'I feel angry, embarrassed': Company fires VP after giving him 25 per cent bonus

A man, who was working in a company as Vice President, has been fired soon after he was given 25 per cent additional bonus.

"I was let go last Wednesday. I had been working at this company for 1.5 years as a VP and not once did I receive negative feedback. During my review in March, I got a very good raise and got an additional 25% bonus," the man wrote in a post on Reddit.


"Last Wednesday, the CEO and COO called me into their office and I was pretty much told that it wasn’t personal, that they were trying to cut costs and my position was eliminated. They gave me 10 weeks severance and will pay for COBRA for 10 weeks as well," the post added.

He added that the company then hired another person with the exact title.

"I never missed a single deadline, I was reliable, I did whatever was asked of me. Didn’t take all my PTO, would work weekends and was always available at any time. I never received any negative feedback or had to be sat down to speak to. I was doing the work of 3 people and still. I feel angry, embarrassed and just frustrated with the whole situation. They couldn’t even tell me the truth to my face and said they were expecting for to me pick up calls because they’re paying me severance. What a joke," he added.

Reacting to the post a Reddit user wrote, "It sucks, I know...I was there in March. What they said was true, most likely...you were too expensive for the company in some way. They cut you and then rehired at a less salary. The company I worked for did the same thing to me. I was the Director of Operations for five years; always hit my marks before deadline, always had a decent pay bump...basically, I checked all the boxes. Then, inexplicitly, my position suddenly "needed" to be in-office where the new VP could see me...but the position had been restructured. I was laid off."

"My ex-coworker had the same thing, worked his back off after the pandemic, was replaced in a whim but with good severance. Two weeks in they send him a 10 page excel sheet to fill up all the missing contacts, process info, everything he could think off. He never replied to the email," replied another.