She Didn’t Quit Her Job After The Same Company Fired Her Boyfriend, And He’s Been Harboring Resentment Toward Her
For a year and a half, this 34-year-old woman and her boyfriend, 46, worked at the same company.
She was at the company first, and when her boyfriend was laid off from his previous job, she brought up the idea of him applying to work at her company. He was offered a job, so they’ve both been working at this company ever since.
“In August of this year, he had been working a stressful contract out of town. The customer kept stringing the job along and wasn’t organized,” she said.
“He worked long days, and it was annoying, but it’s all a part of what we do: dealing with difficult people.”
Unfortunately, her boyfriend wasn’t able to cope with this work stress as well as other employees. Plus, there were anxiety-provoking situations going on involving tension with his family that didn’t help matters.
She and her boyfriend also had to move unexpectedly, so they had both been going through a lot during this time.
While her boyfriend was still on this work trip, he called her one day to let her know that he was kicked out of the work site, so their boss was coming to give him a ride back home.
“He said that he had gotten irritated and expressed frustration when someone asked him something in a disrespectful way,” she explained.
“I was told later that the customer claimed he had yelled and essentially threw a tantrum.”
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In her view, when you hear two different versions of an event, the truth is roughly half of one person’s account and half of the other person’s version.
Since she worked at the same company, she has encountered the client that her boyfriend had a fight with, so she knows that this person is tough to get along with. This person also has a tendency to embellish details sometimes.
After the ordeal, the company made the decision to fire her boyfriend in response to his actions. For several months, her boyfriend was unemployed before he was able to get a new job lined up.
“During all of this, I continued working at the same company, and this has caused obvious resentment from my boyfriend. He said to me that he would’ve quit if the roles were switched,” she shared.
From her perspective, she shouldn’t feel obligated to resign from a job she enjoys just because her boyfriend lost his temper and was fired as a result.
However, she added that she doesn’t think their company treated him fairly. At the same time, though, she earns more in her current role than she ever could at any other company.
She takes pride in her work, and she knows she’s talented. It’s a great feeling when their clients request to work with her specifically. Another reason to stay at this company is the great relationship she has with her boss.
Despite how horrible she feels the situation was with her boyfriend being fired, she doesn’t think he should pressure her into quitting in solidarity. It doesn’t make sense because she wasn’t involved in the situation at all.
What would you do if you were in her shoes?
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