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Worker Who Was Laid-Off After Completing A Major Project Uses His Final Days To Get Pay Back Against Company
Your Tango ^ | Mar 22, 2023 | Megan Quinn

Posted on 03/23/2023 9:07:26 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?

of his hard work benefit the company in any way. In an ultimate form of revenge, he was sure to make them aware of the mistake they made by firing him, and he is not alone.

He was fired after working on a major project for the company. The laid-off worker used his final days on the job to delete all of the work he had completed for the company so that they would have to start from scratch.

Getting laid off from a job is nothing out of the ordinary. In fact, 40% of Americans have been fired from a job in their lifetime at least once. However, they may not always seek to plot pay back on the companies who let them go and take the measures that this man took.

The employee shared his story to the subreddit thread, r/antiwork. It was later discovered by TikTok user @gabrielle_judge, and she took it upon herself to post his revenge tale in one of her own videos, in what she calls the most “insane” work story.

According to the post, the man worked for a billing office and composed programs that made it easier to keep record of clients, payment methods and records. It was extremely beneficial to the company and consumed a lot of time for him to complete. Unfortunately after finishing up the programs, the man was fired from his job. He was told to wrap up any remaining work he had for the company in two weeks before he was officially let go.

That’s when the man decided that he would get the ultimate revenge against the company and make them regret their decision. “In that time, I removed every program I’d created for them and put them back on their outdated, original program,” he wrote.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Society
KEYWORDS: conman; fired; fraudster; grifter; layoff; malicious; parasite; payback; revenge; sabotage; thief
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

This might be a “feel good” story for some here, but that was criminal destruction of property the company paid him to improve. Bet he didn’t give back the wages the company paid for the work he did and then destroyed.

If an ex-employee did that to my company, he would be made to regret it woefully.


41 posted on 03/23/2023 10:13:03 AM PDT by Blue Collar Christian (I'm a nationalist. I'm white. How does that make me racist?)
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To: Bernard
"Which is usually not true, but management often forgets the payroll cost and opportunity cost of having a worker develop something custom instead of paying for a developed commercial software product. Then the developer leaves and in a few years something breaks and nobody knows how to fix it."

I saw a bunch of these kludges get fixed during Y2K, when IT departments were swimming in cash to get things certified and used the opportunity to fix all those lingering issues they could never get funding to address.

But it looks like nobody learned their lesson as it seems 23 years later, the same thing is happening.
42 posted on 03/23/2023 10:19:22 AM PDT by chrisser (I lost my vaccine card in a tragic boating accident.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
He was fired after working on a major project for the company. The laid-off worker used his final days on the job to delete all of the work he had completed for the company so that they would have to start from scratch.

This is immoral at best, and illegal at worst.

44 posted on 03/23/2023 10:21:40 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The firearms I own today, are the firearms I will die with. How I die will be up to them.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Better to terminate via same day notice and provide 2 weeks paid leave.


45 posted on 03/23/2023 10:25:40 AM PDT by G Larry ( "woke" means 'stupid enough to fall for the promotion of every human weakness into a virtue')
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

...but...but, it’s such a good story.


46 posted on 03/23/2023 10:29:29 AM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: IYAS9YAS
He owes them for said destroyed product.

Depends on the product, and whether the company had a "work for hire" clause in the employee's contract. The law on ownership of creative products like software favors the creator.

47 posted on 03/23/2023 10:31:19 AM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: IYAS9YAS

If he owns the copyright, then it’s his and he can do what he wants.


48 posted on 03/23/2023 10:34:50 AM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: Blue Collar Christian

Yep. This guy will feel good about himself for about a month until he realizes that his resume is ending up in the round file wherever it goes.


49 posted on 03/23/2023 10:35:57 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Not just unprofessional but he is also liable for damages. He built the things he did on company time. His work product belonged to the company that paid his wages. Deleting those things is deliberately destroying company property the same as if he’d thrown a molotov cocktail at the building in the middle of the night.


50 posted on 03/23/2023 10:36:18 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: FLT-bird

If he owns the copyright, then he can do what he wants.


51 posted on 03/23/2023 10:43:11 AM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: SirFishalot

It is for this reason many companies terminate with no notice and escort employees out.


52 posted on 03/23/2023 10:50:03 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

What this guy did was illegal and wrong, but I’m going to push back on the multiple “don’t burn your bridges” comments. There are some employers that are so disgusting that you shouldn’t just burn the bridge, you should nuke it from orbit.


53 posted on 03/23/2023 10:58:21 AM PDT by StolarStorm
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

I would think an employee at that IT level would be walked out on the spot and paid severance rather than be given two weeks to screw around.


54 posted on 03/23/2023 11:04:07 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Not cool.

I know it sucks to be laid off, but I’m sure he was paid to write those programs.

Vindictive behavior like his can have some unpleasant consequences for him down the road.


55 posted on 03/23/2023 11:08:09 AM PDT by Allegra
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56 posted on 03/23/2023 11:10:09 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Karliner

#15 That was Lucille Ball in Here’s Lucy : )


57 posted on 03/23/2023 11:10:24 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: Malsua

Exactly. 23 years with AT&T and another 25 in IT down here in florida. You are immediately escorted out. Badge turned over . Access removed.


58 posted on 03/23/2023 11:17:23 AM PDT by Donnafrflorida (Thru Him all things are possible.)
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To: minnesota_bound

My uncle told me to wait out any co-workers you have had problems with. They will leave and he was right. They leave one way or another.

Now to the story. There are many stories like this. If he was a programmer then all bad code or deleting of said code could be traced back to them easily.
“Bob” was working on that project. To be followed by “Bob” was arrested.


59 posted on 03/23/2023 11:21:51 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: HamiltonJay

Elon cut off all access immediately.


60 posted on 03/23/2023 11:22:55 AM PDT by Donnafrflorida (Thru Him all things are possible.)
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