15+ Workplaces that fell apart after one important employee quit

• I think a lot of workers dream about this scenario, in a way. You know you're overworked and underappreciated. And you fantasize about a world where you quit on the spot, and your boss later calls to beg you to return, saying, “Everything is falling apart without you! We just can't function when you're not here… if we quadruple your salary, will you please please please return?”

  Of course, that doesn't happen often. But, as these tech workers shared, when a major developer in the company quits, sometimes the consequences are more far-reaching than anyone could've predicted. 

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• This person got their money bags and then dipped out

  
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• This person was dealt a tough hand

  
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• Congrats to this person, who had that kind of unicorn job that lets a good worker flourish through their own creativity

  
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• Some folks discovered that their workplaces quite literally had been held together by a single person's work. Unique visions for the company's tech mean that future workers are totally befuddled by that prior employee's work. They're college trained and ready, but… they're no match for one random person's style. 

  In some cases, workers insist on being paid to return and rework the mess they left behind. But some people who have been left behind with the mess will tell you that they bear the brunt of these mistakes — they might have to spend months trying to backwards engineer a solution for themselves.

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• This person got even with their company by just asking for a lot of money to do their work

  
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