Petty boss cut her 2-week notice to 2 days, then asked her to stay when client reports rolled in. She was already one step ahead
'They can lay in the bed they made.'
An employee (u/MoneyOrganic4728) was abruptly let go by the company after they signed off their resignation. Without realizing the employee's absence for the standard 2-week notice period would come back to bite them, their boss told them to leave within the next 2 days. The employee agreed to leave in two days. By the time their boss realized that they needed them to complete client reports, the employee was determined to quit. On September 16, 2026, the employee shared how their boss had to lie on the bed they themselves made. Their post has since racked up 22,000 upvotes.
I gave proper notice to my job, they decided to be petty and screwed themselves.
by u/MoneyOrganic4728 in pettyrevenge
Reckless decision
Describing the toxicity of their workplace, the author said it had a history of letting people go as soon as they filed their resignation, without serving a full month's notice period, which was customary. So when the time came for them to resign, they gave a notice period of only two weeks instead of a full month. They could easily sustain themselves without income for about two to four weeks. Besides, two weeks offered plenty of time for them to finish the ongoing client reports and transition the clients to other providers. True to their pettiness, as the author explained, their boss told them, “You can leave in 2 days.”
The boss, unfortunately, didn’t realize that their upcoming client reports would be left hanging in uncertainty without this employee. The employee even tried to clarify that part, but it fell on deaf ears. By the time the boss realized it, it was too late. The boss sent another email to the employee saying, “On second thought, you can stay for the full 2 weeks and get those reports done!” But the employee had made up their mind, and they were not planning to stay in such an unwelcoming environment. They fired back with the excuse that they had actually made arrangements to start their new job early on and therefore couldn't extend the notice in the company.
Colleagues jumped to support
Their colleagues only supported them in the decision. When the employee revealed to them that they were leaving, "at least half of them" expressed the desire to follow them in their new job. None of them tried to delude them into thinking that the company cared for them. It didn’t.
A 2022 National Employment Law Project (NELP) Just Cause Survey Report survey of 1,849 U.S. workers found that 40% had been fired or let go at some point in their lives. Among those workers, 72% said they had received no warning or chance to improve before being dismissed, while 69% said they were given either no reason or one they considered unfair. The financial consequences can also arrive quickly: more than 40% of workers surveyed said they had only enough savings to cover one month of expenses if they lost their job "today".
Fierce boundary setting
Viewers assured the author that what they did was an appropriate act of boundary setting. If their boss didn’t bother to keep a note of the upcoming reports, they should reap what they sowed. u/limprichard suggested, “Offer them to rehire you for two weeks at a consultant rate, and you’ll finish those reports.” u/hengehanger commented, “I wouldn't have bothered to mention the reports; I'd have just emailed back ‘ok’ and let them find out about them the hard way.”
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