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I had to fire my employee today (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm an IT manager for a tiny non-profit org. I had one employee, older guy who was fine at what he did. Didn't want to learn any of the new tech but was reliable at answering tickets and kicking things he didn't know up to me.

He got caught by HR clocking in and leaving to go home for a few hours before coming back....as far as we can tell going back years. HR knew he clocked in way sooner than they saw him pulling into the lot. He admitted to going home to get some coffee.

I just had to sit their while my boss doled out the termination...but I still feel like shit. I was the one who was lenient when I started and said "I won't be on your ass like the last guy, if tickets get solved and you're nice to our users, that's all I care about" but I did not expect this from him.

It's honestly king shit, steal from your employers all you can...but don't talk to the payroll person as you're walking in from your time home. He's union but since this is considered a severe infraction it doesn't go through the progressive discipline process.

I hate this world and hate that I contributed to its perpetual suffering.

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[–] [email protected] 67 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Like you said, you just had to sit there while your boss fired the guy. Gotta be more clever when doing shit that's explicitly fireable because expecting your immediate supervisor to lay down their job to protect yours is naive and selfish.

RIP to a real one, still cool as shit to appropriate company time for your own purposes

[–] [email protected] 35 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Well said. Thanks, friend.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 weeks ago

Any time. It's never fun to have to wear the mask and do the dance even if you're only there for show. I'm a really bad foreman because I won't enforce any rules regarding production