'I made the mistake of giving 6 months notice': Entitled manager forgets to hire new employee, spends 4 months doing double the workload

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Aug 3, 2025 3:00 PM EDT

It's amazing how far some folks can get in the world without any common sense. It really baffles the mind! There are some workplaces where you can work very hard and achieve great things… all while your manager is the dimmest person you've ever met, and can't get anything right, yet they still make 15x your salary. You find yourself thinking that you'd be a much better person to have in charge as you help that manager rotate a PDF. You watch as they make mistake after mistake, and then just blame it on the exact same employees who warned them about that mistake in the first place. It's maddening, to be sure, and this person has a story about the incredible incompetence they witnessed from their own boss. 

Next, read about the customers who were weirding out the retail workers, like one person who decided they'd "call the store… while they were in it." 

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  • 01
    I made the mistake of giving 6 months notice. Wasn't happy with my position, request to transfer to another department denied, I said I would be leaving before the winter season.
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    Problem is my transfer was denied because I was the only one in my department being stretched across doing the work of three people while simultaneously being unable to implement ideas to make my job easier or more efficient. I had enough. I liked the company and the people that worked for it but my supervisor was the type to take credit for my achievements while throwing you under the bus if something went wrong.
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    Anyways, 3 months go by and I try approaching the subject of training a replacement soon. That blows up in my face as they take it as me trying to be "managerial", told I'm a cog and to do what you're told and nothing more.
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    Before that talk much of what I did was things I set in place with little to no training from my supervisor. As you can imagine my work performance dropped remarkably. Next three months I kept my head low and mouth shut while quietly tossing out any charts or sheets I'd developed to organize my day to day operations.
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  • 05
    Fall rolled around, no trainee in sight, which I had been perfectly willing to train before. Ended up putting in a two week notice to which they acted surprised. Given my recent "performance" I'm certain my supervisor had many negative things to say about me.
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    Later heard from a former coworker that it had taken them nearly 4 months to hire a replacement. Which meant my supervisor was left trying to do my job and theirs for the past 4 months.
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    Edit Officially my most - successful post on reddit. Thanks for the support everyone. It's been very validating to be able to share with you all. That was a low point in my life and recovery difficult but it felt good to leave a narcississistic work relationship such as that. Value yourself and what you do, if a company isn't willing to invest in you start looking for one that will. It's
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  • 08
    unfortunate but if you feel stagnant in your work changing employer every 3 to 5 years seems to be the way to get ahead. Never stop hunting for a better position even if you're currently employed. (Though Co id currently complicates that advice, you know your situation best.)
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    Act your wage, folks

    LegitimateBeing2 That is excellent MC. They told you not to worry about training your replacement so you didn't.
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    This is a perfect example of not worrying about things that are above your pay grade. Plus, if you're leaving a workplace to begin with, why would you need to care about what happens there next? You'll be long gone, making a nicer salary somewhere else, and hopefully never worrying about your prior boss ever again. 

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    [deleted] Love when you put in a two week notice and they act surprised even though you told them 5.5 months ago it would be happening Imao
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    This person has a good point: that's way too much notice time, just stick with 2 weeks in the conventional way

    SensibleSuzi I think you gave them your notice 5-1/2 months too early!
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    [deleted] Your manager would have bad mouthed you to anyone who would listen - your co- workers would know how b.s that is though. They also couldn't fully replace you either - if they beg you to come back don't.
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