I hired a new employee to start on Tuesday
He came in on Monday
I fired him on the spot
Can’t follow simple fucking instructions
I hired a guy to start on Monday. He showed up at 8:45.
No Bueno buster, you were expected at exactly midnight because that’s when fuckin Monday starts.
Yep exactly
What an absolute piece of shit coming in 15 minutes early on your scheduled start date.
Yeah. I would have fired them on the spot.
Why?
Because if they came early it means that they not busy enough in their own life.
If life’s not a one big hustle for you, you are not even trying.
(/s just incase)
This reads like it came straight off of linked in. Perfection.
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I know this is sarcasm but the point of the lunatic was that he wanted them to come on Monday, a full day before.
Not that this actually happened of course, but if somebody genuinely worked like that, you wouldn’t want to work for them.
You’d probably end up stabbing them in the eye with a rusty fork, and no one would blame you.
Oh yeah, definetely, it would be horrible
Assuming this isnt a parody, odds are good the job is a bog standard 40k a year desk job. Also filtering candidates and finding a suitable one takes many peoples’ time, which you are wasting if you have invisible criteria revealed on the persons start date.
You mean a fast paced environment?
Fucking dream for an office. I just got a table a notebook stand and a monitor. I have to carry the keyboard and mouse with me everywhere.
Shit most places do the “open office” thing where you get a third of this space and less privacy. Everyone can hear everyone’s calls.
And people wonder why employees hate RTO
Eh, I like our open office workspace. Our desks are large, we each get drawers, and if anyone needs to make a call, they go to a breakout room. Navigating cubicles sucks, and separate offices aren’t great either.
That said, I’m a developer, so inviting someone over to my desk to look at something is quite common. We also frequently have impromptu 5-min meetings between rows, and we arrange people so those who will likely need those quick meetings are near each other.
It certainly wouldn’t make sense for a call center or something, but it definitely makes sense for a creative, collaborative environment.
And ironically IIRC, this was the vision of the creator of the concept that managers then perverted into the infamous cubicle: a modular and open collaborative environment.
I mean this is a cubicle not an office, but they don’t even give you a designated desk?
Nope. You have to reserve a table and try to coordinate with your coworkers to reserve close. I like go to the office so people already knows the table I usually reserve, but sometimes someone else take out that table and I end in a different floor where the sun reflects on the neighbor building and blast my face all day.
Wow, that’s awful. We have an open office design, and everyone has an assigned desk. We even have a few spares for our remote employees when they visit.
You got a notebook stand?!
I swear HR has a rolodex of dumb filler phrases to put into job ads. The kind that are vague enough that nobody can specifically call them out on it later.
That looks like a dynamic fast paced environment, to me.
Oof, a solo cubical. Haven’t had one of those in like 8 years.
I once had a conversation with a dude in the waiting room at the doctor’s clinic. He said he purposely delayed in-person interviews for up to an hour sometimes so he can “judge” how the applicant reacts and show their dedication to getting the job. I pretty much stopped engaging after he said that. Fortunately I was called up shortly.
yeah it honestly makes sense considering that what most job interviews are measuring is the candidate’s willingness to humiliate themselves for the boss
Always tell these people that they’re despicable to their face. It’s the only way to change their toxic culture.
Abusers will try to lash out and I enjoy that 🐸
Wow, that’s terrible. If I’m not there 5 min early to perform your interview, I’ll apologize. Being on-time to something like that just invites time-wasting things like kicking the previous group out of the interview room or whatever.
An interview should be a 2-way deal, I’m representing the company and trying to find a good fit for the role, and you’re trying to decide whether the company is a good fit for you. If I’m late to an interview, I expect any self-respecting candidate to leave after 15 min, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they left after 5. I’m the one looking to fill a role, you’re just here to see if it suits you, so it’s on me to give the good impression IMO.
So he’s pissing off all the great candidates who have better options.
Seems that he is confusing desperation for dedication. The only people who are going to wait for an hour are those who have no other choice.
It seems to me that he is really testing their ability to put up with his bullshit more than anything. One of my biggest pet peeves professionally is respect for the time of others.
I was a naive young lad desperately looking for internship. I was waiting for one hour for an interview and then the hiring manager is a short lady with a stern face came to get me. I thought the interview was simple and easy enough but I didn’t get the job. Looking back, it was a power tripping move. However, I probably dodged a bullet because I heard from a colleague in my previous company that the company I tried to get internship in is toxic. The employees there have been working there for twenty years and stick to each other, not talking to new people. It is an old boy’s club basically.
I used to work for someone who would deliberately schedule 5 or 6 people for an interview on the same day and time, then sit and talk on the phone for an hour while everyone waited. She acted shocked when people got up and left.
If the agreement says to come in on Tuesday, you’re arguably trespassing when you force your way in in Monday.
It’s called dedication
“Yes, I broke in the office at 4AM in a Sunday but that was only because I’m DEDICATED”
Gotta love the fake power trip stories on LinkedIn. Cringe fest.
Exactly. I’m not a lawyer but I struggle to find the legality of firing someone for showing up early for work. What nonsense.
