#API Q1 Training Near Me

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[Image descriptions in order: two screenshots of a Reddit post by u/iambeaker titled "'Twas the night before my resignation…" The post reads "I was brainwashed at an early age that loyalty and hard work would add countless "0's" to your paycheck. I remained optimistic after receiving year after year of 3% raises and working holidays. I missed my children's first steps, their school functions, and other life events so I could make the CEO more money.

After the passing of my stepfather and my boss calling me during the funeral, asking me to troubleshoot an issue while my mom cried into my shoulder, enough was enough. I changed companies and made a personal pledge to put family first and my career a distant third or fourth.

Fast forward to present day…. I find myself as the cornerstone of our department. Many of our clients' processes are automated through custom API developed by me. I have maintained a thorough documentation library on how to support the API, the reports, and all of its dependencies. I have offered to train backup so we are not single threaded. My manager told me "No way, we would never do anything to lose you!" Up to now, life was good.

At the beginning of December, ABC Company was audited by the government and found to be out of compliance. They hired my company to regain their compliance by the end of the year or risk fines near $750,000. ABC Company dragged their feet getting us the information we needed to start on the work.

I save my vacation days so I can take the week between Christmas and New Years off. I spend it with my kids to make up for all the time I lost when I worked when they were younger. This time is very precious to me.]

["Last week and this week, I have been notifying the project manager and my manager about my time off. I let them know I would need ABC Company's information soon so I can start on it. I offered to work extra hours to ensure my piece would be finished prior to Christmas Eve.

On Tuesday, my manager calls me and tells me ABC Company finally sent the data over I requested over two weeks ago. He looked beaten because he knew what was about to happen. I told him who should I walk through the project with because I'm off after Christmas. My manager says, "I'm sorry. But I have to ask you to work. I declined your time next week."

I asked, "What happens to my vacation time?" My boss says, "I'm sorry. You know the rules. Use it or lose it. I fought for you but HR wouldn't budge."

I drafted my resignation letter after the call, set it to delay delivery on Monday at 8am, and closed up shop.

ABC Company will pay $700,00 because nobody knows how to program that system since there is no back up. Our other clients will be expecting their monthly, quarterly, and annual reports within the first week of January. No one knows how to do this. We had six projects in progress involving extensive API and reporting, now those projects are dead in the water. Seven clients prepaid for API and automation upgrades in 2022 Q1. I don't know what will happen to those.

Please remember. Family first. You never get that time back."]

[Several screenshots of a text conversation between OP and their boss. It goes:

Boss: Hope you have a great Christmas

Boss: [OP] please call me as soon as you can.

Boss: I received your email. I understand that you are upset but resigning is not the best choice in this circumstance.

Boss: [OP], I have been your friend for five years. I'm asking you as a friend, not a manager to reconsider and call me. Let's talk about this

Boss: Hey, you made your point. You can have today off if you call me and let me know when we can expect you tomorrow. But you need to call me.

Boss: This is ridiculous. Do you know what your actions are going to do to the company? To me? You made your point. Just call me and we will figure out your vacation. But we need]

[Boss: This is ridiculous. Do you know what your actions are going to do to the company? To me? You made your point. Just call me and we will figure out your vacation. But we need [task] done by Friday.

Boss: Why won't you answer your phone? Your wife won't answer hers either. HR needs to talk to you.

Boss: I got out of a meeting with [name]. If we don't get this done for [client] we get penalized and that $ comes from bonus and pay increases. I want you to know that. If you don't finish that, nobody gets a bonus or a pay increase this year. This will be common knowledge

Boss: [OP], I've been talking to [name] We assume you resigned because you were going to lose your vacation. Here's the deal… if you call me by 3, we will rollover your vacation to 2022, but we still need you to work T-F. We need [task] done before 12/31. Call me before 3]

[Boss: [name] sent over a Corrupt CSV file and [name] followed your documentation to manually process it. [Name] tried python and the states can't see their dailies. You gotta help us here Call me!!!

Boss: Dude, log back in and help fix this stuff. Name your price. The states can't see their reports. [Company's] going to fine us [name] wants to know if the reports will be complete by 1/6. Family is important, but we are talking about peoples jobs on the line.

