u/Sad_Possession9116

My old manager suddenly needs me again

I got fired last Wednesday after 4 months of my new manager making it very clear that she wanted me gone. Warning after warning, then a 45-day PIP, then termination.

After 3 warnings, I told the company about my autism because I was trying to explain that my "attitude" didn't mean I was refusing to work or being rude. I also told them that they had dumped a ton of small admin tasks on me, and that expecting everything to come out 100% perfect wasn't realistic.

Their response was the PIP, which made me feel like they were building a paper trail so they could fire me cleanly.

Fine. Cool.

Two days after they let me go, my former manager texted me asking for the password to my work computer. I told her to contact IT. She said IT told her to ask me. Apparently, she needed to set an out-of-office reply on my email. I told her they could simply deactivate my account, and clients would figure it out from there.

About 10 days later, she texted me again saying: "I don't want to be a jerk, but I need your help." And now she's sitting there waiting for me to answer.

The audacity is unreal.

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u/Sad_Possession9116 — 1 day ago

The manager told us we needed to start acting more mature, and my coworker's response still kills me with laughter

We were in a team meeting, about a dozen of us, and the manager was giving us a little lecture about how we all needed to act more mature at work.
Most of us were professionals in our early thirties, sitting there trying not to look like kids at school getting scolded.
One coworker, who was older than anyone else in the room, including the manager, just said: "it means nothing to me... Ooh Vienna!"
Then he went quiet for a moment, his face completely straight, and said: "sorry, I misheard you. Thought you said you wanted me to be Midge Ure."
We all burst out laughing in the middle of what was supposed to be a serious reprimand, and the manager pretty much ended the meeting right then and there.
Still one of my favorite things that's ever happened to me at work.

edit: I really loved what my co-worker did ,I hate when someone behave with me like I am kid ,this was really un professional I guess If he did it again I will update my CV and start haunting again jobs while using interviewvip in my zoom interviews

u/Sad_Possession9116 — 25 days ago