His Boss Treated Him Poorly When He Quit—But Then His Customers Followed Him to His New Workplace
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Good work builds loyalty. Bad bosses can lose that loyalty fast.
One mechanic leaves for a better job.
Then his customers follow.
Read below why the old shop unraveled.
Left a company and my customers followed.
“I worked for a dealer as a night tech. I was there for 4 years and asked for a work phone so my personal would stop blowing up.
The last 3 months of me being there they provided a phone. A coworker left and got a management position and offered me a job at the new dealer. My dealer got scared of me leaving and gave me a $5 raise. I then was curious and took an informal interview at his dealer where they offered me another $5. I took the job.
The GM came into the SM office as I put my resignation in and was a complete jerk. I then thanked all of my customers for staying with me and trusting me with their service for the last 4 years and if they needed anything to reach out because they had my personal number.
They were loyal to this worker.
First week of the new job their customers reached out because they trusted me and ultimately left working with the former dealer. Said former dealer served me with a cease and desist letter for taking customer information with me on my personal device that I was forced to use for 4 years.
Former dealer harassed the customers about following me (current dealer was buying parts from former dealer because they were different brands). They were upset I was working on their brand vehicle in front of their techs with parts bought from them.
I added 5 new customers at the same location to my roster and because of their harassment of the customers they served the previous dealer with a cease and desist letter.
It worked out for him!
The amount of dirt they threw on my name was unbelievable. Overall I’m making more and staying busier than I was. Their dealer is in shambles because I left.”
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After years of building trust, the mechanic quit for better pay and watched longtime customers move their business with him.
His former employer responded with threats and harassment, only to lose even more goodwill while his new roster kept growing.
They lost the employee, then somehow chased away the customers too.
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