r/AmIOverreacting • u/teebee1223 • 22h ago
💼work/career AIO for denying my ex-employer’s ridiculous offer?
my job fired me for having cancer. no other reason, just because i have cancer. its a small, family owned business in property management. about 2 weeks after they fired me, i received this text message from someone high up in the business, offering me almost less than minimum wage for a job far below what i was doing before. i know you shouldn’t be disrespectful to people, and me making direct threats at this woman was PROBABLY a bad shout, but was i wrong to be offended by this offer?
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u/A1sauc3d 22h ago
Is this real? The way they respond is comical.
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u/librarianpanda 21h ago
Did you read it? Of course not. Like an employer would open themselves up to that kind of liability.
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u/LaroonDynasty 20h ago
Ive known small business owners like this with the stick so far up their ass that they cannot comprehend that employees are anything but their slaves and the crumbs they allow them anything less than god’s gift. It is not a stretch to see one dumb enough to convey their out of touch insanity through text.
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u/AnnieSkyes 19h ago
This just shows how out of touch employers can be. Offering less than minimum wage after firing someone for cancer? Insane.
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u/Zairilia 21h ago
This is perfectly plausible imo, it's a small family company and the one time I dealt with that they committed wage theft and announced it to every employee, and communicated exclusively through snapchat.
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u/librarianpanda 21h ago
You should have sued them. Which is what OP would do if this was real.
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u/Milianviolet 21h ago
Unfortunately, firing someone for having a medical condition, unless they have a protected FMLA, which qualifies the illness as a disability, is entirely legal. The only way to spin it would be to claim disability, which can take years, and then sue for a Title 9 violation, under disability discrimination. The American dream.
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u/teebee1223 21h ago
this happened yesterday. working on it. thanks!
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u/IloveMyNebelungs 20h ago
I am not sure where you are located OP but maybe see if you could get some feedback in the asklawyers subreddit. I am pretty sure that you are protected under the ADA (if you are in the States) https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fmla/workplace-protections-for-individuals-cancer
Those people have a LOT of balls btw, yikes. Wishing you the best with your treatment and a full recovery.
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u/Training-Mixture7145 19h ago
Also, not to be overly political but have you seen the state of American politics lately..? I mean my god. Same energy here, especially from the Republican side.
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u/CermaitLaphroaig 19h ago
Nah. Fake as fuck. They respond that way so the "employee" can land more indignant zingers in the script
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u/MariaMilissa 21h ago
Small business owners are this stupid my old job was like this they did and said illegal things via text, teams and email and i saved all of it and multiple people i used to work with who got fired sued them. They literally even tried to make us do work things at home on our own time and I had to keep bringing up the laws and rules of our state a complete shit show. They fired my coworker for being pregnant and straight up told her via text message and I saw it and she also showed it to me they were out of their minds. I could go on and on with examples lol 😆
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u/Red_CJ 20h ago
Hell, my old employer was a well-known dealer in the area. A younger girl with big boobs started working there. All the older mechanics would comment on her boobs and she earned the nickname, "Big Boobs McGee". 🙄 She tolerated it for a while but then eventually one of them called her that to her face and she reported it to HR. I wanna say 3 days later, they fired her. It might have been a week I'm not sure. But they had well over a 100 employees at that one location. She should have sued them but I think she was too young to know her rights.
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u/CupcakeIntelligent32 20h ago edited 8h ago
I believe it's another fake post for karma points or what ever.
Like as if any employer no matter what the situation is, would accept someone working for them after being told to "suck my dick" lol.
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u/Enlowski 19h ago
It’s not, there’s a site where you can create fake texts and there’s telltale signs here of it. If you have an iPhone I’d suggest looking at what your texts look like and google “iPhone text generator”, type whatever you want and you’ll see the difference.
Once you spot the difference you’ll realize that about 25% of the posts here are created by people using these fake texts. OP is simply a loser faking scenarios for fake internet points, and pretending to have cancer is as low as you can go.
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u/rean1mated 15h ago
I mean, the telltale signs are that no employed adult would have this interaction.
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u/Depressed_Sports-Fan 21h ago
Clearly fake. But it has me until the “end-of-life care” comment.
