Bad bosses are all the same — they think they’re smarter than everyone else. Meanwhile, good employees have a ton of knowledge about their company’s inner workings, and sometimes even retain access to important systems or resources after they leave. And that’s sometimes learned the hard way.
A Twitter thread started by @itkeekz had people sharing stories about how their bosses made huge mistakes after firing someone. It all started when @itkeekz’s boss deactivated a coworker’s email too quickly after they quit, not realizing it was the key to the company’s entire calendar system. As a result, three years’ worth of scheduled events vanished. Read on for more disastrous examples of letting a good employee go.
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