By Anonymous - 02/09/2013 03:18 - United States - Woburn

Today, I resigned from my job in favor of a higher-paying one. After I filled out and filed the necessary papers, my boss told me that I had been nominated to replace him when he retired in a month. His job pays at least twice what I'm now making. Thanks for telling me, asshat. FML
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VooDooCarrie91 19

He could have been saying that just because you had already left.

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VooDooCarrie91 19

He could have been saying that just because you had already left.

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Harshdfml 14

Yeah probably. He could have been throwing you a bone to burn your Ass.. Either way, I'd say YDI for leaving the job because if your boss said so to you, you might have worked there for a long time. Still, Goodluck for your new job!

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VeganVampyre 26

He probably was, because isn't that something you would know about or at least suspect? If they nominated OP for a higher position I would think they'd let him know at the time, but even if they didn't, wouldn't there be some hints that OP was doing a great job and might be up for promotion?

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Zanquis 22

True, most likely he is just mindfucking you to begin with. If you where seriously considered to be replacing someone within a month, don't you think they atleast would have contacted you to have a talk about it. And to prepare you? Otherwise it is a pretty terrible company to just put someone in a spot and know what to do without proper training.

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fml121785 14

My thoughts exactly #1! He's was just trying to make you regret leaving the company. You probably would have been notified by now if that were true.

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ViRepz 28

And it doesn't mean the OP will get the same money his boss did anyway.

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TheCaramelKing 11

He was nominated (or so we are told) to take his bosses position, Of course he'd make as much as the boss.

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not_a_robot 15

I was trained to replace a network engineer at the office I work at who had given his heads up for a resignation. He makes 100+ dollars an hour. I will make 22 dollars an hour. You never make as much money as the more experienced.

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Elle_ShellBelle 15

#58 as a network engineer? You must be at the wrong company. I can't imagine someone paying that low unless you're a contractor and your agency sucks. You should negotiate more. They are shafting you big time, maybe you don't have enough experience for $100, but there is no way they should be giving you $22/hr. How is that fair, on avg network engineers make $68,000. Sorry for going on, but that upset me

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cryssycakesx3 22

pay rate depends on the area too.

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Amoondris 17

It sounds as though you should have spoken to him before you decided to resign.

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MCRaddict15 15

If OP's boss thought he'd win, I think he might've said something before he resigned.

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DoWnW4RdsPiR4L 7

Probably best not to tell someone until it is official.

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antny082787 5

Agreed. That does not mean you will get it. The same situation happened to me but my boss was still working long after I left.

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Ctrl_H 18

Are you going to edit that and make some witty comment when you're ready?

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missyamaha 11

can you pull put of your resignation??? I would!

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Zaros_fml 24

You can pull out of many things. Resignation is not one.

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missyamaha 11

well in Australia you can pull out of your resignation!!

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FelixJC 14

Terrible timing. He may have just been saying that though. Just to make you regret your decision.

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EMT3713 14

Such is the way of life. Maybe you'll learn at your next job to ask/work toward a promotion if you need a pay raise instead of starting over at a totally new company. Hopefully your boss won't be a complete asshole. That was kind of important information he kept hidden there.

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