Guy gets last laugh after being fired as ‘non-essential,’ 6-weeks later that company implodes and he has a new job with a 20% pay raise: 'It's a great feeling.'

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Nov 29, 2025 5:00 PM EST

We would like to applaud Karma for giving this unjustly fired employee the revenge he deserved. There is a difference between revenge and karma. People say you should not dwell on revenge because it will only bring you unhappiness. Karma, however, is the universe giving you the justice you deserve. That is the kind of natural "revenge" we all hope for. We never have to worry about it but then one day BAM, the person or place that did you wrong gets what's coming to them. It's a beautiful thing. 

 

And we see that happening here to gloriously. This hardworking employee got fired one day and called "nonessential." It wasn't enough to take a job away from someone during the hardest period in US times to find a job, but they threw him out and called him expandable. Companies really do not make it about their people anymore. So, he left, but was lucky enough to quickly find a job afterwards. Actually, it was a full-time job for one of their key vendors, with a 20% pay raise! The funny thing is before this company really started to go down the tubes from firing this actually-essential man, his old boss kept calling him for help. Sorry, boss, you reap what you sow. 

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  • "They let me go, saying my role was 'non-essential'. Six weeks later, the whole team was a wreck."

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  • My company went through a 'restructuring' and let a few of us go, myself included. In the exit interview, they told me I was a 'very good contributor, but not essential to core functions.' In other words, I was considered expendable.
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  • I was the one who handled all the third-party software integrations and the client onboarding
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  • It was complex, detail-oriented work, but they apparently thought anyone could do it. It took about six weeks for things to fall apart.
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  • Clients were complaining about missed launch deadlines, essential software licenses were expiring because no one was tracking them, and a major client project failed because the new person couldn't understand the API handoffs I used to manage.
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  • My old manager's name started popping up on my phone, calling for 'quick help' with this or that.
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  • I mostly ignored those calls. The funny thing is, was already freelancing for a key vendor they work with.
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  • They saw the mess unfolding on their end and offered me a full-time job on the spot to handle their biggest accounts.
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  • It's pretty much the same type of work, but with a 20% pay raise and a team that values what I do.
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  • My old company has now lost four major contracts because of all this chaos. And the vendor I work for now?
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  • They're my old company's third- largest source of revenue. The last time my old manager called, I answered and told him I was no longer available, and wished him the best of luck.
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  • Honestly, it's a great feeling to know they screwed up so royally. Edit: The dumbass decisions are mind boggling.
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  • This shit doesn't make any kind of real-world sense. Some of my colleagues who were laid off reached out to me, and their situation is really difficult.
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  • Finding another job in the current job market and economic conditions is tough. I tried to help some of them by sharing available job opportunities at my current company, and I advised them to focus on refining their resumes, keeping them updated, and preparing well for the interview, including using an Interview tool that can help during the process.
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  • So often management has no idea who matters and who doesn't. They hire managers just because they have a business degree; a brain is not actually required.
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  • Expert Potential_661 I was laid off on a Thursday because my position was expendable. I got a call on the following Monday asking me to come in for another week or 2. I said sure and my fee is $175/hour. They were absolutely shocked that I wouldn't come back to work for free. I mean, stunned. The company went under within the year and my new job paid 35% more.
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  • RedGhost3568 Been there. Made redundant twice because some new manager thought my work could easily be outsourced. First company no longer exists: they cut 150~ people along with me, realised they screwed up then the pandemic hit and the company didn't survive the lockdowns. Second company just lost their two biggest clients (~60% of their revenue) because the 60~ staff along with me that they knifed in the back dropped tools and did no handover, so they're scrambling to survive the business yea
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  • fvives You should have answered your old boss that "old company was a good company but it was not essential to my core livelihood"
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  • Special-Cabinet-4024 Happening to me now. I handle permitting!!! I am just laughing and smiling uncontrollably.
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  • Blump TheChodak Man, take advantage of that. Bill them as a contractor at $500 per hour, with an 8 hour minimum per request.
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