27/05/2026
Boss Fired Manager And Told Him To Take All His Belongings, Didn’t Realize How Much He’d Brought
I worked for a multinational company 10 years ago, as the regional management running a 2-way radio repair shop, on the customer's main site. 6 direct report techs, and an admin assistant.
The techs rotated but the admin assistant and I were there every day. Because I worked 205-250hrs every month in that office, for 160hrs of salary, I had a few things there as you can imagine.
2.5yrs into working there, I had annoyed my boss and lost the company lotto, so I was 1 of 4 people he downsized that year. I expected it months earlier when he let the first one go, but wasn't going to work worrying about it.
One Monday my fresh tech was late and not answering his phone... and comes in 90min late with my boss and HR in the vehicle. Guess today's the day.
As part of the exit interview, they get to "all personal property"... oh boy, time for some fun. Most people have 1 box, I ended up with 5. Coffee pot, toaster oven, microwave, my coveralls and boots (they tried to keep those, but I never submitted a bill)... oh, and my shelf of notebooks (nothing was ever filed physically in my desk)... my toolbox of electronics tools, soldering iron...
By the time I was done boxing my stuff up, there was 2 well equipped desks (of 4), no microwave, a 40 cup coffee pot, and no usb-serial cable to connect to the battery conditioner.
Found out from my admin assistant that my boss had to spend just shy of a grand to re-outfit the shop that week, before going home.
TL:DR Boss failed to realize how much I had brought to outfit a shop that I spent 50-60hrs a week at, had to buy it all himself before he left the site because the techs were pi**ed off.