I’d call in sick when I was supposed to train my replacement.
Sure, but they dangle a carrot, and to a manufacturing worker with a family, mortgatpge, etc. who knows the chances of finding a new equivalent job anytime soon are slim to none, the $5,000 retention bonus to stick around and train their replacement is hard to walk away from.
Hell, I’d do more than that. I would show up for work every day, train my replacement INCORRECTLY, keep every bit of PTO, apply for UI, and dare them to deny me.
I’d go all the way up to the SCOTUS on this one. Eff these bast’ds.