Boss fires 8-year employee so he can hire his 'nepobaby' son, and watches the company go bankrupt in no time

Employees who have been fired unfairly can experience unexplainable heartbreak. When a Reddit user (u/e_vil_ginger) who had worked at a company for 8 years was unfairly fired by the boss's "nepobaby" son, they were devastated. However, years later, they got to witness the same company collapse right before their eyes. Sharing the story on December 22, the post garnered more than 700 upvotes in a short span.

Four years ago, u/e_vil_ginger was working at this company, leading a "flawless" career. However, everything changed with the arrival of the boss's "nepobaby" son, who took over the multigenerational family legacy company. "EVERYONE in the company used to joke openly about quitting the day 'Mike' took over because he 1) is a f***ing nightmare, and 2) [he] would likely tank the company. But then Covid happened, and jobs in my industry became rarer, so we all just had to deal with him," the author wrote. Although the employee was witnessing cuts being made in the company, completely out of the blue, they were fired along with another senior-most employee from their team.

"I was devastated. It's one thing to be fired when you mess up, but another thing to be fired just because you were already wise to the boss's son's crusty fifty-something-year-old, skaterboi brand-wearing, neposwaggering, beanie-too-high-on-the-head-wearing, entitled attitude-having poisonous presence," they lamented. Despite initial struggles with finding a job, the employee finally managed to bag a position elsewhere that appreciates their work. However, we all have the "dream" of watching the company that treated us unfairly collapsing soon. Although for many it has only remained a distant fantasy, the author managed to finally live the tale. Through a grapevine, they learnt that in a span of 6 years, the "nepobaby" son had managed to ruin the company's legacy, which had now gone bankrupt.

"Sure he's selling so it's kind of failing upward, but he won't be an unrestrained nepobaby anymore. He will have a boss and HR to answer to, and I'm here for that. So dare to dream, folks. Hopefully you all get to live this fantasy one day, because it feels great," they wrote. A 2025 study published in the Journal of Business Research noted that when employees are pressured by their organization to behave unethically, they feel dehumanized and treated like tools rather than people. As per the 2023 Ethics & Compliance Initiative's Global Business Ethics Survey, it was reported that 28% of employees in the largest economies had experienced such pressure in the workplace. By unfairly firing the employee to accommodate the needs of the boss's son, he committed to an unfair practice that eventually backfired on the entire organization.

Soon after the post went viral, many users shared their thoughts on it. u/TheDkone wrote, "You need to send him a Christmas card." u/steppedinhairball commented, "Be positive. He'll probably blow through the cash in a couple of years." u/KissedCurves wrote, "Wow, that's some serious karma… Good for you for landing on your feet. Hope the new gig treats you right." 

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