Boss Deducts $125 From Employee’s Last Paycheck, Employees Takes 99% Of The Clientele With Her

When bosses prioritize cost savings over the needs of their employees, they create an unhealthy work environment and risk losing talented employees.

Greed can lead to negative consequences especially in the workplace. Employees appreciate those bosses who appreciate their efforts. Employees love working with such bosses who motivate and value them but no one likes to stay with terrible bosses.

An employee at a small travel agency in Austin, who had brought in a lot of business, was treated poorly by the cheap and unprofessional owners. When the employee resigned, the owners refused to let her take her Rolodex with her. They deducted $125 from her last paycheck but OP didn’t care about it because she called all the clients and told them everything. The big clients offered to work with her she took 99% of the clientele with her. The former employer lost most of their clientele and blamed the original poster for their loss. Scroll down for the complete story.

OP worked as a travel agent and accepted a job at a small family-run agency in Austin where the owners and their daughter also worked, but they were not good managers.

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The owners of the agency were very cheap. OP brought a lot of business to the agency, including a big corporate account, when she joined.

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OP got tired of the interoffice conflict and decided to leave the agency. She applied and got a job at another agency where she had always wanted to work and gave two weeks’ notice.

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OP was immediately escorted out of the agency after she gave her notice. Back then, people used Rolodexes to keep their important contacts but the owners of the agency refused to let OP take it with her.

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Eight months before leaving, the owners had sent OP on a familiarization trip, which was a common practice to allow agents to experience a destination and sell it better.

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OP was sent on a familiarization trip to Crest Butte for 4 days. The entire trip cost the agency $125.

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$125.00 was deducted from OP’s last paycheck but OP was not bothered by the deduction.

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OP called everyone she had worked with at the agency and took their big account with them, along with 99% of the clientele.

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Treat your employees well and fairly, and they will be more likely to remain loyal and continue to work hard for your business. Cutting corners and being cheap may save money in the short term, but it can cost you dearly in the long run.

OP ran into the American Airlines representative at an event six months later, who informed her that the agency owner had complained that OP had cost them $250,000.00.

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OP was not offered any bonus or commission for the new business:

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This is how OP got all of those perks for $125:

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Was it revenge over the $125 or for the big clients?

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OP should have filed a wage claim

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OP should let her old boss know what her cheapness cost her:

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It is a cautionary tale for bosses who try to save a few dollars at the expense of their employees. Deducting a small amount of money from an employee’s paycheck may seem like a trivial matter, but it can have a ripple effect that leads to significant losses.

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