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To be secretly happy my least favourite colleague has been sacked?

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iwonderwhyitearmyself · 25/09/2026 17:25

They were rude, nasty, disrespectful and never really did the work they were meant to do. They’ve been sacked with immediate effect and I’ll never see them again.

AIBU to secretly be glad that the arrogant knob has finally faced some consequences for their actions?!

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Mumofoneandone · 25/09/2026 21:27

I was so pleased to hear when a couple of people at a previous job had been made redundant and another one 'settled out'. One was incredibly lazy and the other unprofessional.........

LiuBei · 25/09/2026 21:19

Blimms · 25/09/2026 17:27

It’s pretty spiteful tbh. Hold yourself to higher standards.

Is it spiteful to the shareholders to wish the least capable person had not been sacked?

Handrearedmagpie · 25/09/2026 21:16

It's called karma and it's pronounced hahaha.

EverMerge · 25/09/2026 21:15

The op could be the bully. Are your other colleagues happy or is it just you? You’ve just commented they are a confident person who didn’t care what people thought about them. They sound great to me.

MamaToABeautifulBoy · 25/09/2026 21:14

Blimms · 25/09/2026 17:27

It’s pretty spiteful tbh. Hold yourself to higher standards.

Nah. Enjoy it. Not every human emotion needs to be subjected to a moral audit. Sometimes the lowest possible standards are perfectly adequate. Enjoy your schadenfreude, OP.

Rosscameasdoody · 25/09/2026 21:10

Calling · 25/09/2026 21:01

Sacked with immediate effect could mean they were caught stealing, taking bribes, s.xually exploiting women ... curious to know what it was...

My money’s on gross misconduct of some sort if the sacking is with immediate effect. Perhaps rude and disrespectful to the wrong person ?

shuggles · 25/09/2026 21:10

iwonderwhyitearmyself · 25/09/2026 17:25

They were rude, nasty, disrespectful and never really did the work they were meant to do. They’ve been sacked with immediate effect and I’ll never see them again.

AIBU to secretly be glad that the arrogant knob has finally faced some consequences for their actions?!

That's all well and good for you, but the abusive women I worked with never faced any consequences.

Rosscameasdoody · 25/09/2026 21:08

WhateverMate · 25/09/2026 17:35

Not unreasonable to be secretly happy.

Starting a thread on a public chat forum is a bit OTT though.

I suppose it depends on how awful the colleague was and how happy OP is to see the back of them !!

user1471553275 · 25/09/2026 21:04

No relish the moment. I dream about this all the time for my utterly toxic bully of a boss. He's a complete fraud. He manipulates the colleagues who know no better because they're less experienced and belittles anyone who challenges him. I despise the earth he walks on and would like nothing more than to see him sacked.

Even when he's caught red handed shafting a colleague he still shows no accountability. I live in hope that there will too many things that he can no longer deny but 3 years in he seems to be able to talk himself out of any pickle.

Shitty people deserve shitty things to happen to them.

SockPlant · 25/09/2026 21:04

Blimms · 25/09/2026 17:27

It’s pretty spiteful tbh. Hold yourself to higher standards.

bollocks to that. enjoy the moment and hope there is a replacement who does the work

PolkaDotPorridge · 25/09/2026 21:02

Blimms · 25/09/2026 17:27

It’s pretty spiteful tbh. Hold yourself to higher standards.

Oh shhh, most people would feel the same!

Gettingbysomehow · 25/09/2026 21:02

I worked with a similar absolute knob. I couldnt stand him. He was lazy and entitled. Anyway I was thrilled when I got a new job and left.
I heard a year later he'd killed himself. Im afraid I didnt lose any sleep over it.

Calling · 25/09/2026 21:01

Sacked with immediate effect could mean they were caught stealing, taking bribes, s.xually exploiting women ... curious to know what it was...

tommyhoundmum · 25/09/2026 20:59

iwonderwhyitearmyself · 25/09/2026 17:25

They were rude, nasty, disrespectful and never really did the work they were meant to do. They’ve been sacked with immediate effect and I’ll never see them again.

AIBU to secretly be glad that the arrogant knob has finally faced some consequences for their actions?!

Perhaps just be relieved

KilkennyCats · 25/09/2026 20:58

SeraphionLightbringer · 25/09/2026 20:51

That’s quite nasty. DH had a really awful colleague who was recently sacked with immediate effect but even he could feel some empathy for him as the guy had a family to support.

He was presumably exercising his free will while being a really awful colleague?
Actions have consequences.

mumumental · 25/09/2026 20:52

If people are kept in organisations when they are either lazy or unpleasant, it lowers morale for everyone else.

SeraphionLightbringer · 25/09/2026 20:51

That’s quite nasty. DH had a really awful colleague who was recently sacked with immediate effect but even he could feel some empathy for him as the guy had a family to support.

tartyflette · 25/09/2026 20:49

Sounds like he was an utter knob. I’d be pleased too and I don’t think I would try to hide it that much.
You are almost certainly not the only colleague feeling like this.

Whatabouterry · 25/09/2026 20:40

Tbh it’s so hard to sack someone now, even when they’re doing a terrible job. It is often as disheartening for an employer when you are often powerless to do anything about it.

Huckleberries · 25/09/2026 20:34

Oh my God, I remember the relief when the resident workplace bully was finally sacked

It felt like she was gonna be there forever…. she was only there for about nine months, but the amount of damage she did oh my God.

you are so not unreasonable

VeneziaJ · 25/09/2026 20:33

MyLimeGuide · 25/09/2026 17:38

So if you felt murderous by your definition you would be unreasonable?

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Feeling murderous and acting on it are two completely different things! A feeling is not an action

Slightyamusedandsilly · 25/09/2026 20:22

Oooooh yes. I've had this happen. I had a small hand in it too (nothing major and not immediate, the final chop was totally down to them).

I revelled in it. Made my working life there infinitely nicer!

Why are the fckers always men?

ChopstickNovice · 25/09/2026 20:17

I would be delighted. Horrible colleague got sacked almost 3 years ago now (felt she was untouchable, didn't do much work, ran hot and cold so there would usually be an atmosphere in the office) and I am still (silently) happy about it every day

LaurieFairyCake · 25/09/2026 20:12

Brilliant, I’d be in the loos dancing 😂

tsmainsqueeze · 25/09/2026 20:10

Blimms · 25/09/2026 17:27

It’s pretty spiteful tbh. Hold yourself to higher standards.

No it's not 🙄
Totally normal , anyone would feel the same.

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