When my COO gave me a bonus that was much, much less than he had alluded to, I quit, blocked his number and the owner’s number and haven’t spoken to either since.
Soon after, the company collapsed. The COO was being held up by a group of us. I was 3rd to leave, seven more left when word I’d quit got out.
Now that COO has moved to another small business in the area, and that business, marginally profitable before he came, is very much in the red.
Me? I’m fine. As I told someone when they asked “I don’t need a guy who knows how to be a senior leader, build companies, develop clients and attract greatly talented staff. I have that guy“