I got asked to leave my company because my boss thought that I was too expensive to remain on the employees list.
Company hired someone with a lower paycheck to replace me
He gave me reasons like the company was not doing well and could not afford to keep me and if I chose stay I had to accept a paycut.
Of course I refused it and left the company and heard that my boss hired someone with a cheaper salary to replace me.
After I left, I still got calls from them on how to do certain tasks
Little did I know, my old company would still be calling me months later asking for help.
It turns out that my boss had hired someone to replace me, but they were incapable of doing the job.
I guess he hired them because they were cheaper than me, but it was clear he had chosen the wrong person for the job.
It was really strange to get these calls from my old company.
It made me feel a little guilty, like I should be helping them out. I mean, I had spent years doing that job and it was almost like an instinct for me.
But at the same time, I was also angry. I didn’t want to help out my old boss when he was the one who had replaced me with an incompetent person.
When I did answer the calls, I gave the person on the other end the help they needed.
It wasn’t that I was being nice or anything like that; I just knew that if I didn’t help them, they would just keep calling me until I did.
It was a strange situation, and one that I was never quite comfortable with.
It was a frustrating situation, to say the least. Here I was, trying to move on and find something new and exciting, and my old boss was still relying on me to help them out.
It made me feel like I was being taken advantage of. I knew that if I was still working there, I wouldn’t be getting these calls.
It’s been a few months since those calls stopped, but I still think about them from time to time.
It’s a reminder that the world of work can be a cruel place, and that not everyone deserves the same level of respect.
While I’m glad I’m no longer in that situation, I can’t help but feel a little bit of resentment towards my old boss.