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In high school when I worked at a restaurant I saw a dishwasher get fired about an hour after he was hired for stealing money from the manager's purse.
I have managed a grocery store for the past 11 years and even there we have to go through HR to fire somebody. Usually we just cut their hours down until they stop showing up.
I'm a white collar professional in a low-turnover industry. Four months is the shortest amount of time I've seen someone last (hire to fire).
The guy was a potential liability. Very disrespectful (sh*tty attitude, cuts people off, etc.) and I overheard someone in HR say that he lied on his resume. Found out recently that he would text on his phone when my boss talked to him.
Myself and another guy were hired to work for the Boy Scouts about 6 months before they went to the Supreme Court defending their right to deny homosexuals membership. Newspaper calls to get some quotes from the boss about the BSA side of the issue. Somehow they also get my former co-worker on the phone. Article is written with quotes from my boss defending the policy, and my soon-to-be former co-worker stating how strongly opposed he is to the practice.
Sometimes it's due to the employer not doing a good enough job screening unsuitable candidates. I worked in a tech support department once and after numerous people not working out, they finally changed their hiring process to stop wasting everyone's time training new hires who just didn't get what they were supposed to be doing.
I was canned at the start of my 2nd week on the job. The boss walked up to me and asked, "What are you doing here? Didn't Joe tell you Friday that we were putting you on the graveyard shift ....starting this week?"
"No, Joe didn't tell me. And I can't work the graveyard shift. "
"Well" he replied, "I guess we don't need you then."
Would've been nice to know during the interview process.....Mr. Jackass.....that my shift will change stupidly at your every whim.
My company has a very strict attendance policy during paid training. Many people are fired before even actually starting work ... In this case , its used to weed people out.
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