Some workplaces are horribly toxic, and this man’s office was one of them.

He knew he was better off without this job, so he kept his eyes on the prize and found something better.

Find out how he left his job and gave his boss a wake-up call!

Get a better job offer? Fine!

Worked at Company A for over 8 years, to the point I had no intentions of going anywhere else and planned to retire with them (in ~30yrs) as long as they kept treating me fair.

Things got bitter from here…

Reviews came up and everyone in my team was given a lackluster raise.

Even though we had improved the program from years behind on contracts to delivering 2 months ahead.

I had taken on tasks that should have been distributed across multiple engineers, but they didn’t want to pay extra engineers so they became my tasks instead.

After the raises were dished out, my team confronted our manager and told him how disappointed we were.

His boss was blunt!

His response was get a better job offer and we’ll discuss things.

So I did just that; I found a better job at a smaller company where I would get a 20% raise and less responsibility.

Once I had my offer letter I turned it in, along with a month notice of my resignation.

Manager wanted to discuss what it would take to keep me; I met with him with a list of all my accomplishments (which he already had from review time) and told him I believe a better raise was justified.

He knew what he was doing!

I told him 2 months ago, that’s what it would have taken to keep me.

Today, you have to beat this offer of a 20% raise and less responsibilities.

He responded with he can’t get anywhere close to that, I should have told him I wasn’t satisfied, etc.

He then went through the list of my accomplishments and stated how half of them weren’t required for my position.

He made it even more interesting!

Cue compliance #2. I asked for what was required of my position and did just that the remainder of my time there.

Now I’ve got a better job with fewer responsibilities and better pay, and a boss who doesn’t try to gaslight them.

The company was crippling!

Friends in Company A tell me how they still haven’t shipped any new product since I left (3 months ago, so now they’re behind), multiple people have already left, and the remaining people are looking for new jobs.

This man really knew his worth and made a great decision!

Let’s find out what folks on Reddit think about this.

This user makes a good point!

This user shares how things went at their workplace.

That’s right! This user shares an awesome advice!

This user knows how managers process.

This user shares what their last company was like.

That makes sense!

No one supports working with a company who can’t properly pay you.

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