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Bad bosses love contract clauses, especially when they forget which employees those clauses actually apply to.

One supervisor quits after months of bullying, then discovers the company’s non-compete threat does not legally cover his position.

That technicality opens the door for former coworkers to follow him elsewhere while the old business starts losing both staff and clients.

Let’s check out the breadth of the story below.

Victory on a technicality.

I once had a cleaning job for a particular company that poached me.

As a sweetener, they gave me permanent part-time work and a higher wage than other PPT workers.

I was on the fast track to promotion and eventually became a supervisor/manager. I had a great rapport with workers, bordering on friendships with many of them.

My approach to management is to put your workers first, followed by the client.

I struck a good balance of responsibility and morale.

Cue the owner/operator of the business being a stereotypical menopausal Karen, who manages the company via dollar signs and not on a person-to-person basis.

We didn’t click with our personalities, and I stood up for more vulnerable workers who made mistakes.

Karen’s plan didn’t work.

She engaged in targeted bullying by publicly calling the workers incompetent.

Of the 30-odd employees there, I had about 25 on my side.

So when Karen tried to cancel my “management position,” I told her I quit and asked if any workers wanted to join me in another company.

They all had my number.

The boss tried to use a management contract clause that states, “Forfeited a supervisor position, you cannot take clients or workers for 12 months and cannot take a management position in another company within 50 kilometres,” which is very common in the cleaning industry.

Today, she’s doing great, but Karen is not so well.

Yet again. I was ahead of the ball, as I was only considered a “Level 1 Team member,” so that clause doesn’t apply to my contract, and my position wasn’t contractually assigning me as a management employee.

After that mic drop, I said I would give my notice effective immediately.

Six months later, I’m now a full-time supervisor, and a dozen former workers are happily under my guidance.

Ex-boss Karen’s business lost clients and money and is now in administration.

Yikes! Bosses like that are the absolute worst.

Let’s see how the folks over at Reddit relate to this story.

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According to this person, the boss messed around and found out.

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Great point.

The owner tried blocking him with a management clause, but his official contract still listed him as a basic team member.

Six months later, he was supervising former coworkers elsewhere while the old company lost business and eventually entered administration.

Nothing ruins a power move like forgetting to update the paperwork.