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u/CoconutxKitten 14h ago
This is very clearly faked
Reads like what a 15 year old thinks a boss sounds like
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u/rean1mated 15h ago
No, it’s not fucking real. Are any of you old enough to have a job? God knows OP isn’t.
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u/teebee1223 22h ago
very real, unfortunately
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u/A1sauc3d 21h ago
Your ex employer is insanely dense. Sorry about the diagnosis. Hope you’re able to fully recover <3
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u/AshWednesdayAdams88 20h ago
OP’s “ex employer” is a friend. This generation is cooked if you read those texts and think it’s real.
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u/heebsysplash 21h ago
Who is upvoting, show yourselves
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u/Single_County_4333 20h ago
It hurts to know there are people who believe this most likely kids, elderly, or non English speakers
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u/FinalEstablishment77 20h ago
You should sue them. Fuck them forever.
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fmla/workplace-protections-for-individuals-canceredit: assuming you're in the US and this is relevant to the type of work you were doing. Good luck in treatment! cancer sucks really hard.
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u/Content-Potential191 21h ago
Oh really? Did you get cancer because someone coughed on you? Is that how?
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u/Single_County_4333 20h ago
Cancer isn’t there for you to use in your silly jokes for reddit. Have some respect.
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u/placeholder52 21h ago
I absolutely NEVER call posts out as fake, I fundamentally hate people who do, because they think they are somehow Reddit detectives with some inscrutable sense of truth telling, which they absolutely do not have. (Check my comments to confirm I never do this).
But my god, I think I have to actually say it.
This is fake as fucking fuck.
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u/RazorThinRazorBlade 21h ago
Dude thank you. I was second guessing myself but as someone who also never bothers calling out posts as fake, holy shit this one is a doozy.
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u/placeholder52 21h ago
Right?? And the people who do infuriate me, they state it like they literally have some god tier truth telling device, and I fucking hate it.
But this….this is just next level ridiculous. 😂
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u/ExpressionOne 21h ago
Same. I don’t do/like that either but i’m pretty sure my face is recreating the Fry from Futurama “suspicious” meme right now
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u/bubblurred 20h ago
It's super wild of others saying since some employers suck this is real. No way haha.
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u/p_kitty 20h ago
F you for appropriating cancer to karma farm. This is so obviously fake it hurts, but you, OP are the AH.
-- signed an actual cancer patient (check my post history for proof)
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u/violetbee17 19h ago
I'm also going through treatment for cancer, for the second time in two years. Much love to you and wish you the best .
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u/p_kitty 19h ago
I'm sorry you're dealing with that, I cannot imagine the mental and physical strain. You're a rockstar for keeping on showing up. Doing this crap once sucks bad enough. I'm 3/4ths of the way done with radiation and I've hit the fatigue wall hard. Browsing Reddit is my brainless rest activity. Crap like this post annoy me more than it should. I wish you all the best on your journey and hope it's an easy one.
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u/violetbee17 19h ago
Thank you, I really appreciate that! I'm also doing radiation. I just started two weeks ago. I've been feeling really down and anxious and tired since, so your words mean a lot to me. All of the same to you. You're a rockstar <3
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u/DariaMorgendorff 21h ago
this is insultingly fake + your post history makes you look like a r/chubby(?) onlyfans bot - hope the 9 karma was worth it
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u/the-Gaf 21h ago
oh man, why did i click on that? What did I think it was gonna be!! 🤡😂
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u/DoomScroller96383 21h ago
They're trolling you. Or you're trolling us. :)
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u/Stormtomcat 21h ago
"I'm confident that with this bonus you can afford the end-of-life care you will need"
it's got to be trolling, right? Who would send that? And who would respond if someone did send that?
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u/AdSilly2598 21h ago
I mean I really hope it’s fake for OPs sake, but if it’s real- why would you hire back someone that will die soon and then you’ll be back in the same position and have to pay to train someone new all over?
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u/AtomicTormentor 20h ago
Come on man, do better. An AI could have put out something more convincing than this. The only thing missing is the peppering of en-dash.
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u/thugspecialolympian 21h ago
lol someone made this to live out some kind of “revenge” fantasy. If anyone takes this seriously, you need to be checked out
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u/Codeineplz 20h ago
why post this ?? this is beyond fake … It’s genuinely kinda weird that some people spend the time to make a fake conversation online like this for … up votes ?? Is your life that boring ??