OP: Hey, I will be happy to return to [company] for $80/hour, $5000 immediate sign on bonus, and 6 weeks PTO. With a 12 month guarantee. Send that to me in writing and I'll start immediately.

Boss: Cmon. This is ridiculous. I don't even get paid that much. Why do you think you deserve this much? Quit being so full of yourself, be a team player, login and save this company.

Boss: Pick up your phone. I need to know what reports are due next week. We don't want to be fined.]

[Boss: Not even a counteroffer? Every hour the dailies are down, that's $1000 per STATE. [Name] does not know how to fix it. I don't know how much clearer I need to be. Log back in, fix his mistake, get [task] done, be a team player. We are family too you know.

OP: Please stop calling my dad. He has nothing to do with this. You can call me all you want but don't call my emergency contacts. I resigned, I didn't die.

Boss: We had to make sure you were ok.

Boss: Congrats [OP]. You cost the firm $19k. You taught us a lesson. Now pick up the phone and we talk about a reasonable offer. But you need to fix this states daily thing right now. That is your priority

Boss: Pick up the phone HR wants to conduct their exit interview]

[Boss: [OP], here are your priorities

Fix state dailies

Complete [task]

Provide [name] list of 1/6 reports

Train [name] being your back up

Boss: How much time will it take to fix the dailies? I need to tell [name]

OP: What does this mean? To be 100% clear, I resigned today. I don't have priorities or projects. I am no longer an employee. If you would like me to return, I gave you my offer

Boss: There was a time when a two week notice would before you resigned. Maybe you should be a better businessman and give us two weeks? [OP], we all make sacrifices. You have to sacrifice one week of vacation so we can fix some stuff around this department. Next year, maybe you won't ask off for this week until closer to December and you know what the workload is. You gambled and you lose. Just laugh it off and log on, let's get these states fixed. Let's fix [company]. Let's get this department fixed

Boss: Pick up your phone. It is [name] and me We need to know what it's going to take to fix the state dailies. $19k/hour is going to murder us

Boss: [OP] answer your phone

Boss: ANSWER YOUR PHONE!!!

OP: For $10,000, I'll fix your state daily file and train the team on how to run it so this doesn't happen again. Nobody is familiar with Python or understands Alteryx or SSIS. I can train them all using my existing documentation. The answers are all there.

OP: I can fix the state daily file tonight to avoid further fines and train the team the rest of the week. But I will NOT do any work on [project] or provide any information about recurring reports.

Boss: Is that some kind of joke? Your documentation does not have the answer. We've been through it [censored] laughing at $10k. You already cost us $32k today, you want to squeeze another $10k. You got greedy over Christmas]

[Boss: $10k

Fix daily files

Train the team

Do the [project]

Run the recurring reports for January

Deal?

Then we are done.

OP: That is a generous offer. But I'm firm on my offers. But I'm telling you, you don't need me. The answer is in the documentation.

Boss: Then where is it? If you were a true person of your word, you would tell us and save this company. Save your coworkers. Save their paychecks and their bonuses.]

[A gif of Homer Simpson driving. He turns behind him to shout angrily, then the camera changes to a wide shot where he drives over a short wooden bridge, throwing a lighter onto it and lighting it on fire.]

[An update from the OP, which says, "Present Day:

Throughout the day, the manager and CEO send a barrage of texts and phone calls.

One of my coworkers finds the documentation and fixes the reports. Later in the afternoon, he is served corrective action because he was accountable for processing the corrupted file and did not find the documentation faster. He tells me the manager, HR, and the CEO spent all night finding evidence to support the corrective action. I tell him to get his resume up to date. Total down time: 16 hours

Around 3pm, I get a phone call from a new number. It was the client's business manager (the liaison between the former company and the client). I explained to her the delay of getting data until Christmas (despite multiple requests), the loss of a full week of PTO, the text messages/phone calls, and my offer to come back to help her company reach compliance.]

["The business manager told me a different story. The manager and CEO called her earlier to inform her I quit and I am "stalling the project as ransom" in order to obtain more money. I explained how one could skew this view, but I am not actively seeking to return. After observing how the company treats their employees and after being treated post resignation, I have no interest in returning to the company.]

