Marketing head quits after sudden pay minimize, says firm is now ‘begging’ him to remain: ‘They’re in a foul state of affairs’

Published on: Oct 30, 2025 09:43 pm IST

The worker shared how mismanagement, unrealistic expectations, and a sudden pay restructuring pushed him to stop his job. 

A advertising and marketing head at a mid-sized, family-run firm has sparked a dialogue on-line after sharing his resignation story on Reddit. In a put up titled “I resigned. Now administration is begging me to remain,” the worker shared how mismanagement, unrealistic expectations, and a sudden pay restructuring pushed him to stop, just for the administration to later plead for him to remain.

The worker shared he has already obtained a suggestion with 20% hike. (Unsplash/Representational picture)

“The so-called Directors of the corporate don’t know about how you can measure something in advertising and marketing. They do not give us sufficient budgets regardless of our competitors manufacturers outspending us like loopy! Inspite of all this, me and my staff work very arduous 6 days per week, full day to maintain branding and advertising and marketing operating. And because it’s advertising and marketing, we now have to work extra throughout festivals! We preserve getting nagged. Too many idiotic adjustments in plans are demanded by the Directors with absurd timelines! Every factor must be carried out within the subsequent 30 minutes for them. Still we soldier on on a regular basis,” the consumer wrote.

The worker additional shared how his firm’s HR staff and administrators abruptly transformed 40% of his wage right into a KPI-based construction, linking his pay to unrealistic month-to-month and quarterly targets.

“Without any dialogue, they transformed 40% of my wage into KPI-based achievement construction! And guess who decides the KPI on a month-to-month foundation? HR and the Directors!” he wrote. The targets included a 5% enhance in Instagram followers each month, greater stock-at-hand figures every quarter, and 32 on-ground occasions month-to-month.

“Now I did not actually count on the HR to really undergo with it, which was clearly my mistake. Beginning of October I acquired simply 70% of my take house wage,” the Redditor wrote, including that this compelled him to place down his papers the very subsequent day.

(Also Read: ‘I used to be vomiting, drained, and couldn’t focus’: Intern shares ‘nightmare’ expertise at Bengaluru AI startup)

What occurred resignation?

Following his resignation, the administration allegedly went into “panic mode.” “They are asking me to remain again to which I stated no. They promised to take away the adjustments within the wage construction, to which I stated that my belief is totally damaged now,” he wrote.

“They at the moment are begging me to remain till they discover a substitute. I’ve stated that I’ll be finishing my 2 month discover interval and leaving, and it is upto them to discover a substitute by then. They know that their identify has been sullied and no one desires to affix right here. Now they’re in a foul state of affairs,” he stated.

The worker additionally claimed that the National Sales Head had resigned lately attributable to comparable points, additional intensifying the corporate’s inside chaos. He additionally revealed that he has already obtained a suggestion from an FMCG firm as a Category Manager, together with a 20% wage hike. “Feels good man,” he concluded.

(Also Read: Techie plans to return to India after 8 years in US, says ‘If I do not make this choice…’)

Social media reactions

Reacting to the put up, one consumer wrote, “These HR individuals are probably the most silly, low IQ people with zero information of the enterprise course of.”

“Congratulations in your new job. Even if this lala firm will double your pay to remain, the belief is damaged. You can by no means belief the administration now so signing something with them will solely be problematic,” commented one other.

“Even if you find yourself staying, you would be giving them an opportunity to exchange you just some months down the road, and likewise, the HR might be spared the earful they should get. 100% win for them and a 100% loss for you,” wrote a 3rd consumer.

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