I Got a $165 Bonus, So I Stopped Working for Free—Then the Chairman Asked About His $210 Million ... — Transcript

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1. 0:00My boss gave me a $165
2. 0:03bonus after I spent 3 years saving his
3. 0:05company millions of dollars.
4. 0:08Meanwhile, employees who spend their
5. 0:10days gossiping received bonuses of
6. 0:12$25,000 and luxury vacations.
7. 0:16So, I smiled, collected my insults, and
8. 0:19stopped doing everyone else's job.
9. 0:213 weeks later, my boss summoned me into
10. 0:23his office. His face pale, he screamed,
11. 0:26"Who is handling our $210 million
12. 0:28contract?" I leaned back in my chair,
13. 0:31smiled, and replied, "It's not part of
14. 0:33my job."
15. 0:35His jaw dropped.
16. 0:36But, what happened next cost him his
17. 0:38position, his reputation, and nearly his
18. 0:41entire company.
19. 0:42Before I reveal how I turned the tables
20. 0:44around, subscribe right now. Also,
21. 0:47comment where you watching from.
22. 0:49Back to the story.
23. 0:51My name is Ella, and I worked as a
24. 0:53senior operations analyst at a
25. 0:55prestigious Chicago-based corporation.
26. 0:58For 3 years, I handled emergencies, I
27. 1:00trained new employees, negotiated with
28. 1:02suppliers, and even managed major client
29. 1:05relationships outside my job
30. 1:06description.
31. 1:08My boss called me indispensable. Well,
32. 1:10apparently, indispensable employees
33. 1:12deserved $165.
34. 1:15When I discovered that my colleagues had
35. 1:16received bonuses ranging from $25,000 to
36. 1:19$30,000,
37. 1:21something inside me finally snapped. I
38. 1:23didn't resign or argue. I simply started
39. 1:26doing exactly what my contract required.
40. 1:28Nothing more. No unpaid overtime. No
41. 1:31rescuing incompetent managers. No
42. 1:34answering midnight calls. Then came the
43. 1:36disaster.
44. 1:38My boss stormed into my office one
45. 1:40Monday morning and said, "Ella, the
46. 1:43Sterling International contract, who's
47. 1:45managing it?" I blinked innocently.
48. 1:47"Your executive team, presumably."
49. 1:50"You've been managing it for 2 years,"
50. 1:51he said. "Informally," I corrected him.
51. 1:55"My responsibilities were never
52. 1:56officially updated and I received no
53. 1:58additional compensation. So, I handed
54. 2:01over my files to the department head
55. 2:02last month. My boss turned white.
56. 2:05See, the $210 million contract was
57. 2:08scheduled for renewal in 48 hours and
58. 2:10nobody else understood the client's
59. 2:12complicated requirements. Worse, the
60. 2:15client had repeatedly requested that I
61. 2:17be formally appointed contracts
62. 2:19director. My boss had ignored every
63. 2:21request. Now, the client was threatening
64. 2:23to walk away. "See this?" he barked.
65. 2:26"Well, that would require a promotion."
66. 2:28"A written contract and compensation
67. 2:30reflecting the responsibility," I said.
68. 2:33He stared at me in disbelief. I left his
69. 2:35office. But, here's where the real
70. 2:37revenge began. The company's board
71. 2:39launched an investigation after
72. 2:40discovering that my boss had repeatedly
73. 2:42misrepresented my work as his own to
74. 2:45secure executive bonuses. And I had
75. 2:47receipts. Every email, every report,
76. 2:50every client commendation. And within 2
77. 2:52weeks, my boss was dismissed from his
78. 2:54contract. And the board offered me the
79. 2:56position of director of strategic
80. 2:58operations complete with six-figure
81. 3:00salary and a substantial signing bonus.
82. 3:04I accepted.
83. 3:06And as for my boss, he eventually
84. 3:08applied for a position at another
85. 3:10company. And I was on its advisory
86. 3:12panel. I read his resume, smiled, and
87. 3:14recommended that the hiring team should
88. 3:17evaluate his qualifications
89. 3:18independently. I didn't need to destroy
90. 3:21his future.
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