["The business manager asks me what terms (rate, signing bonus, etc.) what I was seeking to return to my former company. She tells me she will call back in an hour and not respond to any more texts from the manager or CEO.

CEO Text: Did the business manager call you? Did she give you a piece of her mind?

Manager Text: I bet the business manager is going to make you personally pay for that fine!

The business manager calls me back on a conference call and asks, "What do you need to finish this project? Software, data, tools, etc.?" I give her a list of everything I need. I answer other questions related to the project.

She says, "Here's the plan. We are going to offer you a contract to finish this API for us by the end of the year for double the hourly rate you asked. If you can finish by 12/31, we will give you the signing bonus. After the New Year, we will see where we are staffing wise and maybe, we can find you a spot, but there is no guarantee, especially if you do not the project. Is that a deal?"]

["I agree to the terms. I inform to put terms in writing and I can start as soon as IT gives me a virtual machine. The business manager says, "No problem, legal checked the contract and there is a clause stating if your former company is unable to perform a function which they agreed to do, we are able to outsource it to a third party and charge the company for it. I just need them to state they are unable to perform the API function, and we will bill them for your time."

TLDR; The client is giving me a contract and billing my former company double my asking rate because the former company is unable to successfully execute a function by the deadline they agreed to in a contract."]

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The landscape of our changing work environment is facilitating the need to improve the…

[consistantly-changing]

[Image descriptions in order: two screenshots of a Reddit post by u/iambeaker titled "'Twas the night before my resignation..." The post reads "I was brainwashed at an early age that loyalty and hard work would add countless "0's" to your paycheck. I remained optimistic after receiving year after year of 3% raises and working holidays. I missed my children's first steps, their school functions, and other life events so I could make the CEO more money.

After the passing of my stepfather and my boss calling me during the funeral, asking me to troubleshoot an issue while my mom cried into my shoulder, enough was enough. I changed companies and made a personal pledge to put family first and my career a distant third or fourth.

Fast forward to present day.... I find myself as the cornerstone of our department. Many of our clients' processes are automated through custom API developed by me. I have maintained a thorough documentation library on how to support the API, the reports, and all of its dependencies. I have offered to train backup so we are not single threaded. My manager told me "No way, we would never do anything to lose you!" Up to now, life was good.

At the beginning of December, ABC Company was audited by the government and found to be out of compliance. They hired my company to regain their compliance by the end of the year or risk fines near $750,000. ABC Company dragged their feet getting us the information we needed to start on the work.

I save my vacation days so I can take the week between Christmas and New Years off. I spend it with my kids to make up for all the time I lost when I worked when they were younger. This time is very precious to me.]

["Last week and this week, I have been notifying the project manager and my manager about my time off. I let them know I would need ABC Company's information soon so I can start on it. I offered to work extra hours to ensure my piece would be finished prior to Christmas Eve.

On Tuesday, my manager calls me and tells me ABC Company finally sent the data over I requested over two weeks ago. He looked beaten because he knew what was about to happen. I told him who should I walk through the project with because I'm off after Christmas. My manager says, "I'm sorry. But I have to ask you to work. I declined your time next week."

I asked, "What happens to my vacation time?" My boss says, "I'm sorry. You know the rules. Use it or lose it. I fought for you but HR wouldn't budge."

I drafted my resignation letter after the call, set it to delay delivery on Monday at 8am, and closed up shop.

ABC Company will pay $700,00 because nobody knows how to program that system since there is no back up. Our other clients will be expecting their monthly, quarterly, and annual reports within the first week of January. No one knows how to do this. We had six projects in progress involving extensive API and reporting, now those projects are dead in the water. Seven clients prepaid for API and automation upgrades in 2022 Q1. I don't know what will happen to those.

Please remember. Family first. You never get that time back."]

[Several screenshots of a text conversation between OP and their boss. It goes:

Boss: Hope you have a great Christmas

Boss: [OP] please call me as soon as you can.

Boss: I received your email. I understand that you are upset but resigning is not the best choice in this circumstance.

