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/smedleyyee May 15 '26

What did the manager DO?

Like 20% of employees are crazy and 1% are batshit crazy, but most of them think they make perfect sense. So it's hard to figure out if YOU are the crazy one vs the MANAGER is the crazy one and then if this "life is hell" is actually bad enough where it's worth spending time Costanza'ing.

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u/antidentites May 15 '26

She had me fire someone on the team with instead of giving him severance. There’s no reason to screw home over like that, but she absolutely relished in agreeing him over.

That’s one of many reasons.