Hey everybody! I'd like your opinion on something...let me give you a little background info. (I'll keep it as short as possible.)
I worked for a non-profit agency (owned property, community stuff), I was the office manager then went to property manager. Small company 4 employees. I worked there for 1 1/2 years, got along great with my boss. They she sort of freaked out last December (Monday after Christmas) and said that I was never working and I needed to improve my work and attitude. Immediately reduced my pay $1.50, moved me to a dinky office, made me everybody else's assistant rather than 2nd in command. Funny thing is 2 weeks prior she said I had so much work to do that she was going to have her daughter write the company checks instead of me (daughter made $250 for 2 hours work.) Ok, so over the span of two weeks she was constantly belittling me and saying that I wasn't improving and that if I didn't immediately I'd lose my job. I was doing everything she asked and had accepted my new role as office assistant (big difference from my old position)!! Then after two weeks (on my birthday of all days) she fired me! I was not happy, I wrote a letter to the board of directors telling them about how I was fired and how my old boss had cheated the company and some other un-ethical things that she had done. I just wanted them to be aware.
Ok, so all of this was in January. Now I'm currently working 2 jobs to be able to make ends meet and still don't have enough money and don't make near as much as I did with this other company. I'm a single-mom to boot.
So anyways, I called the old company on Tuesday to see what kind of a reference my old boss would give me and my friend told me that the board had made it so uncomfortable for her there (took away right to hire/fire employees, etc.) that she quit. Also her husband had lost his job during the past couple of months.
Now I am not a revengeful person, I try to treat people the way that I would want to be treated. But I was pleased to hear this news!!!!! It's like she got what she deserved for treating me the way she did. Also she and her husband always bragged about how much $ they had (going on cruises, buying a new mustang and suv, and a bunch of other things). She made 75K at the non-profit (ridiculous) and he made 60K.
So I had told a co-worker about how she had mistreated me previously and today I told her about this boss basically losing her job and about her husband losing his also. My "friend" (I've know her for about 2 1/2 years from work) thought I was just terrible for thinking that they got what they deserved! But then again she doesn't blink an eye (and bragging) about spending $560 for a pair of shoes.
What do you all think, am I in the wrong for feeling that justice was served???
Looks like the good Lord took care of the situation, you should feel gratified that the "vengence is mine sayeth the Lord" really happened, but- be careful and don't openly rejoice too much. It would be a shame for you to be perceived as bitter, when really you were just hurt.
Be better than your old boss- forgive her, and know in your heart that changes happen, and although they are painful sometimes- good will happen.:)
Maggiemay
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Looks like the good Lord took care of the situation, you should feel gratified that the "vengence is mine sayeth the Lord" really happened, but- be careful and don't openly rejoice too much. It would be a shame for you to be perceived as bitter, when really you were just hurt.
Be better than your old boss- forgive her, and know in your heart that changes happen, and although they are painful sometimes- good will happen.:)