Boss: [OP], I have been your friend for five years. I'm asking you as a friend, not a manager to reconsider and call me. Let's talk about this

Boss: Hey, you made your point. You can have today off if you call me and let me know when we can expect you tomorrow. But you need to call me.

Boss: This is ridiculous. Do you know what your actions are going to do to the company? To me? You made your point. Just call me and we will figure out your vacation. But we need]

[Boss: This is ridiculous. Do you know what your actions are going to do to the company? To me? You made your point. Just call me and we will figure out your vacation. But we need [task] done by Friday.

Boss: Why won't you answer your phone? Your wife won't answer hers either. HR needs to talk to you.

Boss: I got out of a meeting with [name]. If we don't get this done for [client] we get penalized and that $ comes from bonus and pay increases. I want you to know that. If you don't finish that, nobody gets a bonus or a pay increase this year. This will be common knowledge

Boss: [OP], I've been talking to [name] We assume you resigned because you were going to lose your vacation. Here's the deal... if you call me by 3, we will rollover your vacation to 2022, but we still need you to work T-F. We need [task] done before 12/31. Call me before 3]

[Boss: [name] sent over a Corrupt CSV file and [name] followed your documentation to manually process it. [Name] tried python and the states can't see their dailies. You gotta help us here Call me!!!

Boss: Dude, log back in and help fix this stuff. Name your price. The states can't see their reports. [Company's] going to fine us [name] wants to know if the reports will be complete by 1/6. Family is important, but we are talking about peoples jobs on the line.

OP: Hey, I will be happy to return to [company] for $80/hour, $5000 immediate sign on bonus, and 6 weeks PTO. With a 12 month guarantee. Send that to me in writing and I'll start immediately.

Boss: Cmon. This is ridiculous. I don't even get paid that much. Why do you think you deserve this much? Quit being so full of yourself, be a team player, login and save this company.

Boss: Pick up your phone. I need to know what reports are due next week. We don't want to be fined.]

[Boss: Not even a counteroffer? Every hour the dailies are down, that's $1000 per STATE. [Name] does not know how to fix it. I don't know how much clearer I need to be. Log back in, fix his mistake, get [task] done, be a team player. We are family too you know.

OP: Please stop calling my dad. He has nothing to do with this. You can call me all you want but don't call my emergency contacts. I resigned, I didn't die.

Boss: We had to make sure you were ok.

Boss: Congrats [OP]. You cost the firm $19k. You taught us a lesson. Now pick up the phone and we talk about a reasonable offer. But you need to fix this states daily thing right now. That is your priority

Boss: Pick up the phone HR wants to conduct their exit interview]

[Boss: [OP], here are your priorities

1. Fix state dailies

2. Complete [task]

3. Provide [name] list of 1/6 reports

4. Train [name] being your back up

Boss: How much time will it take to fix the dailies? I need to tell [name]

OP: What does this mean? To be 100% clear, I resigned today. I don't have priorities or projects. I am no longer an employee. If you would like me to return, I gave you my offer

Boss: There was a time when a two week notice would before you resigned. Maybe you should be a better businessman and give us two weeks? [OP], we all make sacrifices. You have to sacrifice one week of vacation so we can fix some stuff around this department. Next year, maybe you won't ask off for this week until closer to December and you know what the workload is. You gambled and you lose. Just laugh it off and log on, let's get these states fixed. Let's fix [company]. Let's get this department fixed

Boss: Pick up your phone. It is [name] and me We need to know what it's going to take to fix the state dailies. $19k/hour is going to murder us

Boss: [OP] answer your phone

Boss: ANSWER YOUR PHONE!!!

OP: For $10,000, I'll fix your state daily file and train the team on how to run it so this doesn't happen again. Nobody is familiar with Python or understands Alteryx or SSIS. I can train them all using my existing documentation. The answers are all there.

OP: I can fix the state daily file tonight to avoid further fines and train the team the rest of the week. But I will NOT do any work on [project] or provide any information about recurring reports.

Boss: Is that some kind of joke? Your documentation does not have the answer. We've been through it [censored] laughing at $10k. You already cost us $32k today, you want to squeeze another $10k. You got greedy over Christmas]

[Boss: $10k

Fix daily files

Train the team

Do the [project]

Run the recurring reports for January

Deal?

