"Imagine the situation. You've been at this company for five years.
They've sent you on training courses and, despite the fact your boss is a bit of a twat, you've enjoyed your job and you've got quite good at it.
So good, in fact that this other, bigger company have approached you. They're offering you more money but also a chance to do your job on a much bigger scale.
They're also offering you the chance to work with much more talented people who will teach you a lot about your job because you're only young and you still have much to learn.
So then you tell your boss, "Thanks for everything but I've been offered this amazing job and I'd really like to take it."
And then your boss says, "You utter spoilt bastard. You're never going to leave this company."
And then you find out that all these ex-employees are talking shit about you to all the other employees and accusing you of being a silly little boy who doesn't know his own mind.
And your boss won't talk to you or let you resign, even though the other company are willing to pay very good compensation for your services.
So you decide to stay at home instead of going on a team-building exercise. And the ex-employees then start slagging you off to the company that wants to employ you...."
I could go on but you get the picture. Liverpool and Carrrrrrrrragher, especially, are being spiteful cunts.