10+ year employee stands up to entitled CEO who demands huge project be completed before vacation: 'You want me to resign? Good luck without me!'

This CEO thought that pushing an engineer to their breaking point was a good strategy, but he was swiftly proved wrong. 

When companies roll out that dreaded phrase, "under new management," the current employees start to give each other the side eye. It doesn't always immediately mean layoffs and changes, but those are sure to come! 

When these new management changes arrive, they're often the cause of a lot of strife. Instead of working with managers who know the lay of the land and have been there for years, fresh bosses enter the environment ready to start making big, reckless changes. Sometimes they'll implement money-saving measures, and fire someone who knows crucial information just to save a few thousand dollars a year. Then, they realize they're stuck trying to solve a problem that can only be fixed by the guy they just fired. 

This person had been working at their job for a solid decade before problems began to ramp up. All they wanted to do was redeem a few weeks of vacation time, but that was apparently too big of an ask! 

Next up, read about these employees who were actually excited to be fired from their bad jobs: "She quit that day [and] joined the competitor." 

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