Employees cost companies lots of money, but they bring in even more.

What would you do if a new management company took over the nursing facility where you worked, and within weeks they began firing experienced nurses and other employees, clearly hoping to save money?

That is what happened to the nurse in this story, so when they finally fired her, she just left without raising a fuss. She knew that nobody would take care of filing the essential Medicare paperwork that she was working on, and having it go in late would cost the facility over $100,000.

She played this perfectly. The new company thought they would save money by firing her, but that certainly didn’t go as planned. Read the full story below to see what you think of it.

They fired me before I finished my day.

I’m a nurse. I work in nursing homes (rehabs, old folks home etcetera). I do the paperwork that is sent to Medicare.

Having a job you love is a real blessing.

That paperwork has to be submitted in a timely manner or the facility goes from $700/day to $200/day (just tossing numbers out. Don’t remember the amount) This is important in a second.

I worked for a facility that I loved. The people were wonderful. It was like a huge family. The staff ate their meals with patients, the independent people visited often, and our bosses were easy to approach. Then the bosses retired. At the same time.

These companies can save money, but they ruin the workplace.

Our board then decided that maybe we would make more money if we hired a management company. All of these changes happened within weeks of each other.

They hired a traveling nurse to head up the skilled nursing unit for a year. We didn’t react well to her. She never smiled, she would just look at you if you asked a question, and she decided that new rules (that didn’t apply to her) were needed.

They want to let go of seasoned employees and hire new people at lower pay.

Shortly after her hiring, she began firing everybody. It was like a war zone had erupted on the floor! Nobody smiled, no laughter, no visitors, no family meals and loads of stress.

I was the last one fired. Oh, I had been written up (zero write ups when she walked in) for things like cell phone in the floor (my pocket), drink on my desk in my office (water), and filling a certification form late (doctor signed it the day it was due but they photocopied it before I had left for the doctor’s office). So they had their three write ups.

This would be gut-wrenching.

At 1500 on Friday, the administrator calls me into his office. I’m informed that I’ve been terminated. I’m floored. I work my butt off. I am actually great at my job! I’ve been there seven years.

I’m escorted to my office to gather my stuff. They have turned off my computer, asked for my passwords and escorted me from the building.

She owes them nothing anymore.

Here’s where the malicious compliance comes in.

They called me in to fire me just as I was creating the packet to send to Medicare. I was never able to send it.

They never asked if things were situated since it was Friday. I volunteered no information.

They thought they were going to save money by firing her. Big mistake.

Remember that timely manner? Well that Friday was the very last day to submit about 30 different forms.

Most were 14 day assessments that literally covered 14 days! Billing (friend) called and let me know that the default cost over $100,000 by the time they figured everything out.

Companies often think that they can save a lot of money by firing people, but it rarely works out that way.

Read on to see what the people in the comments have to say about it.

This person loves the story.

This is really good advice.

This commenter is almost certainly correct.

If you enjoyed this story, check out this post about a researcher who complained about being excluded from a trip only to watch the university cancel the whole thing.

The management team is useless.

They thought they would be saving money, but in the end it really cost them. Sadly, they will somehow spin this to be a good thing.

Those management companies are often able to convince businesses that their mistakes are positive.