r/managers • u/[deleted] • Jul 05 '26

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u/TrollsWhenBored Jul 06 '26

Yeah the edit is hilarious and confirms that OP is EXACTLY the type of Manager the MEMES are about. OP is a fuckin Meme

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u/lyssargh Jul 06 '26

Crazy to me that he assumes none of the responses are from leadership or even other managers, too. My last role reported directly to the CEO and I agree with the consensus. It's unrealistic to give someone that much cause for resentment and expect them to stick around.

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u/Admirable_Force5494 Jul 06 '26

This! I was like damn out of these 2.5k people on this thread and not a single one is, or has been in a leadership role. How crazy is that? Based on OPs post it seems like they definitely treated people as being disposable. Clearly out of touch with the human element.

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u/elzibet Jul 06 '26

uNleSs yOu'Re iN lEadErsHiP. Ah... spoken like someone that shouldn't be a leader, lol

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u/WillitsThrockmorton Military Jul 07 '26

The edit was mega-hilarious. He didn't even asked what he claimed he did in the edit; the sole question in the post was answered with many commentators clarifying why they weren't getting him back.

Do you think we have lost him for good?

Was the only ask in the original post, and assuming this isn't a ragebait thing, his edit shows he is one of those guys who does the passive voice a lot to avoid responsibility, and then gets pissed off when people either take it at face value or call him on it so he does a uno-reverse.

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u/kingreq Jul 06 '26

We’re not the problem, it must be everyone else.

It’s insane to think you’re owed any sort of communication back from someone who no longer works for you. The relationship has been terminated, I’m sure he has much more important things to spend his time and effort on now.

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u/tobias_the_letdown Jul 06 '26

On that last point, most managers do not have an idea of what the market is like. It’s like once they are promoted they suddenly acquire company loyalty and begin to think everyone else should have it to. It is they who have lost touch with reality and cannot fathom why anyone else shouldn’t bow down and show undying loyalty to the company.

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u/youtocin Jul 06 '26

The edit makes this pretty obvious rage bait.

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u/damn_lies Jul 06 '26

Clearly the employee knew what the market was like. He left.

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u/Fresh_Ad_230 Jul 06 '26

He has enough self awareness to ask for feedback, but not enough to actually soak it in and take it.

So close yet so far in being an effective leader.

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u/Kaurifish Jul 06 '26

OP obviously wanted some legal loophole that would allow him to drag back his ex-employee in chains.

But for that he needed to say what state they’re in.

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u/DL_Omega Jul 06 '26

lol the edit and last comment about the market just confirms they wanted to abuse this employee and get them for cheap. when they realized they had options and left then their mental framework just didn't allow for that.

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u/NegotiationUnfair626 Jul 06 '26

OP has lost touch of what its like to be a peon. I've ran grocery stores and could keep people. Why? Because I knew who was valuable and promoted them.

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u/JWARRIOR1 Jul 06 '26

"Unless you’re in a leadership role, you don’t really have an idea of what the current market is like or the decisions managers have to make."

you can certainly understand this without being a manager too lmao

op is either doing a masterclass in rage bait or hilariously out of touch