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What would you do if you had a boss who was always mean to new people and tried to get you in trouble when you were just starting out?

That is what happened to the technician in this story, so he held a grudge and, after a few years, made sure to get the boss fired.

And then threw a party celebrating that he was gone.

boss mistreats new guys so new guys get boss demoted and then fired

So, back in my 20’s I worked for a large national sewer and drain company called roto rooter, a great job, and a great place to work where I was lucky enough to be trained by some of the most skilled technicians in the industry.

There was, however, one supervisor lets call him Billy, now Billy was your typical kiss up, who spent most of his time trying to please any one who he thought held any influence (the senior techs) or power (the branch and regional manager), and loved to lord his power (he made the shift schedules and scheduled time off) over any one who he thought he could push around.

This guy sounds like a jerk.

A typical interaction with one of the big earners (this is a commission job) would be something like “hey you need a day off? Sure just let me know when and I will be happy to help you.”

While if he was dealing with a new hire, or a low earner you were lucky if he would pick up the phone or take a second to hear you out.

So, one night around my third month on the job I was sent to a mortuary to do some work, and while it was gross, hazard jobs like that paid really well (maybe 200 dollars in your pocket for an hours work) when it was done, I called and told him I was taking the rest of the night off due to some chemicals in their sewer making me feel a little woozy and I didn’t think it would be safe for me to operate heavy machinery.

He flipped out and told me that if I didn’t get back on the road I would have a disciplinary hearing the next day, to which I said “sure can’t wait to see you there”.

This was smart to make sure HR and the safety officer were there.

As soon as I walked in I requested someone from HR be present as well as our assigned safety officer.

The safety officer position in the company is very important, as the company self-insures and any safety violation can get you fired on the spot.

I let Billy go first and he says, “you can’t leave whenever you want from your shift, you are getting a warning and next time I am going to fire you”.

He came prepared.

I calmly reach into my bag and pull out our employee handbook and begin to read, while I don’t remember the exact phrasing it goes something like this, “if you feel at any time that the situation or job you are in/on is dangerous, or may lead to a dangerous situation you are to stop immediately.”

There was another section about being inebriated, exposed to methane gas from the sewer, being light headed etc. and how you should go home and not operate any equipment under those conditions, it even went so far as to say that transportation would be paid for by the company if you didn’t feel safe driving (they were very big on safety since any insurance claims would be paid by them directly).

Thankfully, the safety manager actually put safety first.

I asked the safety manager if I did any thing wrong and he supported me 100%, then I asked HR what they thought and they said, if its a safety issue you go home and don’t worry about your shift.

At this point the regional manager asked me to leave the office and I hear him rip into Billy like a fat kid into cake.

That should have been enough for me, but I am petty. I never forgive and I am very patient

He really moved up fast.

As time goes on I become one of the top earners in my city, get rookie of the year my first year and salesman of the year my second, and Billy gets a reputation of being lazy, and irresponsible.

My second year at the company Billy is put on probation and this is where I go into pro revenge mode.

I gather up all the new guys and some of my buddies from my shift and I organize them so at least once or twice a week some one goes in there to complain about Billy, we never lied, we just knew what buttons to push to get him to self destruct.

For example, new guys would ask for a day off, or some one would take a sick day during a busy shift etc.

Finally the branch manager snaps and calls Billy into his office, he demotes him to salesman and puts him on my shift (at a company like this, the shifts become very close, we all talk in our trucks through our radios while waiting for jobs, and we all help each other when needed).

I bet the supervisor had fun sending Billy to those jobs!

During Billy’s first few weeks on the road, our supervisor makes sure he gets all the fun jobs like flooded basements, tight spaces, and generally any thing that will get him absolutely covered in poop.

And of course as all this was happening I had every single person I was friends with at the company call him and ask him for scheduling changes so he had to explain to about 30 people how he was demoted and no longer a manager.

Eventually Billy broke, he started crying to the dispatcher about how he couldn’t take it any more and quit.

Ok, this is a little insensitive, I mean, the guy lost his job.

The next day me and two other guys threw a Billy’s gone party with cake and pizza at a neighborhood bar, put up signs in the office and made a general announcement in the morning when we went in to hand in paperwork when we knew Billy would be there to give in his two weeks notice.

He actually came up to us to thank us, and I got the pleasure of informing him that he’s not invited.

Its not a going away party, its a your gone party.

It wouldn’t make sense for you to be at a party where we are celebrating you not being around any more. In the end only about 20 of the 50 employees at the branch showed up, but it was still a great party.

While Billy certainly seemed like a jerk and a bad employee, this last part is just mean and vindictive.

It goes too far, in my opinion.

Let’s see what the people in the comments say about it.

This commenter says it could be illegal.

I felt bad for him, too.

I was thinking this as well.

Yup, he is not a good guy.

I agree with this commenter.

This guy went well beyond revenge into really being a villain.

Stop and read the room.

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