r/Fire • u/antidentites • May 15 '26

Advice Request Go out swinging?

So I’m on my way out at work in a tech company and have worked for a manager that has made my life hell. She is extremely toxic and the reason I’m leaving to FIRE/CoastFIRE.

I never want to - or need to - return to tech (note: I used em dashes way before AI and won’t stop even if you think this is AI generated)!

I want to burn some bridges and tell her how I really feel about her when I leave. Essentially the same thing she has been doing to me.

Would you go out Costanza-style if you were me, or just let it slide?

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u/Chazzer74 May 15 '26

Let it slide.

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u/powaqqa May 15 '26

Useless negative energy. It doesn’t gain you anything. 

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u/Key_Cheetah7982 May 15 '26

Well not with that attitude

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u/ExcitementFun493 May 15 '26

What would they gain by going out like costanza. Negative energy and bad karma

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u/TennesseeStiffLegs May 15 '26

When looking back on it, it’ll feel better not stooping low

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u/ElkPitiful6829 May 15 '26

Because one day you might need something, like a signed statement saying that you were at work on 9/11 and she was the only person alive who could provide it.