Then we are done.

OP: That is a generous offer. But I'm firm on my offers. But I'm telling you, you don't need me. The answer is in the documentation.

Boss: Then where is it? If you were a true person of your word, you would tell us and save this company. Save your coworkers. Save their paychecks and their bonuses.]

[A gif of Homer Simpson driving. He turns behind him to shout angrily, then the camera changes to a wide shot where he drives over a short wooden bridge, throwing a lighter onto it and lighting it on fire.]

[An update from the OP, which says, "Present Day:

Throughout the day, the manager and CEO send a barrage of texts and phone calls.

One of my coworkers finds the documentation and fixes the reports. Later in the afternoon, he is served corrective action because he was accountable for processing the corrupted file and did not find the documentation faster. He tells me the manager, HR, and the CEO spent all night finding evidence to support the corrective action. I tell him to get his resume up to date. Total down time: 16 hours

Around 3pm, I get a phone call from a new number. It was the client's business manager (the liaison between the former company and the client). I explained to her the delay of getting data until Christmas (despite multiple requests), the loss of a full week of PTO, the text messages/phone calls, and my offer to come back to help her company reach compliance.]

["The business manager told me a different story. The manager and CEO called her earlier to inform her I quit and I am "stalling the project as ransom" in order to obtain more money. I explained how one could skew this view, but I am not actively seeking to return. After observing how the company treats their employees and after being treated post resignation, I have no interest in returning to the company.]

["The business manager asks me what terms (rate, signing bonus, etc.) what I was seeking to return to my former company. She tells me she will call back in an hour and not respond to any more texts from the manager or CEO.

CEO Text: Did the business manager call you? Did she give you a piece of her mind?

Manager Text: I bet the business manager is going to make you personally pay for that fine!

The business manager calls me back on a conference call and asks, "What do you need to finish this project? Software, data, tools, etc.?" I give her a list of everything I need. I answer other questions related to the project.

She says, "Here's the plan. We are going to offer you a contract to finish this API for us by the end of the year for double the hourly rate you asked. If you can finish by 12/31, we will give you the signing bonus. After the New Year, we will see where we are staffing wise and maybe, we can find you a spot, but there is no guarantee, especially if you do not the project. Is that a deal?"]

["I agree to the terms. I inform to put terms in writing and I can start as soon as IT gives me a virtual machine. The business manager says, "No problem, legal checked the contract and there is a clause stating if your former company is unable to perform a function which they agreed to do, we are able to outsource it to a third party and charge the company for it. I just need them to state they are unable to perform the API function, and we will bill them for your time."

TLDR; The client is giving me a contract and billing my former company double my asking rate because the former company is unable to successfully execute a function by the deadline they agreed to in a contract."]

[solarishashernoseinabook]

[Image ID: Screenshot of a reddit post by iambeaker:

'Twas the night before my resignation...

I was brainwashed at an early age that loyalty and hard work would add countless "0's" to your paycheck. I remained optimistic after receiving year after year of 3% raises and working holidays. I missed my children's first steps, their school functions, and other life events so I could make the CEO more money.

After the passing of my stepfather and my boss calling me during the funeral, asking me to troubleshoot an issue while my mom cried into my shoulder, enough was enough. I changed companies and made a personal pledge to put family first and my career a distant third or fourth.

Fast forward to present day.... I find myself as the cornerstone of our department. Many of our clients' processes are automated through custom API developed by me. I have maintained a thorough documentation library on how to support the API, the reports, and all of its dependencies. I have offered to train backup so we are not single threaded. My manager told me "No way, we would never do anything to lose you!" Up to now, life was good.

At the beginning of December, ABC Company was audited by the government and found to be out of compliance. They hired my company to regain their compliance by the end of the year or risk fines near $750,000. ABC Company dragged their feet getting us the information we needed to start on the work.

I save up my vacation days so I can take the week between Chrismtas and New Years off. I spend it with my kids to make up for all the time lost when I worked when they were younger. This time is very precious to me.

Last week and this week, I have been notifying the project manager and my manager about my time off. I let them know I would need ABC Company's information soon so I can start on it. I offered to work extra hours to ensure my piece would be finished prior to Christmas Eve.

