I was working on a project and working like a dog, and I was so mismanaged I grew alienated and sought another job. I got another job and quit.
The problem was that because of all the long hours I put in, I was owed five days of Comp Time. We were at trial so I told me boss no problem, just buy out my comp time, I didn’t need the time, I’d take the money.
The next day he stopped me in the hall and told me he had taken the matter up with administration and he had very bad news: it’s a firm company policy to not buy back comp time, sorry. He was very pleased with himself, until I just said that it wouldn’t be a problem, and I would just take those five Comp Days during my last two weeks. I earned them, after all.
His face dropped, and he was very disappointed that this had taken a course that he hadn’t anticipated.
I said “You really are easy to outwit, aren’t you?”
He hated me, too.
1991, small company in Woburn MA being run into the ground. Five of us plus the Owner. He said “we need a massed gassing”. Three of the employees are Jews.