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Recently, a Twitter user who goes by the handle @Itkeekz shared a post telling how his boss screwed up big time. “My boss deactivated my coworker’s email who just quit too quickly and didn't realize it controls our company calendar,” he wrote, adding that “now all of those events for the next 3 years are gone.”
As you try to picture the sheer regret on this boss's face, I have to tell you this happens more often than you’d think. Blame it on rash light-headedness or plain impulsiveness, but the truth is that employers are not immune to messing up.
The story was reshared by one Redditor on the Antiwork subreddit, an online community with 1.8m members, where it quickly blew up. More people chimed in to share their own experiences, telling how their bosses blew things after their worker got fired or decided to quit. Scroll down below for some of the most interesting and telling stories.
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Bored Panda reached out to Dawn Moss, the founder of “Your Interview Coach” set up in 2013 to help both candidates and hiring managers through the complexities of the recruitment and selection process. Throughout her career, Dawn has screened about 1 million CVs and interviewed over 10k candidates, and she was happy to share some insights into the procedure of firing an employee and what happens afterwards.
“It’s a less than easy process to fire someone in the U.K., both legally and ethically,” Dawn said. “In terms of the process, there are lots of factors to take into consideration; reason for dismissal, performance, capability, gross misconduct, and length of service, etc.” Although Dawn reminded us that she’s not an employment lawyer, she said that these situations can get complex.
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“For a manager, it’s tough as they were the person to hire them in the first place and I can imagine there are a number of emotions attached to letting someone go. In my experience, most managers didn’t like getting to the point of firing someone and most have probably supported the person to get up to speed prior to starting the dismissal process,” Dawn explained and added that this is why the hiring process is absolutely essential to get right the first time. She also noted that the amount of management and HR time it takes managing a poor performer is draining.
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Poultry Geist 2 years ago
I’m starting to feel like these are about the same person just from the perspective of different people in the company
Having said that, it’s important to note that there’s definitely a right and a wrong way to fire an employee. “There are companies that don’t follow any process and unfortunately, if an employee has served less than 24 months they cannot usually file for unfair dismissal. There are some exceptions, if an employee feels they are being dismissed because of a protected characteristic, for example,” Dawn explained.
“However, if it’s performance-related or a personality clash, it can be fairly easy to dismiss someone without any warning. Most reputable companies will want to follow a structured process. As mentioned previously, most managers I’ve worked with want to support the individual first and dismissal is a last resort,” the career coach concluded.
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Paul Davis 2 years ago (edited)
What kind of "computing security group" gives no thought to information retention and continuity?
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Felice Coles 2 years ago
It was nice of you to try to explain to the coworker, but my petty ass would have been out the door with no words at all except, "BYEEE!"
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Anna Banana 2 years ago
I don't even get it, what is these companies' obsession with deleting email accounts immediatelly? What for?
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Id row 2 years ago
This is how managers and bosses justify their position and paycheck. "So-and-so left, which caused major chaos. But don't worry! I'm working diligently to fix the problems they caused!" Then when the workers eventually fix the problem, they take the credit for it. It's a smokescreen that's worked since the dawn of managers.
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Paul Davis 2 years ago
But when they're deciding whether to re-carpet their offices for the third time this year, or to buy infrastructure for critical data, the carpet always wins.
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Francisco Manuel Teruel Gutiérrez 2 years ago
Hummm... sorry, but I totally disagree. One thing is when the company cancels accounts and destroy your previous work... a different thing is when you hide important information and documents that your company is asking for and that was part of your job.
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TeaDude 2 years ago
All of these examples are proof, in my mind at least, that labour protection laws are to the benefit of everyone. When you can fire someone at will you lose sight of how much of your IP they hold or control. When you have to give a month's notice or more, plus compensation, it makes business owners and managers stop and consider their actions carefully. I know this from personal experience as a manager and a business owner.
Nunya Bus 2 years ago
I don't feel bad at all. This happens way too often and its sick. I once worked for a man who in my opinion was not stable. He rarely showed up and when he did he's be on these mega idea benders. One day he has all of us managers in the conference room and was asking all of us the impossible and getting increasingly angry and showing it. Our IT manager said something (can't remember) and our boss got so angry that he flipped our conference table, threw things at the IT guy, screamed obscenities and our IT guy said; I quit and just left. Except he was the only IT guy and had everything and refused to cooperate. I do not blame him.
Katinka Min 2 years ago
In my country, one needs reference from old jobs and any sabotage would be criminal and prosecuted. Noone gets 'walked out' of regular becuse noone would crash or sabotage anything. We all need each other; the bosses the staff and vice versa. The US work ethics seem toxic and incredibly inefficient at the same time - quite the feat, really.
TeaDude 2 years ago
All of these examples are proof, in my mind at least, that labour protection laws are to the benefit of everyone. When you can fire someone at will you lose sight of how much of your IP they hold or control. When you have to give a month's notice or more, plus compensation, it makes business owners and managers stop and consider their actions carefully. I know this from personal experience as a manager and a business owner.
Nunya Bus 2 years ago
I don't feel bad at all. This happens way too often and its sick. I once worked for a man who in my opinion was not stable. He rarely showed up and when he did he's be on these mega idea benders. One day he has all of us managers in the conference room and was asking all of us the impossible and getting increasingly angry and showing it. Our IT manager said something (can't remember) and our boss got so angry that he flipped our conference table, threw things at the IT guy, screamed obscenities and our IT guy said; I quit and just left. Except he was the only IT guy and had everything and refused to cooperate. I do not blame him.
Katinka Min 2 years ago
In my country, one needs reference from old jobs and any sabotage would be criminal and prosecuted. Noone gets 'walked out' of regular becuse noone would crash or sabotage anything. We all need each other; the bosses the staff and vice versa. The US work ethics seem toxic and incredibly inefficient at the same time - quite the feat, really.
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