It's like the flip version of the guy that got let go and then re-recruited for his just vacated position.
After that, answered an ad from a consulting company. After I'd signed their paperwork they said "we already have a client for you". Yep, the same nose-picker. But this time I would be paid 3x what the full time job would have paid.
I decided that was sufficient punishment for his rudeness and took the contract.
I was later contacted and asked to apply for my old position at the company who bought those parts.
I was probably one of maybe a hundred people with 10 years experience in X, most already were employed at that company and had referred me.
I didn’t make it through the HR screening because they upped the educational requirement to a masters degree.
I didn’t feel too bad about missing out considering how that played out.
Edit: I am laughing my balls off at this
"I offered him a gummy bear. He politely declined."
Quit -> apply to the same company for higher grade job and often way better pay.
Why companies dont value their current employees is beyond me.
It's because they take advantage of their current employees and get away with it. They could promote you regularly, or they could take the gamble that they'd save money and you'd stay put rather than uproot yourself and spend effort job searching (which is like taking on an additional part time job itself), and if you did uproot they'd just offer the same salary to someone else. They don't value institutional knowledge because they feel they've compartmentalized the jobs enough. Going from the mailroom to the C level sounds a lot more like a bad movie rather than something even remotely possible today.
Old Boss : Get out of here.
Comedy gold.
...though I remember it being its own site/domain, not a twitter account.