Yep. April. Sucked. A day after my one year review/bonus.
First fulltime job after 10 years of freelance. It felt brutal.
mal_wash_jayne on
Yup, never a good time.
SharkeyGeorge on
“Oh no…”
xzitony on
There’s nothing they could do
DWyahoo2 on
You forgot to add that the meeting is also at the end of the work week / pay period…
Charming-Report1669 on
It was among the Italians. It was real greaseball shit.
CHIDENCHI on
They can’t lay me off if I don’t join the Zoom
matthewxcampbell on
Co-workers like, “They wacked him, they fucking wacked him!”
“Oh fuck”
mdkflip on
I didn’t even get the zoom invite. Got an email setting up a meeting with HR, and I was on my honeymoon during Covid. That was fun
tab6678 on
Had this happen four years ago. Worked for software company in Ontario Canada. They made a handicapped woman in a wheelchair in Bangalore India out manager. Incompetent and angry and bitter about her life and how her peers disrespected her in the Bangalore office. She was interviewed remotely using Zoom and no one knew she was in a wheelchair until she rolled into the office on her first day. You have to know and understand Indian culture and attitudes towards certain people and genders and capabilities. So, the shoulder chip. She began by firing or forcing everyone in our Malmo, Sweden office to resign. Then she set her sights on Canada. Here, we discuss, debate, argue, problemsolve, brainstorm. India office, you do as you are told and never question. We did not do that. We questioned and second guessed and argued her decisions. One by one, until it was my turn. Her, HR and me. Upper management caught on too late as they were busy with other critical issues. Damage was done. She hired locals at 1/5 the salary, who had 1/10th our skill set and experience. I was certified by a silicon valley software company. Weird policy. We have to be sensitive to people from cultures outside North America, but they don’t seem to get trained in how WE do work here.
BFaus916 on
Belonging to a union helps in this situation. Don’t answer one question without your union rep.
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Silver_Spikey_Hair on
This just happened to me a week ago today. Effective immediately, won’t even let me go back to clean out my office. Said they will box my stuff up and ship it. No chance to say goodbye to anyone either since most of us WFH on Fridays. It was the most awful experience. 10 years of my life at that place and all of a sudden…..gone.
queazy on
When you tell a joke so funny that HR wanted to hear it too
Reasonable-Aide7762 on
When you tell a joke so funny that HR wants you to come up and tell it in person.
makinglunch on
Oh yeah, I got the old heave hoe back in June. They asked me if I wanted to finish the week and I said nah I’m just gonna head out.
woodzwing on
Yep. Knew it was coming. I had to feign hurt. Then the Christmas party, amd the bad news bearer was also bad news’f himself.
BloodyRightToe on
Plastic in the floor.
RetinaJunkie on
Enters room “Ohhhh Noooo”
then HR drops the hammer
DrSwanson on
Happened to me two days ago
BicTwiddler on
“Was that lightning?!?” *Disconnects router*
BhangraFool on
#triggered
roomwitharoof on
Or when you and a couple colleagues that don’t normally work together with get invited to a pre-8am meeting.
twistedchristian on
I was in the middle of writing my resignation letter when I got the Zoom meeting invite. The Zoom meeting went away 15 minutes after I submitted my resignation.
They then just called me, and asked me to leave, they’d pay out my last two weeks.
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Been there. I certainly wouldn’t call it funny.
Yep. April. Sucked. A day after my one year review/bonus.
First fulltime job after 10 years of freelance. It felt brutal.
Yup, never a good time.
“Oh no…”
There’s nothing they could do
You forgot to add that the meeting is also at the end of the work week / pay period…
It was among the Italians. It was real greaseball shit.
They can’t lay me off if I don’t join the Zoom
Co-workers like, “They wacked him, they fucking wacked him!”
“Oh fuck”
I didn’t even get the zoom invite. Got an email setting up a meeting with HR, and I was on my honeymoon during Covid. That was fun
Had this happen four years ago. Worked for software company in Ontario Canada. They made a handicapped woman in a wheelchair in Bangalore India out manager. Incompetent and angry and bitter about her life and how her peers disrespected her in the Bangalore office. She was interviewed remotely using Zoom and no one knew she was in a wheelchair until she rolled into the office on her first day. You have to know and understand Indian culture and attitudes towards certain people and genders and capabilities. So, the shoulder chip. She began by firing or forcing everyone in our Malmo, Sweden office to resign. Then she set her sights on Canada. Here, we discuss, debate, argue, problemsolve, brainstorm. India office, you do as you are told and never question. We did not do that. We questioned and second guessed and argued her decisions. One by one, until it was my turn. Her, HR and me. Upper management caught on too late as they were busy with other critical issues. Damage was done. She hired locals at 1/5 the salary, who had 1/10th our skill set and experience. I was certified by a silicon valley software company. Weird policy. We have to be sensitive to people from cultures outside North America, but they don’t seem to get trained in how WE do work here.
Belonging to a union helps in this situation. Don’t answer one question without your union rep.
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This just happened to me a week ago today. Effective immediately, won’t even let me go back to clean out my office. Said they will box my stuff up and ship it. No chance to say goodbye to anyone either since most of us WFH on Fridays. It was the most awful experience. 10 years of my life at that place and all of a sudden…..gone.
When you tell a joke so funny that HR wanted to hear it too
When you tell a joke so funny that HR wants you to come up and tell it in person.
Oh yeah, I got the old heave hoe back in June. They asked me if I wanted to finish the week and I said nah I’m just gonna head out.
Yep. Knew it was coming. I had to feign hurt. Then the Christmas party, amd the bad news bearer was also bad news’f himself.
Plastic in the floor.
Enters room “Ohhhh Noooo”
then HR drops the hammer
Happened to me two days ago
“Was that lightning?!?” *Disconnects router*
#triggered
Or when you and a couple colleagues that don’t normally work together with get invited to a pre-8am meeting.
I was in the middle of writing my resignation letter when I got the Zoom meeting invite. The Zoom meeting went away 15 minutes after I submitted my resignation.
They then just called me, and asked me to leave, they’d pay out my last two weeks.