halfmileharry
Grandmaster
Oh I have some advice for him but not anything I can share in here.
CBS just reported that Ben Macadoo is leaving the Giants anytime.
Oh I have some advice for him but not anything I can share in here.
I can't imagine the no notice eliminations...everyone I've fired had a looong time to figure it out. If they were surprised that was on them. It would stink having to do that to someone.
How about getting a conference call invitation via Outlook in the morning, then while you're on the call learning that you're not laid off (but you had no idea anything was happening), people are going around to desks with boxes escorting the "chosen" out of the building.
Believe it or not, it wasn't an affront to your wife, that's the way the world is today. She "could have" stolen trade secrets, client lists, personal info, etc. It's the litigious society, and them damned lawyers/risk management /insurance agencies that cause this to be the norm today.When the spouse decided to leave her position at the bank and go into Mortgage she sat down with her boss to turn in her notice.
When she was done her boss instructed her to sit tight. Boss left and came back with security to walk her to her desk and then out the door.
19 years of loyal employment.
Believe it or not, it wasn't an affront to your wife, that's the way the world is today. She "could have" stolen trade secrets, client lists, personal info, etc. It's the litigious society, and them damned lawyers/risk management /insurance agencies that cause this to be the norm today.
I find the whole "walked to the door by security" both irritating and amusing at the same time. If someone wanted to appropriate data or equipment, they had essentially unlimited opportunities previously.
Company I worked for was sold out to another company in another state. That made a bunch of us duplicate worker bees. The new company name went on the door so guess who got the axe? We were terminated on 10/31/15...no severance pay, no health insurance, we got paid for any vacation days we had left and they approved out unemployment. I went to an average of two interviews a week, face to face, and every one said the same thing "We'd love to hire you but we can't do anything until the first of the year." Ended up being unemployed for three months before landing a great job...one year later they sold out to another company out of state so I bailed out and got a new job before the end of summer came, and before they fired everyone....three months after I left.
If your company is "merging" and the new company name is on the door now....get ready to exit.
Getting canned in the last quarter of the year means you'll have a hard time getting back to full time work before mid January.
I find the whole "walked to the door by security" both irritating and amusing at the same time. If someone wanted to appropriate data or equipment, they had essentially unlimited opportunities previously.
Believe it or not, it wasn't an affront to your wife, that's the way the world is today. She "could have" stolen trade secrets, client lists, personal info, etc. It's the litigious society, and them damned lawyers/risk management /insurance agencies that cause this to be the norm today.
It started somewhere? You’ve read in this thread people taking client lists and numbers, etc.? Do you or have you owned a business, since you speak about honor? If you’ve owned a business, you should be able to relate to the fact you usually cannot allow a soon to be released employee free reign for the “two weeks”. When I’ve been given two weeks from an employee, I look at their work history, and decide whether they get two weeks paid, or nothing, but they are not free to take two weeks to download client history, numbers, or anything else. It sucks, but life does too. Personally, my word is my bond, but that doesn’t get me a loan for my business, so “honor” and today’s employer/employee relationships have less to do with honor, and more about what is written.Yeah because one clearly wouldn't do that ahead of time... I get it, they dont want one poison apple to sit in the bushel for 2 weeks. There is an utter lack of honor and respect these days in our society. To hell with it being the norm, it is wrong.
Do you or have you owned a business, since you speak about honor? If you’ve owned a business, you should be able to relate to the fact you usually cannot allow a soon to be released employee free reign for the “two weeks”.
Personally, my word is my bond, but that doesn’t get me a loan for my business, so “honor” and today’s employer/employee relationships have less to do with honor, and more about what is written.