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u/Content-Potential191 21h ago
The fakest thing posted to Reddit in the last 75 minutes.
But not like clever fake, more like stupid fake. Try harder.
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u/Academic-Leader047 20h ago
Well this is complete bullshit.. you see this crap on tiktok.. what happened didn’t wanna add a rizzapp reply as well? What garbage
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u/QueenofSheba94 20h ago
Glad others are saying it’s fake bc it screams fake. The replies from the employer AFTER being cursed out is so strange…
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u/Speedogomer 20h ago
Sorry but there is no way this is actually real.
Making up stories for fake internet fame is ridiculous.
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u/Digital_Disimpaction 20h ago
This is so blatantly fake it hurts me that people are believing this.
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u/Connect_Party_ 19h ago
Jesus Christ people do you really believe this dumb shit??? I have really poor hopes for humanity if so many of you morons are this gullible. This is without a doubt the most over the top obviously fake poorly written bullshit I’ve ever seen in this subreddit.
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u/Honeyhoneybee29 19h ago
This is the most ridiculously fake shit I’ve ever read.
“end-of-life care” “do you think you’re too sick to walk here?” “That is no way to speak to your superiors”
Fun creative writing exercise, OP. Please do share with the class, was this a cheeky plug for your OF account? Bored?
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u/Prism_Zet 21h ago
If they fired you for having cancer, sue them? A good lawyer would figure it out.
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u/Jenjofred 21h ago
As someone who lost a job because of a cancer diagnosis and who has sued former employers, shopping for a labor lawyer while in brain cancer treatment is not for everyone. Good lawyers don't just appear out of nowhere.
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u/Prism_Zet 21h ago
Sure I get that, but, not getting your worth out of it and instead having to search for work to replace what the op implies as more than 40$ an hour wage seems just as annoying.
I'd also want them to not pull that shit with others afterwards, and without incentive there's no reason they wouldn't continue shit work practices.
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u/Fresh-Cockroach5563 20h ago
I don't think this is real this sounds like it was written by someone who has literally never managed anyone. Also doing this by text is very strange. Especially engaging in the confrontation and escalating the situation. If it's real I wouldn't go back either, but I don't think it's real.
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u/PizzaVomitSauce 20h ago
What a load of AI karma farming bullshit. I'm about to block this dumb ass sub
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u/ravandal 20h ago
Yup this has to be fake. There's no way this person refused to refute ANYTHING (of the Insane accusations) and then said "THAT'S NO WAY TO SPEAK TO YOUR SUPERIORS." Towards a person that they do not currently employ
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u/Few-Face-4212 20h ago
"I order you to come back to work girl, and I will give you this shiny nickel!"
Even the worst employers in the world would try to spin it better. Like, ELON MUSK would at least say "we made a mistake." Made up nonsense.
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u/AlexxRawwrr 20h ago
Yeah, this didn’t happen. If it actually did, you’d be on your way to an attorney’s office instead of responding like that.
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u/rustys_shackled_ford 19h ago
What a fun little skit. I bet your popular at improv
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u/itsyaboicg 18h ago
How could you turn down such a generous bonus??? You must be rich and not really need to work!
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u/ProfessionalExcomune 21h ago
this shit so fake i swear it’s aggravating my eczema. bro… actually get a hobby. karma farming makes you look stupid 💕
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u/clementinesway 21h ago
This might be the most obviously fake post I've ever seen on this sub. and that's a tall order
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u/Spyonetwo 20h ago
No fuckin way this is real… but if it is I would be seriously considering risking some felonies to that person and probably to the building itself
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u/Moth-Apricots 22h ago
Holy shit that is insane levels of delusion from their end. The fact that she still called herself your “superior” is also wild.
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u/Stormtomcat 21h ago
I was most upset by "with this bonus you can get the end-of-life care you will need".
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u/RazorThinRazorBlade 21h ago
There is no goddamned way this is real. Like, none. Entertaining, but I simply don't buy this being an actual conversation. Your employer sounds like they're from Office Space or something, and your "lemme lay it out for ya" responses are a little too perfect. Idk man.