Employee quits bad job, leaves piles of work for their impolite boss: 'I will never forget the expression of defeat in his face at the last day'

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Jan 28, 2025 5:00 PM EST

Always leave 'em wanting more! This applies in many areas of life, and for this person, watching their boss scramble as they walked out the door was just the icing on the cake. 

Having an ungrateful boss can make your day job utterly miserable. Instead of thanking you for working hard (and probably working outside of work hours, too!), some bosses just want more and more out of their employees. You'll never get a thank you from them. Instead of thanking you for working late last Friday, they'll say something like "The client wasn't happy with that latest email," or "You missed a phone call from this person, you need to do better." All of this can really wear someone down over time! You start daydreaming about how quickly the workplace would collapse without you. You imagine your boss taking on all of your projects, fumbling through your files, and hastily searching through your emails trying to do all of the work you usually do for them. 

This person was tired of that kind of environment, so they planned the perfect exit, as you can check out below. 

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    "Boss firing me without a warning and f**king up the termination"

    I worked for a small company for the last 2 years as a Software Developer. And with small I mean, that I was the only employee, so for many projects my boss had, I wrote the main part of the code base. In march, I made a mistake in one of the Updates and from then on, my boss made it a habit, to yell at me at least once every day and tell me, how stupid I am.
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    Additionaly, he started to call me outside of my working hours, to demand fixes for problems, that at the Most part were his own mistakes (to be fair, my code quality started to go downhill, after I had several mental breakdowns thanks to behaviour). At the start of May, he said to me, that he doesnt want to fire me, but would recommend, that I find another job in the next month. So I applied to several companies and was waiting for the responses, when he decided, to terminate me nonetheless 2 w
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    wrote a termination letter and sent it to my home address, but didnt say a word to me. So I was quite shocked, when I recieved the letter, which stated that I was fired, starting July the first and that I should take my remaining 20 vacation days (which is the rest of my annual leave) in June. But in germany (where I work), the employer is only obliged, to give you the rest of your annual leave, if you worked MORE than 6 months in the company for this year.
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    Additionaly, an important project, which I had been working on since february was due in mid-June and not even close to finished, because my boss had prioritized tickets from other projects. So, I wrote my boss, that I would like to take the vacation days immediately, as written in the termination, but if he needed help for finishing the current project, I would be willing to have the remaining vacation days be paid out to me. As soon as I sent the message, I saw in the chat program, that he was
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    He answered, that the number of vacation days in the letter of termination was a „,minor spelling mistake" and that I only had 6 days left. After a quick chat with an attorney (friend of my parents), who started laughing, when I told him of my bosses reaction, I wrote my boss a formal mail, in which I informed him, that I would definitely take the vacation days, as stated in the letter and because the termination also stated, that the remaining vacation time will not be paid out, I will withdraw
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    grudgingly accepted the 20 vacation days and I will never forget the expression of defeat in his face at the last day, when he realised, that the project he took a loan for was about to phenomally fail, because I was the only one working on it and he didnt even try to understand how it works (his Slogan always was: As Long as it works, I dont care).
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    il_maio I don't understand how he would think the company can carry on having fired the only employee he has...
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    Watching the company declare bankruptcy is a sure sign to run for the hills

    Tamabest OP To be honest: I think, he could not afford me any longer. He had to declare bancruptcy for the first time half a year after I started at his company and I have a gut feeling he's running out of money.
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    Tekuzo +1 One of my peers had the inverse of that. He was given a formal offer letter with the wrong job title (one that was beneficial to him in our union contract). By the time our employer found out about the mistake it was too late.
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    grumblyoldman +2. "As long as it works, I don't care." Also known as "FI around and find out," to those who do care enough to check in on how things work from time to time.
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    Good riddance!

    missannthrope1 +2. He's a buy. He created a hostile workplace. He brought this on himself.
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    LibraryMouse4321 +2. Good for you! Sounds like a horrible boss and I hope you found a good job after that. He deserves any bad karma that comes his way.
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    SrFarkwoodWolf +1. Only 4 weeks to termination after about 2 years employment? Seems short to me for Germany. I gues after some contracts with a predefined run time? 4 Tamabest OP Reply Share In germany, little companies with less than 20 employees have special rights, which include the right to terminate every employee with a month notice.
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    dennismullen12. f you don't have any kind of no compete clause or confidentially agreement I would go to the customer and offer your services either as a full time employee or as a contractor. Tell them that when your old company fails on this project you will be there to help pick up the pieces, or they can avoid that if they want..
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    Tamabest OP Good idea, but I already got a new job, starting in august :)
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    Stamboolie Its funny how many managers act like they don't need developers, but when you call their bluff, they realise they're up s creek. Its one of the nice benefits of being a developer when you have a sty manager.
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