Reply to Revenge/trolling: Real-life stories

Forum Index » Off-Topic

Reply to "Revenge/trolling: Real-life stories"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, silly- [b]to lose multiple people was a blow to the business.[/b] If that's how you plan to prosper- unable to retain the best, constantly wasting time hunting for employees or dealing with inexperienced people you've already failed.[/quote]
That part of the story I doubt to be real or at the very least connected to the 'revenge' and likely added to make it better.[i] "Luckily it was a co-worker with a big mouth who had been with the company for 5 years and who was only making $30k/year. He along with two others quit that day. Just walked right out the building and did some paper throwing and chair flipping on the way out. About 6 more gave their 2 weeks notice, along with me, and I found out later that 4 more people left over the next few months."[/i]

But, lets say it is real that three quit immediately with a dozen more to follow. I seriously doubt it was just about that but rather a straw breaking the camels back scenario. Which is far more plausible. In the real world it is very rare that mature and capable people spontaneously quit over such even if they are offended. Most people have bills to pay and without something to walk to they don't just storm out the door creating a scene by throwing paper and tossing chairs. Which the person said they did. What kind of reference would they get? Especially the person with 5 years at the company. And how would they explain that? How would a new potential employer react?

As to the dollars being paid we have no context. 1980? 2010? Nor did they divulge how they came to know what other employees were making or how they obtained the 'damning' evidence. And let's not forget, the whole thing was over nepotism and pay for a temporary position since they were interns still in college. Had I been in that situation decades ago when I was first in the business world I might have felt perfectly justified to be righteously indignant but I sure as hell would quit a job I thought was a good enough one to take over such a situation. I had rent to pay, a car payment, not much in the way of savings and then there would have been my wife's response. But most importantly I would NOT have wanted that on my work history.[/quote]

I'm the OP of the revenge.

This happened in 2010 in WV.  I went to a job fair on a whim before graduation and was hired by this company (not that day, but soon after).  Until then I was planning on moving back to VA post grad, but I loved the area I was in and I still had friends in college, including a long term boyfriend.  I started working for them about 3 weeks after graduation and was there for just under 2 years.

I was not hired as an intern, but as an entry level HR person.  That's how I had access to what the owner's son and his friend made and how I was able to leave his pay stub in the copier.  The reason I had the pay stub is because before checks were distributed every 2 weeks (no direct deposit there), I had to make a photocopy of each check for our records.  The owner was very much a "paper is proof" person, so everything was photocopied and filed.

In that area of WV, a good paying job was $10-12/hour.  That's why when the employee who found the pay stub and eventually circulated it to others was so furious.  Two 19/20 year olds who brought nothing to the company and didn't even put in much face time in the company were being paid $42k/year (pre taxes).  And when I say they didn't put in much face time, they shared an office and would come in between classes.  Most of the time much of their "work" was done outside the office.  No one really knew what they did.  Sometimes when in the office they'd file.  Other times they'd appear to just be sitting in their office working on homework while getting paid.

I'm still friends on FB with many of those people who left and those that quit that day landed on their feet just fine.  I have no idea how they justified their abrupt leave and as far as I know no charges were ever brought to the guy who walked through the office throwing papers and turning over chairs.

As for the effect on the company, it was pretty substantial for a mid-size company in a somewhat economically depressed area.  I think seeing the proof of the pay gap was just the final straw for many employees there.  No one was ever really happy working there from what I saw.  It was a job to provide for their families.  I also know that those who left and put in their 2 weeks notice helped their fellow co-workers find jobs once they secured employment.  One person scored a highly sought after job in a pharmaceutical company in the area and was able to bring in 3 other former employees through job recommendations.

Maybe it's not the best revenge on this thread, but I was proud of it at the time and still think it was pretty good.    [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics