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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/bigtitgothboyfriend on 2026-08-14 17:05:21+00:00.

I've been a professional in my field for a long time. Took this job after a layoff (tech sucks like that) and knew it wasn't my vibe when I took the job, but I got lazy, stopped looking wideners, and hoped it would be better than expected. Especially after some big wins and accolades in my first few months.

I've never been so professionally disrespected or minimized in my entire life. An outside resource was brought in to supposedly help me (with something I didn't need help on) and subsequently took it all over because they're friends with the COO. This person has far less experience than I do and consistently demonstrates that they don't know what they're talking about.

And after speaking with another very well-connected friend in our industry, I learned that this resource has been like this for years and everyone that knows about them knows they don't know what they're talking about. A little validating, but I'm watching people I've tried to be good to make a huge mistake trusting this inexperienced ignoramus and ignoring me when I can see how badly this is likely to turn out for them.

I bring this up to other leadership and suddenly they're cutting my salary and hours—despite nothing but constant praise for the work I've done.

They sent me an invite this morning for an early afternoon meeting. I'm over this place but hate having to job hunt. The main thing I'll be mad about at this point is if they do fire me and made me waste most of my Friday when I could've been off enjoying myself instead of waiting to be fired.