TFW you see the highly toxic job you got laid off from posted online and feel slightly sorry for those applying, but truth be told you mostly feel relieved 🤗

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Posting as :
works at
You are currently posting as works at

Which one?

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Seriously don’t leave a trap baited for the rest of us.

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It feels even better when they don’t find a replacement for you for 6 months and then go through 3 replacements in the next year 😊 (this was like 8 years ago and not advertising)

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Happened to me back in February. They are still trying to fill the role. The worst boss I’ve ever had. But I was actually fired. But not for performance, ha. They called it a cultural fit issue. NY is an at will state so they don’t have to have any reason to fire you at all.

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