I don't think I ever posted mine here... Or if I did search is failing me. These are both in the past, and while the second is pandemic, it is pre-"great resignation" movement.
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A long time ago: Shenanigans were afoot and my team had to apply to an internal, team-only search in order to re-title our jobs. Everyone was "supposed" to know what position to apply for. Well I looked at the positions and was like, "I'm doing everything in the Senior position", especially since I had been interim manager for the team for months before they hired a permanent manager (I didn't want the manager position).
So shenanigan go down, I'm "coached" verbally (eg, not recorded) to apply for the proper position. I do, but I also apply for another position, but programming instead of sysadmin. Crucially the new position was a "12-month contract" position. HR comes to my office, closes the door and says, "you do know this is only a 12-month position and you wouldn't be guaranteed a renewal?" In their defense, maybe they were concerned I was out for the FMLA 12 weeks of parental leave (all paid, I had vacation and sick to burn) while the shenanigans were going on.
My response was simply, "Yes I know what '12-month contract' means." Suddenly there was an opportunity to start working with the programming team, while still doing my sysadmin day job, with a plan of transitioning over "once my sysadmin duties completed." Well that never happened because I quit and went into the private sector instead. But a no-fear attitude apparently ruffled some feathers in an unsuccessful attempt to retain me.
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More recently: I was shown the door at my previous gig. The pitch I was sold didn't match reality a few months in and needless to say I was not happy. I had been debating do I leave or do I shut up, buckle down, and ride it out for a year or two and hope for a stock payout to take us to "instant fire even if we'd started from 0".
CTO/Head HR calls me on a Friday afternoon. Well as soon as I hear them both on the line I know there's only one reason they're both here. CTO dances around the topic, I guess to soften it or something, but eventually manages to say my employment is terminated.
I laughed in response.
There was dead silence for a long time after I finished laughing. 10 seconds? 20? I think I asked if they were still there.
Why did I laugh? Well, one, FU money. We'd had a pile of cash ready for a downpayment for a new rental (if we could find one or two), so we had a year+ of runway. Two, I'd started the interview process with a recruiter who reached out. I figured I better get in practice if I was going to go job hunting and DW had convinced me staying wasn't actually an option. So yeah, kinda heading out the door already and you want to give me all the time I need to interview, decompress, and pay me a severance for the privilege?
Youbetcha I had a good laugh, at their literal expense.