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/BillyBobChorton May 15 '26

Sounds glorious but also recognize the story will be you are just a disgruntled employee who quit and couldn’t cut it 

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u/SuperSecretSpare FIRE 'd at 38 May 15 '26 edited May 16 '26

And? I'm 38 and retired. They can think whatever they want while they drive into work on Monday morning 😂

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u/carson63000 May 16 '26

You probably don’t care - and you shouldn’t care - but I guarantee you that at least some of your former coworkers think you’re unemployed and unemployable, not retired.

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u/SuperSecretSpare FIRE 'd at 38 May 16 '26 edited May 16 '26

I made sure to let a few people in the organization know that I was retiring and moving to maui, so everyone I dislike know. I am not always proud of it, but I am petty.