On Tuesday, my manager calls me and tells me ABC Company finally sent the data over I requested over two weeks ago. He looked beaten because he knew what was about to happen. I told him who should I walk through the project with because I'm off after Christmas. My manager says, "I'm sorry. But I have to ask you to work. I declined your time next week."

I asked, "What happens to my vacation time?" My boss says, "I'm sorry. You know the rules. Use it or lose it. I fought for you but HR wouldn't budge."

I drafted my resignation letter after the call, set it to delay delivery on Monday at 8am, and closed up shop.

ABC Company will pay $700,00 [sic] because nobody knows how to program that system since there is no back up. Our other clients will be expecting their monthly, quarterly, and annual reports within the first week of January. No one knows how to do this. We had six projects in progress involving extensive API and reporting, now those projects are dead in the water. Seven clients prepaid for API and automation upgrades in 2022 Q1. I don't know what will happen to those.

Please remember. Family first. You never get that time back.

Following is a text conversation between OP and their manager, with names redacted:

Friday, 7:20 AM:

Manager: Hope you have a great Christmas

Today 8:42 AM

Manager: [OP] please call me as soon as you can.

Manager: I received your email. I understand that you are upset but resigning is not the best choice in this circumstance.

Manager: [OP] I have been your friend for five years. I'm asking you as a friend, not a manager to reconsider and call me. Let's talk about this

Today 10:34 AM

Manager: Hey, you made your point. You can have today off if you call me and let me know when we can expect you tomorrow. But you need to call me.

Today 12:09 PM

Manager: This is ridiculous. Do you know what your actions are doing to the company? To me? You made your point. Just call me and we will figure out your vacation. But we need [redacted] done by Friday.

Manager: Why won't you answer your phone? Your wife won't answer hers either. HR needs to talk to you.

Manager: I got out of a meeting with [redacted]. If we don't get this done for [redacted] we get penalized and that $ comes from bonus and pay increases. I want you to know that. If you don't finish that, nobody gets a bonus or a pay increase this year. This will be common knowledge

Today 2:39 PM

Manager: [OP] I've been talking to [redacted]. We assume you resigned because you were going to lose your vacation. Here's the deal... if you call me by 3, we will rollover your vacation to 2022, but we still need you to work T-F. We need [redacted] done before 12/31. Call me before 3

Manager: [Redacted] sent over a corrupt CSV file and [redacted] followed your documentation to manually process it. [Redacted] tried python and the states can't see their dailies. You gotta help us here. Call me!!!

Manager: Dude, log back in and help fix this stuff. Name your price. The states can't see their reports. [Redacted] is going to fine us. [Redacted] wants to know if the reports will be completed by 1/6. Family is important, but we are talking about peoples jobs on the line.

OP: Hey, I will be happy to return to [redacted] for $80/hour, $5000 immediate sign on bonus, and 6 weeks PTO. With a 12 month guarantee. Send that to me in writing and I'll start immediately.

Manager: Cmon. This is ridiculous. I don't even get paid that much. Why do you think you deserve this much? Quit being so full of yourself, be a team player, login and save this company.

Manager: Pick up your phone. I need to know what reports are due next week. We don't want to be fined.

Manager: Not even a counteroffer? Every hour the dailies are down, that's $1000 per STATE. [Redacted] does not know how to fix it. I don't know how much clearer I need to be. Log back in, fix this mistake, get [redacted] done, be a team player. We are family too you know.

OP: Please stop calling my dad. He has nothing to do with this. You can call me all you want but don't call my emergency contacts. I resigned, I didn't die.

Manager: We had to make sure you were ok.

