact since.
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    zandra47 Good story for you. Still think it's messed up that for the price of 2 employees, your company thought only one NEW person was up to take both roles.
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    Beaconlcon OP We're all just numbers to them.
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    LoneRider11 Instant corporate karma.

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