Ever Had a Boss Walk Off The Job

[Cheese]

My boss just lost his shit and said Fuck It.

About 3 wks ago he got into with another Sup. He is the daytime sup and been there for 27yrs or so. But him and the night time sup got into over somethine and he had to be held back from stomping dude out. He is about 60yrs, 6'4 240 pounds and retired HS football coach and pretty solid shape. So they told him to take a 2wk vaca and comeback. But yesterday was he came in and drop his retirement papers off. He said fuck it.

Now everyone at work is in panic mode trying to find a replacement, wont be hard but might take a few wks. Most just worried cause they lost that credit they built up with my former boss. They gonna have to start over now. Kiss ass city.

But this is the first time I ever had my boss quit. Seen some retire but those were planned but not instant like this. Yall ever had a boss walk

 

[mb23100]

I wish

 

[FacePunch]

I am the boss, and I never quit. It's why I'm the fucking boss.

 

[therealdope]

Funny enough we had one of our directors leave right in the middle of a project 9 wks ago. kind of shocking.

Just before I joined a very large company, the business unit leader left to join the competitor. He was apparently a massive liar and banging one of the other execs.

 

[ToxicShocker]

Funny enough we had one of our directors leave right in the middle of a project 9 wks ago. kind of shocking.

Just before I joined a very large company, the business unit leader left to join the competitor. He was apparently a massive liar and banging one of the other execs.

gross, I just visualized two old men in suits lemonpartying

 

[therealdope]

gross, I just visualized two old men in suits lemonpartying

LOL - The other exec was a woman. I guess I should have included that

 

[bubbleboyjones]

My boss just lost his shit and said Fuck It.

him and the night time sup got into over somethine and he had to be held back from stomping dude out. He is about 60yrs, 6'4 240 pounds and retired HS football coach and pretty solid shape. So they told him to take a 2wk vaca and comeback. But yesterday was he came in and drop his retirement papers off. He said fuck it.

Thats gotta be some kind of blue collar place. You would be canned immediately if you had to be held back at a lot of places.

 

[SmilinDesperado]

My boss just lost his shit and said Fuck It.

About 3 wks ago he got into with another Sup. He is the daytime sup and been there for 27yrs or so. But him and the night time sup got into over somethine and he had to be held back from stomping dude out. He is about 60yrs, 6'4 240 pounds and retired HS football coach and pretty solid shape. So they told him to take a 2wk vaca and comeback. But yesterday was he came in and drop his retirement papers off. He said fuck it.

Now everyone at work is in panic mode trying to find a replacement, wont be hard but might take a few wks. Most just worried cause they lost that credit they built up with my former boss. They gonna have to start over now. Kiss ass city.

But this is the first time I ever had my boss quit. Seen some retire but those were planned but not instant like this. Yall ever had a boss walk

Enjoy destitution, old man.

 

[therealdope]

Enjoy destitution, old man.

A guy who's 60 today probably started working in 1977 which means he's probably set for life with pension and benefits. Jokes on us

 

[Oblivian]

I've had to clean up the messes from it twice now.

1. I was around 23 working for a large college housing place. It's right after the end of leases and new leases going into affect. The manager at one of their places in Michigan quits. The company sends me over there to take over. It was a disaster. The employees really didn't know what to do because the manager handled everything. It seemed she just got overwhelmed and said fuck it. Letters stating that people weren't getting their damage deposits back were sent out. Lawyers were calling in. I was there for only one week to try to get shit in order, but it was a disaster. I almost wanted to quit lol.

2. The owner of our company has another company in the same industry in another city. The manager of that office got caught stealing. Not only did I have to go try to clean up that mess, but also try to figure out how much money she's stole. They eventually hired a forensic accountant for insurance purposes. This was another situation of the employees there not knowing how to do shit without her. They eventually quit as well as no one wanted to step up. I was in and out over there for about a month.

 

[Pliny Pete]

I've worked at my job for 16 months and in that time I've seen the entire national company go bankrupt and get sold at auction, the big boss of our factory get fired for letting the place go to shit and falsifying records to overcharge our customers, one shift supervisor hand in her resignation at least 5 times but still stay, two shift supervisors get hired and fired within weeks and the replacement big boss of our factory have to quit within a couple months of being hired because of health issues that started when he came to our factory
And now we just lost the contract of our main customer and there will be massive layoffs starting next week
No supervisors have got into fights with each other though

 

[OverCoronavirus Pressure]

I've been the boss that walked.
There was a concert I wanted to go to and said bye!

I was running a place called the Velvet Touch.

Locked the door and left.

 

[Don Quixote]

Not my immediate bosses, most of those get fired, but I heard a funny story about a boss that quit right before I got hired on.

From what they told me that guy was a major asshole. The whole crew turned against him and started doing pranks on him like taking his tools and hiding them from him, blocking his car with others in the parking lot, and gluing his locker shut with super glue.

The guys weren’t silent about what they thought about him. Most strait up told him about how much he sucked. He eventually lost it and told the whole crew they were fired then walked outside and quit lol.

 

[Fedorgasm]

I've heard cases of it happeneing, but it was usually because they were about to be fired anyway.

Basically, any time your company announces someone handed in their resignation, but doesn't specify what kind of opportunity they're moving to, then that's code for them being fired.