Manager: Congrats [OP]. You cost the firm $19k. You taught us a lesson. Now pick up the phone and we talk about a reasonable offer. But you need to fix this states daily thing right now. That is your priority

Manager: Pick up the phone HR wants to conduct their exit interview

Manager: [OP] here are your priorities 1. Fix state dailies 2. Complete [redacted] 3. Provide [redacted] 1/6 reports 4. Train [redacted] being your back up

Manager: How much time will it take to fix the dailies? I need to tell [redacted]

OP: What does this mean? To be 100% clear, I resigned today. I don't have priorities or projects. I am no longer an employee. If you would like me to return, I gave you my offer

Manager: There was a time when a two week notice would before you resigned [sic]. Maybe you should be a better businessman and give us two weeks? [OP] we all make sacrifices. You have to sacrifice one week of vacation so we can fix some stuff around this department. Next year, maybe you won't ask for this week of until closer to December and you know that the workload is. You gambled and you lose. Just laugh it off and log on, let's get these states fixed. Let's fix [redacted]. Let's get this department fixed.

Manager: Pick up your phone. It is [redacted] and me. We need to know what it's going to take to fix the state dailies. $19k/hour is going to murder us.

Manager: [OP] answer your phone

Manager: ANSWER YOUR PHONE!!!

OP: For $10,000, I'll fix your state daily file and train the team on how to run it so this doesn't happen again. Nobody is familiar with Python or understands Alteryx or SSIS. I can train them all using my existing documentation. The answers are all there.

OP: I can fix the state daily file tonight to avoid further fines and train the team the rest of the week. But I will NOT do any work on [redacted] or provide any information about recurring reports.

Manager: Is that some kind of joke? Your documentation does not have the answer. We've been through it. [Redacted] laughing at $10k. You already cost us $32k today, you want to squeeze another $10k. You got greedy over Christmas

Manager: $10k Fix daily files Train the team Do the [redacted] project Run the recurring reports for January

Deal?

Then we are done.

OP: That is a generous offer. But I'm firm on my offers. But I'm telling you, you don't need me. The answer is in the documentation.

Manager: Then where is it? If you were a true person of your word, you would tell us and save this company. Save your coworkers. Save their paychecks and their bonuses.

GIF is Homer Simpson driving away and looking back over his shoulder, speaking furiously. As he crosses over a bridge, he drops a match on it, setting it on fire.

Following is an update from OP:

Present day:

Throughout the day, the manager and CEO sent a barrage of texts and phone calls.

One of my coworkers finds the documentation and fixes the reports. Later in the afternoon, he is served corrective action because he was accountable for processing the corrupted file and did not find the documentation faster. He tells me the manager, HR, and the CEO spent all night finding evidence to support the corrective action. I tell him to get his resume up to date. Total down time: 16 hours

Around 3pm, I get a phone call from a new number. It was the client's business manager (the liaison between the former company and the client). I explained to her the delay of getting data until Christmas (despite multiple requests), the loss of a full week of PTO, the text messages/phone calls, and my offer to come back to help her company reach compliance.

The business manager told me a different story. The manager and CEO called her earlier to inform her I quit and I am "stalling the project as ransom" in order to obtain more money. I explained how one could skew this view, but I am not actively seeking to return. After observing how the company treats their employees and after being treated post resignation, I have no interest in returning to the company.

The business manager asks me what terms (rate, signing bonus, etc.) what I was seeking to return to my former company [sic]. She tells me she will call back in an hour and not to respond to any more texts from the manager or CEO.

CEO Text: Did the business manager call you? Did she give you a piece of her mind?

Manager Text: I bet the business manager is going to make you personally pay for that fine!

The business manager calls me back on a conference call and asks, "What do you need to finish this project? Software, data, tools, etc.?" I give her a list of everything I need. I answer other questions related to the project.

She says, "Here's the plan. We are going to offer you a contract to finish this API for us by the end of the year for double the hourly rate you asked. If you can finish by 12/31, we will give you the singing bonus. After the New Year, we will see where we are staffing wise and maybe, we can find you a spot, but there is no guarantee, especially if you do not do the project. Is that a deal?"

I agree to the terms. I inform to put terms in writing and I can start as soon as IT gives me a virtual machine. The business manager says, "No problem, legal checked the contract and there is a clause stating if your former company is unable to perform a function which they agreed to do, we are able to outsource it to a third party and charge the company for it. I just need them to state they are unable to perform the API function, and we will bill them for your time."

TLDR; The client is giving me a contract and billing my former company double my asking rate because the former company is unable to successfully execute a function by the deadline they agreed to in a contract. /end]