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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/SpareImpression3155 on 2026-08-14 05:14:55+00:00.

one of my biggest "bosses" (clients) was full on yelling at me on the phone earlier today

this client does lead gen for the auto industry. over the past several weeks i have been taking the initiative to improve lead quality and optimizing various websites and systems for the company. basically using a fire extinguisher on a plane whose wings have exploded mid air.

yesterday, he told me to revert a ton of changes because in his mind, as long as the dealers (customers) aren't complaining then i guess everything is ok

except 2 dealers just dropped again today. this company cannot retain dealers at all and it is because the lead quality is shit due to their "lets sell them garbage and wait until they complain" business strategy. i even BCC'd myself on emails just to see how often the dealers complain vs. when they alert me the dealers are unhappy. they only ever tell me things are a problem AFTER we have lost the customer, rather than making changes to keep them on board.

we have gone through dozens of customers who we probably could have kept if we just tweaked their landing page forms to make sure the leads they got were reasonable. i put a large amount of time and effort into developing a pipeline that ensures we retain data AND improves lead quality by only training ad platforms with qualified leads.

so anyways, he starts losing it on the phone today due to his own incompetence. by the end of the conversation he started not-so-directly agreeing with my changes to improve the lead quality. basically asking me to redo everything he told me to revert.

he also threatened to cut my pay in half (which he did except not totally half) and that i would have 2 months left with them because he was going to hire someone and have me train them to replace me. except i'm not training anyone, once it gets to that point i will block their numbers entirely. im going to just start my own companies.

i already do everything anyways; coding, marketing, tech support, customer relations, devops, etc. i even have to do IT support for the company because this guy who is the lead of a large IT-based company can't even work his email. i'm constantly having to re-explain things, re-send emails, etc.

i think the only way to truly navigate this garbage economic system we are in is to be an entrepreneur. start your own businesses. never answer to a boss, only to your direct customers. cut out all the middle men who are basically just parasites.

/rant