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Now that I am retired I can look back at my checkered job history and just smile (and laugh too.) But at the time each abrupt job change seemed like the end of the world. After losing my job, I thought I would never work again and would end up living on the street.
Maybe the toughest part of being terminated multiple times in my forty year professional career was how cruel my employers were when I was terminated. Instead of having a chance to work a few days to clear up loose ends and train my replacements I was always escorted out the door by security and told they would mail me my personal things. I rarely got any severance pay and the only reference I would get is a simple verification of my employment.
Please take my poll and discuss how you were treated when your employer laid you off or terminated your employment in previous jobs.
I was laid off after 6 months, by a steadily-declining business, that was consolidating its operations. I stayed on, supposedly for two weeks, to train those who would take over my duties. But just as the last week began, someone told the semi-senile boss that if I finished the week, I'd be eligible for unemployment benefits. So they squeezed all they could from me through Thursday and then I was out, one day short of the full 6 months. How lucky that was, as I soon found a new job, at 50% higher pay, with a beautiful young woman at the job site. I made the most of that dual opportunity.
I do it in a way so as to preserve the dignity of the person as much as possible, even if I have nothing but disdain for the individual.
I have everything prepped so there is no dawdling. I take the person into a private room with a witness and say it quickly and directly, then I escort them to the door. I have somebody pack up the belongings while I'm meeting with the person. I make this as quick as possible, 10 minutes max.
You can't let somebody pack their own stuff and hang around. It never works out for them or those nearby.
Now that I am retired I can look back at my checkered job history and just smile (and laugh too.) But at the time each abrupt job change seemed like the end of the world. After losing my job, I thought I would never work again and would end up living on the street.
Maybe the toughest part of being terminated multiple times in my forty year professional career was how cruel my employers were when I was terminated. Instead of having a chance to work a few days to clear up loose ends and train my replacements I was always escorted out the door by security and told they would mail me my personal things. I rarely got any severance pay and the only reference I would get is a simple verification of my employment.
Interesting. Was not aware that Bill Clinton had joined C-D forums. Welcome, Mr. President! Hope that "Foundation" thing pans out.
I was escorted out once WITHOUT being fired! But that's because my ex-boss was a narcissistic psycopath and I said something she didn't like. So she immediately told me to "get my purse" and get out, and she walked me to the door. I quit the following morning without notice. #noregrets
I was laid off with 5 others due to budget cuts. Knew it was coming and so called off sick the day before after cleaning out my desk the night before. Never went back but was told by one of the others that they were ''packed up'' and escorted out by HR. After that I was on UI for 3 years during the height of the Recession.
Another one was when I gave required notice and that afternoon at 4:50 was working on projects and was surrounded by 3 HR people who told me to ''hurry up'' and pack my desk up. They then escorted me to my car. Later that week they laid 14 off due to outsourcing. I already had another job as I suspected the RIF was coming.
You can't let somebody pack their own stuff and hang around. It never works out for them or those nearby.
So if your purse and keys and all that are in your desk you just wait around by your car to get your keys so you can drive away? Isn't that equally awkward?
Also I don't trust anyone to pack up my stuff and ensure I get everything. I expect something will be "forgotten" either on purpose since the fired employee can't do anything about it anyway or just because how is someone supposed to know what the fired employee brought in from home? Why not let someone pack up their own stuff at the end of the day or something when no one else is around?
Employers are not cruel for removing fired employees immediately, or for not allowing them to "finish" things up before they leave. There is too much potential for vandalism and violence. One only needs to look at The Ohio State Univ. that let an employee know that he was going to be fired, but they were nice enough to allow him to finish the week or pay period (I don't remember which). So what did he do. He reported for work with a gun the next day and killed his supervisor. Guess how Ohio State fires employees now?
Must've been that pretentious "The" placed before the name of the college that drove him to it. It's like calling a hotel Quality Inn, when it isn't.
The biggest reason they escort people out immediately instead of allowing them to hang-around is because people in that state usually are disruptive to others. Because at that point, they usually spell the beans on how they really feel about everyone there and don't do any real work on their way out. It is the same reason that when giving notice to an employer that you are resigning, they often just want to pay you for those 2 weeks and have you leave immediately.
I was laid off from my "half time" job for a state government agency in 2007 while I was in college due to budget cuts at the legislative level. I was given 3 months heads up and had several outings with the staff to say goodbye prior to leaving. I was not walked out.
I was laid off from a resort casino in 2014. While I was assured multiple times by the director that this has absolutely nothing to do with me and was given a severance package, I was indeed escorted off the premises by security. I was not allowed to collect my things or to talk to anyone on my way out because there were more lay offs coming and they did not want to cause panic (as if they didn't already know when they called me into the conference room). The director let me keep my work cell phone (also used as my personal) until that evening when he met me after hours and helped me pack my stuff and load it into my car.
Hopefully those are the only stories I have to tell for a while.
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