Boss tells key client that go-to employee has left the company, employee quits for real when they find out: 'My supervisor told a high-end client that I was quitting. That was a lie, and I was gone for a week.'

Actions have consequences, and that was something that this employer was about to learn when they tried to replace their experienced worker with someone with no experience, trying to push them off and onto other contracts to try and establish some sort of weird workplace dominance. 

They then turned to outright lying to the client that the employee had resigned when the employee was out on medical leave, probably hoping the client would then be willing to work with another account manager. They probably pulled a great "surprised Pikachu" face when the employee then quit after learning about the latest shenanigans their employer was pulling.

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  • If you've ever worked in a dysfunctional client-serving company, you probably know what it's like to be the go-to guy. No matter how much of a disaster your company becomes and no matter how much they mess things up, your exasperated client can at least always count on the fact that you're on the other end of the line to straighten things out. 

    You're the glue holding everything together. If you weren't there, things would be a whole lot worse—and everyone knows it. It gets to the point where multiple clients flat-out refuse to talk to someone else, which is something arrogant and egotistical higher-ups take offense to. This may, in turn, see them trying to reduce your importance to the client by trying to shoulder you off onto other things. They can't fire you to save face, despite that you make them look worse by comparison, because they'd be up a creek without a paddle without you there… and they know it.

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    "Managers lied to my clients about me quitting, so I did!"

    To start with, I'm very experienced in my field. I hold many degrees, and ran my division last summer upon hire. At the start of this year, management tried to replace me with somebody completely unqualified, and without any discussion. My performance was phenomenal, and I worked with the high-end side of our customer base. It got to the point where customers didn't even want to speak with sales or supervisors; only to me.
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    I quit!
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    Then came the subsequent raise meeting after I found out that they were hired at a higher wage than I was currently making. Instead of acknowledging my experience, they compared me to someone brand new who had never done my job-who was already earning more than me upon hire. They were "supervisor material", but ended up quitting two months in Imao.
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    It got worse. I received a write-up for "losing clients," even though I'd repeatedly communicated that my current year's schedule wasn't sustainable and that these clients needed to be scheduled. I wasn't allowed to make my own schedule anymore due to another hire, and somebody who's never done my job was routing my schedule. When the inevitable happened, I was blamed. I didn't sign the write-up. I was burning out.
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    To make matters worse, they expected me to do the workload of both a field employee and an administrator with zero support- literally just a notebook. I kept asking for tools. The jobs piled on. Finally, after an entire season, they gave us a system (an app), and for the two weeks I used it, my job actually felt more manageable. My schedule was finally functional, and I was starting to enjoy the work again.
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    Then last week happened. Out of nowhere, my entire client base— the schedule I'd been begging them to fix and I hadn't been allowed to touch since May-was stripped from me and handed to new hires. Overnight. No warning, no discussion. Instead, I got stuck with their random "odd jobs". Myself and my clients were confused.
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    To make it worse, after my approved leave (with a doctor's note on file), I unknowingly trained my replacement AGAIN. And while I was gone, my supervisor told a high-end client that I was quitting. That was a lie, and I was gone for a week. A WEEK.
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    I came back from leave wanting to give this job a chance. I finally had the right tools and schedule, only to have it ripped away without explanation beyond "your health sks". They'd known about my health issues since I was hired. I'd never been more disappointed in a workplace. I was committed to doing my job well and expected at least some clarity, structure, and respect in return. Instead, I got replaced―twice-and lied about.
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    So I quit last week. They "weren't expecting it", of course. I should have just quit on my health leave, but instead held the benefit of the doubt thinking that things might get better when I came back. Now i'm unemployed but relieved; and disappointed ash_l.
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    EtherPhreak Reach out to the clients and see if they are interested in making a position for you. I'm sure they were paying 3-4x what you were paid...
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    Agent-c1983 Still talk to a lawyer. This could still be constructive dismissal.
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    tabereins "What do you mean you weren't expecting it? I heard it from you!"
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