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Like, don't promise them things that you can't deliver? And perhaps don't bluff at your employees and don't dare them to get an attorney? Unless you really want a series of trains leaving the station and ramming your head somewhere on route to Malicious Compliance Town.
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Mismanaging a part of a company happens but when you get a golden goose empl...
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Mismanaging a part of a company happens but when you get a golden goose employee you d think it would be impossible to mess that up
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Unfortunately, the bad news was that it was about that time when everyone started demanding raises to stay. BigBoss wasn't all too happy about it, and he satisfied some demands, but not all. HRDirector sent out a survey asking everyone's feedback on how the company was doing.
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The problem was that there was only one choice-Hobson's choice (of sorts), i.e. you can answer hones...
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Not the best of working environments, to say the least. OP didn't get the promotion. After confronti...
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The problem was that there was only one choice-Hobson's choice (of sorts), i.e. you can answer honestly, but I'll 'snipe' you if you tell me the truth and pin the blame on me. You can probably already see where this is going.
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Not the best of working environments, to say the least. OP didn't get the promotion. After confronti...
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Not the best of working environments, to say the least. OP didn't get the promotion. After confronting BigBoss (in a seemingly non-threatening manner), he effectively explained that they were gonna get a raise, and then some, but at an undetermined time in the future.
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In other words, not now, but probably someday. Probably....
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Long story short it all happened when OP was promised a raise sometime in the future
In other words, not now, but probably someday. Probably.
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Long story short it all happened when OP was promised a raise sometime in the future
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BigBoss landed them a project, OP determined that it was a dead end, and decided to quit. Why sign a...
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Long story short it all happened when OP was promised a raise sometime in the future
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He never signed. Why?
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BigBoss landed them a project, OP determined that it was a dead end, and decided to quit. Why sign a...
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It is also important to note that OP did give their two-week notice, and instead of getting it over ...
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BigBoss landed them a project, OP determined that it was a dead end, and decided to quit. Why sign anything at this point, right?
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It is also important to note that OP did give their two-week notice, and instead of getting it over with without the two weeks and letting the employee go ASAP, the BigBoss told them to stick around for the 2 weeks and not to, under any circumstances, tell the client that they were leaving. That would compromise the project. Cue malicious compliance.
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They were having none of it and decided to quit but not without HR bluffing about no bonus payo...
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They were having none of it and decided to quit but not without HR bluffing about no bonus payouts daring them to get an attorney
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OP stayed with the client for those 2 weeks. They told the contractors-people that were a part of the team the company glued together for the project-that they were leaving and asked if there was anything they needed to do beforehand. Funny enough, they wanted to promote themselves and hence asked if they could work with the client directly.
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Cue malicious compliance (×3).
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