Why would someone explicitly say to their current boss that they are actively seeking a new position elsewhere? That would just get you fired.
If you were to hate the current place you work at, what would you do? Probably seek another job, right? And once you got that new position, you would most likely resign as soon as you possibly can, right? You probably are thinking that all this is obvious. Well, it is, for anyone with common sense. The problem is that, as we have seen in multiple of these Reddit stories, common sense is not really a quality most bosses have. They usually think that everything is some kind of attack.
Instead of looking at it as a great opportunity that a colleague got, they see it as the employee trying to ruin them. As if they weren’t leaving a toxic company that didn’t value their efforts and didn’t even pay accordingly, and instead they were just trying to ruin their boss’s career by leaving without much notice. I don’t really understand how they take it so personal, is obvious that if the employee isn’t valued, they are going to leave someday. Especially in this story, where the manager knew that they had asked for a raise and that was “still being processed” after months.
And what is all this drama even for? They are going to leave anyway. Unless the company offered an amazing salary increase (and maybe even that wouldn’t work), the employee is not going to stay somewhere she isn’t valued. So let it be. As a manager, don’t take it personally. Try to look for a solution to your own problem and let the employee leave with a good image of yourself, where you don’t seem like a dramatic boss that can’t understand the idea of bettering yourself.
Accept it and move on! Somebody else is going to take that position soon, and everything will be fixed. For a moment, you just need to congratulate your colleague for their good work and say bye nicely.
Author: Kayitsi.com
