Im at a large bank. There were several people laid off in my business earlier this week (“job elimination” …not performance based supposedly). They were apparently told that they would be on payroll through the end of the month, at which point severance would kick in. All but one went home immediately after being notified. One guy is continuing to come into work and hang around, not really doing work, just chatting with people all day. Is this common? Isn’t letting a laid off employee stick around a risk to the company?
thems Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Im at a large bank. There were several people laid > off in my business earlier this week (“job > elimination” …not performance based supposedly). > They were apparently told that they would be on > payroll through the end of the month, at which > point severance would kick in. > > > All but one went home immediately after being > notified. One guy is continuing to come into work > and hang around, not really doing work, just > chatting with people all day. Is this common? > Isn’t letting a laid off employee stick around a > risk to the company? His wife doesnt know
yeah i considered that…but u’d think he’d find a more productive/fun way to kill 9-5…
The Milton Strategy. I’m familiar with this one. If he starts mumbling a lot in the next few days, you might want to make sure you have access to a fire extinguisher.
lol.
Yea we have had the same thing, makes me nervous sometimes…
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weird dude
Isn’t he be barred from entering by security or something? In my firm, laid off employees are banished from the office and are never to be seen again inside company premises. They’re not even allowed to return to their desks to pick up their stuff.
wtf? Most banks escort you out when you get canned, and disable your card so you CAN’T get back in.
Just walk up to him get right in his face and say “Dude, you were canned, get the hell outta here. Go play golf or something.”
Maybe he negotiated a different deal than the rest. For instance, maybe he had some special skill or knowledge and he’s required to be there in case there would be any questions. I’ve seen this happen before; all but one were escorted out of the building, one had to stay behind for a few months longer to secure the transfer of knowledge to another firm (his former job had been outsourced).
MehdiOchre Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Maybe he negotiated a different deal than the > rest. For instance, maybe he had some special > skill or knowledge and he’s required to be there > in case there would be any questions. I’ve seen > this happen before; all but one were escorted out > of the building, one had to stay behind for a few > months longer to secure the transfer of knowledge > to another firm (his former job had been > outsourced). Yeah… if a company told me they were outsourcing my job, I would demand egregious terms if they wanted me to transfer any knowledge (like pay for any time I continue to stay there + present value of 1 year salary/benefits). Otherwise good luck figuring anything out, since there’s very little documentation (we don’t have time to do documentation). Now it’s one thing if I’m the one giving notice, then I have some obligation to tie up loose ends before I go. But if I’m getting canned, my responsibilities end immediately.
Watch out; one day he will come into the office with an AK-47.
No kidding; that just happened two days ago in Vancouver, a recently-fired employee came to the xmas party and killed another employee, and shot two others. Terrible.
But people don’t kill, guns do… Bad gun…
No, the guns don’t kill people…bullets do.
L3 Buckaroo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > No, the guns don’t kill people…bullets do. bullets don’t kill people, wounds inflicted by bullets do
Inflicted wounds don’t kill people, the resulting blood loss and trauma do.
ok, this got too morbid. over.