Employee resigns, then gets lured back with better offer, only to be fired 6 months later: 'Corporate ghouls be corporate ghouls'

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Apr 5, 2025 8:00 AM EDT

What began as an employee's resignation ended up being a much longer saga. It should take a lot to bring an ex-employee back to a company, especially when that former worker was consumed with burnout and feelings of resentment upon his departure. 

If only this guy reached out to the people in his life before returning to work there. Chances are his friends and family heard plenty about how poorly he was being treated, how overworked he was, and how unrealistic the expectations were. If he had confided in them about being poached to work there again and if he had listened to what his hopefully decent inner circle of people had to say, then perhaps he would not have made this terrible call.

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  • The author sets the scene pretty specifically here. It sounds like things got bleak at some point during 2020, when the company went fully remote, and the lines between work hours and personal time were blurred. Expectations were high, and the author felt like he was constantly not reaching them. Finally, he left in 2021, hoping to never return… until he did.

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    Back in 2016 I started with Now back then these guys were just a means to an end. It was a desk job but I happened to be really good at it. I stayed there through when they switched to WFH and stayed that way permanently(even recorded half the training procedure videos so my voice is forever held imprisoned there). I moved up
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    eventually to what was essentially an assistant manager position (although not paid like one). I stayed there through multiple mental breakdowns due to insane pressure from higher ups and absolutely unrealistic expectations.
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    This place was pretty well known in our area for being brutal and y. But after years it took its toll and I couldn't do it and bugged out and left in 2021 to work at O (that's a whole story in its own) but reached out to me in 2023 asking if I wanted to come back as a processor again with the plan of going up to QC. They let me name my price and did a solid job. convincing me things were different now.
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    So I made the mistake of going back and woooooowwwwww it was a mess. I was constantly struggling to get the access I needed The help I needed was never present because everyone was stretched too thin. And they started hiring people but not training them properly so help was there but it wasn't helping.
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  • The most unfortunate part about this poaching process was how easy it was for the company to bring this guy back. It sounds like the so-called “enticing offer” they dangled wasn't even fully set in stone. He probably should have known then that not much had changed at the company, certainly not as much as his new manager was claiming.

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    Then end of Jan we all get an invite for a company meeting. They announced they would be using the W.A.R.N. act within a week or so that they federally have to if of more than X percentage of employees. So we all waited to see who would keep their jobs. "Miraculously" they found a new investor and they weren't doing the WARN act after all.
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    Great! Right? Well 2 weeks later I open my email and I have a one on one meeting with the President and VP of the company. Olexe
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    So I course reach out to everyone and we figure out that some people got individual meetings and others are in one big group meeting.
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    Well I had a few hours before my meeting so I didn't do ☑I practically went through the 7 stages of grief while waiting. Finally throwing on No fear for the setting sun by Amon Amarth and facing it.
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    Of course they rattle off a bunch of sorry Is and everything and explain why I had to terminated to make budget for the company along with half the company (meanwhile the ones talking to me make 6 figures and they'd pay me less if they could) and I just let them go.
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    When they asked if I had any questions I told them they were soulless fg ghouls and if I ever saw them I'd make sure to tell them to their face too.
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    So yesterday I finally went to turn my computer and swipe badge for building entry. Lucky for me, the VP was the one to greet me at the entry and took the computer. Last i pulled out my lanyard with the swipe and as soon as he went to
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    grab it I tossed it to the side on the ground, him the bird while I made raspberries and then told him again he was a fGhoul and that he could tell the president he's a fo Ghoul too.
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    Man that felt good. I also recorded the interaction for rainy days when I'm feeling blue Thank you and I apologize if I'm all over the place. ADHD is my copilot.
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    TLDR Corporate ghouls be Corporate ghouls and I was lucky enough to tell them
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    = Aschrod1 3 hr. ago What's so funny to me is the amount of money they spend on pouching you and retaining you for 6 months... only to lose your talent before you are even that useful.
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    Every time I see folks over-hire and then down-size it tells me they are poor planners with short term quarterly viewpoints. It's like setting money on fire and getting a bonus for it.
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    JiveDJ . 2 hr. ago In Canada this is called Inducement and you could sue this compny for severance that takes into account all the time you worked at the company from which they poached you. Might want to at least speak to a lawyer to see if you have any recourse where you live.
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    SkoolBoi19 3 hr. ago So you left a company for being, then went back to the same company and are surprised they are still a → company. Some times the post in this sub
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    Necrosynthetic OP 3 hr. ago I'm pushing 40, and my back is a mess. Aldi was a super physical job, which was fine for the time being. at first, but it was carching up with me. So I'd have been going into an area of expertise for me AND taking a position with fewer responsibilities than
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    i had before. Lots of factors led me to this. Do you think I was excited to go back? I needed to. They were higher paying than anything I could get in the immediate, and I physically cannot handle warehouse environments anymore. It was only ever meant to be a means to an end until I could get into something
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    better .Should I have simply left my other job with no safety net? That's silly and irresponsible. I have a daughter, and I have a mortgage. Sometimes, you make sacrifices to stay afloat.
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    Yes, the company was before, but does that mean you should expect half the company to go under less than 6 months after they bring you back?
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