Worst thing you have done to you're Boss

[hooligan machinist]

 Turned in my 2 week notice. (yesterday)
He aged 20 years almost instantly.


He should've known it was coming though. I've been asking for a raise every week for over a month now. Haven't gotten one in 8 years.
Went for an interview yesterday afternoon and got the job, $4.00 more per hr. Went back to work and dropped the bomb.

[ROBsS4R]

Turned in my 2 week notice. (yesterday)
He aged 20 years almost instantly.


He should've known it was coming though. I've been asking for a raise every week for over a month now. Haven't gotten one in 8 years.
Went for an interview yesterday afternoon and got the job, $4.00 more per hr. Went back to work and dropped the bomb.

Congrats. That's a nice raise. About another 8k a year...

[DRKWNG]

Congrats.

+1.  Good on ya.

[Duck-Stew]

I needed some cash to pay for college and I had blown the majority of my summer already doing...well...nothing productive so I had to get my ass in gear as it were.  Found a job driving a small catering truck (pick-up truck that has a cooler on the back to sell sandwiches, soda, chips and other shit) delivering to small shops on their break and lunch times.  The job guaranteed me $300/wk but would let you keep extra $ if you went over that.  The guarantee was for 4 weeks.  I had 4 weeks before going back to college so it worked out for me.

Paychecks were:
$300
$450
$300
$420

What I did was to run the truck dry every other week so my profit came in around $1 to $20 and then he would 'comp' the rest up to $300.  The other two weeks I sold all that stuff off the truck and made the overages.

Last week, last day they asked me to run a Saturday route which had fewer shops open, but you got to cover more territory so it worked out.  They sent me out w/almost NO hot sandwiches or hot food as the Detroit Metro Airport expansion crews weren't working, or so they thought.  They were actually working a double-shift and I was the *ONLY* truck coming for lunch for over 100 hungry and angry men.

Uh....now what?

To make time I skipped all the Mom & Pop shops and focused the rest of my day on Lear seating (again about 100 employees) and the DTW expansion crew.  I drove the truck to a pizza place and bought 8 large pizzas, went next door to a fast-food restaurant and bought $215 worth of food.  Had enough soda & chips, but had to cover my hot food for sure!  (Cold rainy August Saturday in MI)

End result?  Truck was returned to the shop on fumes in both tanks covered in mud from the tires to the roof, completely empty of soda and chips.  I made about $300 in the one-day!     School was covered for finances and I quit as I got back to the shop.  The manager (who had to wait for me to return) was FUMING!!!  He asked about the Mom & Pop shops & I told him I couldn't find them...  Hehehe...

BTW, it is illegal in MI to re-package and distribute food.  But the very LARGE construction foreman who would've kicked my ass...  well, motivated me to be creative.   

[acalles]

Turned in my 2 week notice. (yesterday)
He aged 20 years almost instantly.


He should've known it was coming though. I've been asking for a raise every week for over a month now. Haven't gotten one in 8 years.
Went for an interview yesterday afternoon and got the job, $4.00 more per hr. Went back to work and dropped the bomb.

NICE.

worst thing I did to my boss was start my own business.

They were assholes, so we (me and my brother) saved up money for about a year (enough to start the business then pay the bills for about 8mo I fugured it was about what we'd need), then one day went in and were like "have a nice day, and we need to open a account with parts dept"

that douche nozzle didn't know what to say when his only two VW expert techs walked into the office and said "We'll be leaving in two weeks to start our own shop"

then, I went above his head to the GM to buy a bunch of old equipment they had in storage. I got it for CHEAP.

two lifts and a tire balancer for $2500... i told him I searched around on-line and these were the going price for this equipment (I lied, it was like 1/5 the value!  )

5 years later I go in there to get parts and STILL get the stink eye. 

[hooligan machinist]

worst thing I did to my boss was start my own business.

I wish i could afford to do that.
But the equipment i would need would cost in the hundreds of thousands.


