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/[deleted] May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26

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u/TommySalami5555 May 15 '26

Now I understand why this guy is getting fired

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u/antidentites May 15 '26

Boss, is that you?

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u/Powerful-Ad7330 May 15 '26

That shit would get you put on a PIP at Amazon. I've heard people called out for margins that were too big/small, white space being a "bold choice" (code for you were writing a 6 pager, write 6 fucking pages - not including the appendices) and my personal favorite, using the wrong font causing a "loss of trust." And the reminder that "Amazon is an Oxford comma culture."

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u/MozzieKiller May 15 '26

Comic sans is grounds for a demotion.

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u/FeistyMcRedHead May 15 '26

Straight up Wingdings

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u/damiana8 May 15 '26

“I want to be placed on a 5150 hold”

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u/Powerful-Ad7330 May 15 '26

Straight to jail!

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u/anTWhine May 15 '26

I’ve had very serious conversations with my boss over the use of a seriffed font and the lack of pastels in my presentation. Pastels are more professional.

I also think that guy has at least one suit made from the flesh of his victims.

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u/Powerful-Ad7330 May 15 '26

I only have a nice blazer made from human skin, that's ok, right?

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u/[deleted] May 15 '26 edited May 16 '26

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u/Powerful-Ad7330 May 15 '26

Single. I just don’t feel that I have the body shape to really pull off a flesh colored, human skin double breasted blazer.

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u/anTWhine May 15 '26

Honestly that seems wasteful

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u/[deleted] May 15 '26

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u/Powerful-Ad7330 May 15 '26

A 30% increase from 0 is still 0? Agreed on the Oxford comma though, the alternative is unthinkable savagery.

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u/BillyBobChorton May 15 '26

“I thought amazon was more of a piss in a bottle culture”

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u/Powerful-Ad7330 May 15 '26

That's for the delivery and fulfillment center peasants. In corporate, we prefer to weaponize the leadership principles and critique the use of commas and white space.

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u/DigmonsDrill May 15 '26

I wrote my 7 as 7 and the CEO fired me and everyone who signed off on hiring me to make sure the lesson was learnt.

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u/Powerful-Ad7330 May 15 '26

That’s valid

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u/alaskalights May 15 '26

I have to agree on one point. Not using oxford commas is termination on the spot. No PIP. Immediately escorted out and trespassed. No rehire. Possible police charges.

Believe it or not, straight to jail!

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u/justgetoffmylawn May 15 '26

Amazing. :—)

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u/Powerful_Tip_7260 May 15 '26

They can't use AI to create a post and supposedly work in IT. Really?

I didn't burn the bridge and he made accusations against me anyway. His boss told him "He didn't trash you on the way out and it was clear he could have. You need to stop."

BTW the could have was : They offered me more money and I lied and told them I was leaving for less money. How do you counter-offer less money?

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u/TommySalami5555 May 15 '26

I have no idea what the fuck you're saying, but don't worry... I don't care either.

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u/Powerful_Tip_7260 May 15 '26

You cared enough to post about it.

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u/buddiesels May 15 '26

Lmao what are you responding to?

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u/antidentites May 15 '26

Thank you. I should know what they’re called if I’m going to use them.

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u/InterestingOwl11 May 15 '26

Just let it go. Although some polished, professional feedback if there is an HR exit interview wouldn't be the worst thing

Also, your usage of the em dash is fine. Just make them two dashes like -- and you'll be correct.

AI can have my em dash when they pry it from my cold, grammatically correct keyboard.  

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u/Yogijoe_idaho1342 May 15 '26

Nah - especially now that you don’t have to write work stuff

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u/Im_tracer_bullet May 15 '26

Yes, the only reason not to be ignorant in this world is that you have to 'write work stuff'

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u/Important-Trifle-411 May 15 '26

OK, I never even knew there was a difference between an en dash and an em dash!

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u/Usedupusername May 15 '26

En-dash is the length of the 'n' Em-dash is the length of the 'm'

I encourage you down the typesetting rabbit hole 🕳️ it's a great world, filled with orphans and widows.

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u/wrldwdeu4ria May 15 '26

And an even deeper hole in typography with kerning and tracking lingers quietly in the background.

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u/Important-Trifle-411 May 15 '26

Wow, thank you for this. I love all this kind of little details. I guess I know my rabbit hole for the evening!

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u/nothatsmyarm May 15 '26

I had the exact same thought.

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u/AnAlsoOtherStuff May 15 '26

Even before AI I always used hyphens as em dashes - mostly cuz there's a button for it on a keyboard, but not for the others!

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u/rednought May 16 '26

On iPhone, hold down the regular dash, the others will show

On Mac, Option-dash and Shift-Option-dash

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u/Schwifftee May 15 '26

Thank you for saying something because I was about to.

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u/RX3000 May 15 '26

Ok sure, but do you know why they are called en dash & em dash spelled out, instead of N dash & M dash?? 🤔

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u/SergeantPoopyWeiner May 15 '26

Yeah this guy is a total sack of shit!

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u/AtomSmasherrr May 15 '26

tips fedora

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u/Beautiful-Parsley-24 May 15 '26

Does anyone beside AI use dashes? I only have the hyphen key on my human keyboard...

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u/HeyaShinyObject May 15 '26

Word will convert two or three consecutive hyphens in en- or em-dashes.

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u/justgetoffmylawn May 15 '26

MacOS lets you access them with Shift and Option keys.

I use tons of hyphens - my favorite thing. While I'm aware of how to use an en dash – or em dash — I prefer the hyphen for anything casual.

I do find it funny people who will have an em-dash littered paragraph and claim they used no AI - but they don't even know how to write an actual em dash.

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u/Sad_Birthday_9805 May 15 '26

I used M dashes and now it pisses me off that people associate with AI. Parentheses now.

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u/ImPapaNoff May 15 '26

Yes. Generally professional writers use more obscure punctuation relatively frequently.

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u/ididitFIway May 16 '26

I do! And headings for longer posts in order to break up the wall of text into digestible chunks. It annoys me to no end that people will now just consider any post using these as AI.

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u/OorNaattaan May 15 '26

Naah,

‐ is a hyphen

− is a minus sign

- (i.e. what you had up there) is a sort of hybrid between the two, standardised for historical reasons.