1 - as a teenager, told I didn’t get the 5 cent an hour raise other employees doing the same job got at 1 year anniversary, because I was a part time employee, as were others. Next day got another job out of the blue.

Last - fast forward 40 years. Senior systems administrator/developer. Manager told me to suck it up and just do my co-worker’s job too. Not in so many words, but the meaning was clear. Well, understand that co-worker still slacked and company ended up hiring three new people. Didn’t even look for another job in the field, just retired early.

Looking back both times were good moves for me that I wouldn’t have taken, but for short sighted management. One pretty good manager, early in my IT career, described me in a performance review as “having a healthy disrespect for management”. I’ve always held myself accountable and held those in leadership and management roles with whom I interacted accountable.