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Input: I worked for a company for 4 years and for the last two years reported to a VP of Finance. I left the company because I received an external offer and they decided not to counter offer.

It’s now been about 4 months since I left and I got a LinkedIn message from my old boss along the lines of “would you be willing to have a call with your replacement who was just hired to give them some pointers and advice related to the role?”

I am of course flattered that he thinks well enough of me to reach out and my personality disposition is always to be helpful to others. However I’m also no longer an employee of the company and have moved on to a totally different industry. 

Some random INFO which might help:

I’m a little salty about the whole situation. I put in a lot of 70 hours weeks and played a key role in growing the team and business. On my end it was a bad breakup overall. 

When I provided the outside offer I mentioned both my manager and the division president I wanted to stay and even suggested multiple options for them to counter-offer. 

A division President from a sister organization offered to co-fund my headcount to keep me from leaving and my Management simply outright declined.

They slightly refocused the role but less so than they originally told me when I left. So this makes me a little salty. 

There is some cultural context. I was an American living in the US reporting to a Nordic-based team. 

The petty part of me doesn’t want to see my replacement ‘knock it out the park’ 

So would I be the asshole if I declined this request?  Anyone experience anything similar?


declining my former boss's request to give tips to my replacement