COMPANY TOLD STAFF SHE WAS A TERRIBLE WORKER, SO SHE RESIGNS BUT NOW THEY NOT HAPPY

Told I was a terrible employee but also I was screwing them over when I put in my notice

Just needed to vent this. Worked at a small firm, no working remote or hybrid, hated my boss, hated working there, barely saw my kids. No benefits, no real plan to the whole place.

Finally get a new job near my home with people who actually care that I have a family.

Put in my notice and these guys LOSE it. I was expecting a reaction but it was nuts. They immediately demand to know if I had told my new job not to talk to them.

Had to explain why they wouldn’t just contact my current employer out of the blue. Then told that my work had been substandard and sloppy, I don’t work hard enough, and I had been lucky not to be fired already.

THEN they told me that I was screwing them over because they wouldn’t have anyone to replace me and they would take a financial hit.

I asked them which is it; do I suck or was I screwing them over by quitting? They went on to ask if I was making more money at the new job (I didn’t tell them but yes), as well as accuse me of using confidential work product when I applied for the new job (no way).

And then they ask why I didn’t tell them I was looking for a job (I didn’t even really know how to explain that one it’s so obvious).

The entire process definitely made me glad to be leaving that toxic place.

Netizens’ comments

1. We had a person resign at my job. I took on a couple of tasks they usually did, as I had the knowledge/skill and was going to apply for the role.
   Part way through one of those projects I was told I wasn’t getting an interview. Cue shocked pikachu when I told them I wasn’t qualified, per their determination, to finish the project.
   Which is it? Am I good enough to do the job or not? Had I gotten an interview and not gotten the job, I’ve got no issue.
   But slam the door in my face, a natural consequence is I’m not gonna keep being helpful in that role. I like my workplace, but even the good ones are just trying to squeeze everything they can out of you.
2. I know it’s stressful but enjoy the salt. They have no leverage over you now and it’s making them lose their totalitarian minds. Any manager who gets personally insulted by a worker leaving is deeply sick!
3. Me quitting is screwing you over? Damn bro sounds like you should have hired an adequate number of staff instead of a skeleton crew.