Although it wouldn't surprise me if it happened. I'm a boss and there is a lot of pressure to deal with. Many people can't take it. It's worse the higher up you go. My boss has 10x the pressure I do. I don't know how he does it.

 

[Scerpi]

I watched the disintegration of my former company after it was bought by Kiewit, one of the largest construction companies in the US.

Most of the clowns that work for Kiewit spent weeks trying to indoctrinate us into the Kiewit Way. Those who didn't comply, especially PM's and higher ups, like Division Managers, got stomped on real quick. I personally know one who I was kind of friends with say something about the BS, then he got talked to and he was straight line after that. I could have swore he was a victim of a Body Snatcher.

Previously, We were a successful company with the main office in Denver and other offices in Atlanta, San Diego, Houston, New Mexico and Vegas. We did approximately $500-$750 Mil of work per year and were one of the top construction companies in our industry, Water/Wastewater Infrastructure. It's a different field where we often see other companies try to crossover, especially from Heavy Civil (Like Kiewit) and fail miserably.... They can't do it, it's too technical.

So instead of trying to beat us, Kiewit just bought us. Our former owner made hundreds of millions from the sale and walked away.

In under 12 months, I watched the Division Managers from San Diego, Denver and Atlanta quit. The company couldn't land any work because Kiewit insisted we change how we bid projects.... so stupid. The few we did land, lost millions. For example, a large project in Laredo, $95 Million, lost approximately $15 million.

Those of us who did stay took the blame for the failing jobs and took demotions or were fired.

The rats starting jumping ships, including me.

There's of few of the old guys left, but not many. The old company name is gone now and it's just "Kiewit Water". I know a few guys who were too close to retirement to try to start over with a new company, so they hung around, treading water.

Gotta say though, Kiewit has some of the best benefit I've ever seen. And if you can stand their Corporate BullShit, the retirement options are outstanding.

 

[Zer]

It was no big drama, but my old boss quit the job to go work at a Mortuary. That was a bit fucken weird. He was a normal fella, seemed to enjoy the job, was well paid and offered a good pay raise to stay, but had his heart set on being a Mortician for some reason

 

[therealdope]

I've had to clean up the messes from it twice now.

1. I was around 23 working for a large college housing place. It's right after the end of leases and new leases going into affect. The manager at one of their places in Michigan quits. The company sends me over there to take over. It was a disaster. The employees really didn't know what to do because the manager handled everything. It seemed she just got overwhelmed and said fuck it. Letters stating that people weren't getting their damage deposits back were sent out. Lawyers were calling in. I was there for only one week to try to get shit in order, but it was a disaster. I almost wanted to quit lol.

I'm not suggesting that you should do the following but I've seen it executed very effectively. After the third day of you being on site you should have had a talk with your managers and said, "this is the situation <fill in the blanks>, I think I can get this and this in order in two weeks but these other items will take an extra resource. I'm happy to do it but this it is way outside of my defined role."

They're usually willing to give you a lot, especially if it's remote and there is pending legal action.

 

[therealdope]

I have quite a few comments on this sort of thing but I'll limit them to just a couple.

Most of the clowns that work for Kiewit spent weeks trying to indoctrinate us into the Kiewit Way. Those who didn't comply, especially PM's and higher ups, like Division Managers, got stomped on real quick. I personally know one who I was kind of friends with say something about the BS, then he got talked to and he was straight line after that. I could have swore he was a victim of a Body Snatcher.

There is a rule in acquisitions: when two company cultures come together, the acquirer's culture always wins out.

It's a different field where we often see other companies try to crossover, especially from Heavy Civil (Like Kiewit) and fail miserably.... They can't do it, it's too technical.

That's why they did the acquisition.

So instead of trying to beat us, Kiewit just bought us. Our former owner made hundreds of millions from the sale and walked away.

Bingo, and good for him!

Those of us who did stay took the blame for the failing jobs and took demotions or were fired.

Oh jesus - that's about the worst scenario. Unfortunately it happens.

There's of few of the old guys left, but not many. The old company name is gone now and it's just "Kiewit Water". I know a few guys who were too close to retirement to try to start over with a new company, so they hung around, treading water.

Gotta say though, Kiewit has some of the best benefit I've ever seen. And if you can stand their Corporate BullShit, the retirement options are outstanding.

Yup and that's exactly how big companies wreck great little companies.

 

[Malvo]

It was no big drama, but my old boss quit the job to go work at a Mortuary. That was a bit fucken weird. He was a normal fella, seemed to enjoy the job, was well paid and offered a good pay raise to stay, but had his heart set on being a Mortician for some reason

Dead chicks can't say no.

 

[Oblivian]

I'm not suggesting that you should do the following but I've seen it executed very effectively. After the third day of you being on site you should have had a talk with your managers and said, "this is the situation <fill in the blanks>, I think I can get this and this in order in two weeks but these other items will take an extra resource. I'm happy to do it but this it is way outside of my defined role."

They're usually willing to give you a lot, especially if it's remote and there is pending legal action.

In the first situation, I was so young and dumb. I was just happy that they gave me a rental car, paid for the hotel with a hot tub, and gave me money for food everyday. I wasn't even getting a bonus or anything.

The second situation worked out great though. This is the company that I get a hefty profit share that increases yearly. I'm buying it once the owner is prepared to sell.