I did get a counter offer to stay this morning. I haven't told anyone what i'll be making at the new job, but they offered me another $1.00 hr to stay on.
I told them no thanks (too little too late). Besides, $1.00 an hour is only part of what they cut me last summer.
I believe they'll try again before i leave. If there ever was an employee who was truly irreplacable, i'm it for this place. And they know it. That's why he almost died on the spot when i told him i was leaving.

[Popeye the Sailor]

I wish i could afford to do that.
But the equipment i would need would cost in the hundreds of thousands.


I did get a counter offer to stay this morning. I haven't told anyone what i'll be making at the new job, but they offered me another $1.00 hr to stay on.
I told them no thanks (too little too late). Besides, $1.00 an hour is only part of what they cut me last summer.
I believe they'll try again before i leave. If there ever was an employee who was truly irreplacable, i'm it for this place. And they know it. That's why he almost died on the spot when i told him i was leaving.

I would leave even if they offer you more than the new job. They clearly have no idea how to treat you.


Just figured I'd throw that out there in case it comes up 

[Monsterlover]

Agreed.

8 years with no raise is a little far fetched for a guy that's *that* important.

Sounds like they got comfortable with you being there on a daily basis.

[ducatiz]

about 20 years ago...

We all worked in this shitty shitty shitty office.. 

the boss was a prick.. he was the owner.  glommed on the girls in the office big time, thought he was hot shit..  nasty make the beast with two backser.. had an old 300zx he drove, thought it made him cool.

we all had those office chairs with the foam, cloth covered seats.

we put salad dressing on his seat.  soaked it.

mind you, these were the ingredients:

1 pint water
2 oz canola oil
1/4th cup (CUP) of habanero powder

shake it up really really good and soak the seat in it.  let it all SOAK in well.

your wool pants will just suck it up when you sit down.

and then the fun began.  yes, we had to call an ambulance.  apparently his asshole swelled shut.

[Monsterlover]

[muskrat]

went to a strip club with him for lunch and bought him a dance from a stripper who I personally asked to put on more glitter.  We walked into the office together and everyone fell to the ground.  He thought he had it all gone but no.

[JEFF_H]

A bit of the old in-out in-out.








(relax, it was a girl...
she actually gave me a written performance evaluation the next day at work. I met or exceeded expectations  )

[angler]

worst thing I did to my boss was start my own business.

Did the same thing.  She was a wreck to work for - her only mgmt tool was waggling her tits and batting her eyelashes.  Didn't do anything for me.  She hired two people to replace me and they have driven the department straight into the ground.  I get calls from former regional staff wanting to hire me to fix the mess the replacements have made.

But the equipment i would need would cost in the hundreds of thousands.

I did remodeling projects for about a year on the side before I quit.  That gave me enough to pay for mortgage/bills/food etc in case the first year sucked.  Thanks goodness my only overhead is a couple of computers and some expensive software.

[Drunken Monkey]

When my boss' boss asked me what I though of the boss, I told him

Next day I was reporting to my boss' boss, as was everyone else. A month later he was gone.

Incompetent bastard got a year's severance and accelerated options vesting, so maybe it wasn't the worst thing I've ever done.

[TiNi]

I wish i could afford to do that.
But the equipment i would need would cost in the hundreds of thousands.


I did get a counter offer to stay this morning. I haven't told anyone what i'll be making at the new job, but they offered me another $1.00 hr to stay on.
I told them no thanks (too little too late). Besides, $1.00 an hour is only part of what they cut me last summer.
I believe they'll try again before i leave. If there ever was an employee who was truly irreplacable, i'm it for this place. And they know it. That's why he almost died on the spot when i told him i was leaving.

good for you! i had a very similar situation last summer. i also got a new job for better money and got the same reaction from my old boss... he was actually in shock after i told him i was leaving, i had to say it 4 times before he got it.

never look back