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by steedsofwar 3396 days ago
When i graduated, my manager would often come over to me on a Thursday and say he needed my work done my Monday. Which inevitably meant i would be in the office over the weekend. This happened for 6 weeks straight. That's right, every single day i worked, there were no weekends for naive old me.

On the beginning of the 7th week, i had a twitch in my eye and i could smell death. I broke and handed in my notice, my ceo refused, then accepted after he spoke to the manager. The manager had a word with me, and told me that they were going to fire me anyways. What a nice guy.

2 comments

Classy manager, did he give a specific reason? After 6 weeks nonstop I'd probably do the same as you, no need to kill myself for a company.
What type of work were you doing?