No, this was firing for not showing up on a non working day
No, this was firing someone for not showing up before the day they were told to start.
No this is what he DID. What you said is what he DIDN’T do. If a judge asked what did the employee do. He would have to confess that the guy showed up early for work. He didn’t actively DO anything to get fired.That’s my point.
Depending on where this person is, as long as they weren’t fired for something like their race, or religion, it is legal.
I think that in a lot of the US, firing people because you enjoy it is fine. It’s probably a hobby for some people over there.
Generally yes. There are some financial remedies possible in this sort of case if the employee did anything reasonable for the new job. Like, if they quit an old job they wouldn’t otherwise have or moved, they would have a potential case, since there was no actual reason they were immediately fired. If they didn’t already have a job and didn’t move, they’d probably be SOL unless they live in like California.
they’d probably be SOL unless they live in like California
Ah, but then they’d probably have cancer anyway.
Sounds like the employee dodged a bullet there.
Wood chippers for all the bosses.
Would have, if it were real. Hiring people is a bitch. You don’t ditch people because they’re not psychic psychos.
Yeah. HR would have thrown him out with the new hire if they actually did this
That’s assuming there is an HR and he is not one of those insane startup tech/fin-tech/app CEO bros. Still rage bait but there is enough truth to be rage bait.
This is a troll
This is yes, but also 100% possible.
it doesn’t matter if it’s real, it only matters if it confirms my biases
It sounds a lot like Ken Cheng
Feels to me like the lunatic’s fantasy. Like, the guy really wishes he could do it, but realizes he doesn’t have the power to actually go through with it. So he makes up these fantasies to make himself feel better and to try and garner some clout with his fellow lunatics.
Maybe. But it is satire by holding a mirror on power tripping, clout chasing LinkedIn influencers. That’s like accusing the South Park creators of secretly wanting to swim in piss in a piss park, or secretly wanting to get into orgy with Satan, Saddam, Trump and Laura Loomer.
Yeah, this really seems like it’s satire. If someone hadn’t blurred out the name, we would… Hold on.
A quick Google search yielded results.
Could still be satire
Yeah, show up a day early to your office job, and find out that they don’t have the system set-up for you to be there. Then go home, while everyone there thinks you got the start day wrong.
And have to go through three months of "yeah, remember? he’s the idiot that came in a day early?
yeah, the office in joke
This is toxicity manifest.
And not even a succulent Chinese meal to compensate…
Unhand my RESUMEEEEEE
With processed ham?
It’s also a made-up story to make people think the poster is HUSTLE PRIME
Why censore the account name? They put it out publicly to be shared.
Many places where content is posted would remove this because it contains “personal information” regardless of it being shared publicly or not.
To avoid dogpiling and harassment.
Seems like something they need in their lives. They need to learn perspective.
They also need to stop lying on the internet about things that definitely didn’t happen.
A publicly made comment, like tgat one, if not paradoy, should be harrased
They never said it shouldn’t happen, they were providing a potential explanation.
But what if tehy sue?
So?
Sue for what? Public backlash???
a meal?! a succulent chinese meal?!
Why is the name censored? This is someone who wanted to post it public with their face attached. Let them. It’s not like it’s a private Facebook group.
I feel like self-censoring is the fad this part of this decade. Everyone’s afraid for some reason. It’s all blur this, black out that, I’ve even noticed police bodycam footage and news footage bleeping out curses and public information. People are more concerned with their “content” going viral than disseminating the honest information.
We need to say fuck twice for every fuck they don’t say.
I’ll fucking drink to that. I mean, it’s 0700 but… Fuck.
I blame giant corpos training people to self-sensor. Twitter popularized this by hiding replies that contained curse words, so people began to use milder language. Then TikTok did their stupid censorship so people started using alternative words. Now YouTube does the same but they will straight-up delete your comment or deprioritize your videos without notice.
There’s no logic to the YouTube thing. I’ve noticed news channels that blur out guns when someone pulls one on CCTV even though it’s already only 120p, even though there are other YouTube channels that are literally all about guns and they’re not bothered at all.
Reddit tendrils
It’s not just reddit. Not by a longshot. unalive is a ticktok invention, for example.
Hillariously, I’ve tried this a few times. Either security wouldn’t let me in, or I couldn’t clock-in … no matter what, they didn’t pay for the time, or at least not the whole shift.
(vs OOP): Sure, encourage me to realize you aren’t worth working for before you have any idea what I can really do.
Showing up a few minutes early to work could make sense, but showing up a day early? WTF? Why would someone possibly tell you to start work on Tuesday unless there was some reason Monday intentionally wouldn’t work? I mean ffs, either you won’t be in the system, keys aren’t ready, your friggin co-workers may not be ready, no desk… And you want to show up a friggin day early and make someone babysit you on top of their regular job?
Honestly? Didn’t expect to get paid(this isn’t an entitlement thing from a peon perspective, so get that outta your head) and figured I had nothing better to do that day. Otherwise, I could sit-around and listen to my roommates bitch about how they didn’t really believe I got a new job, they think I should never have left my old one, or go somewhere(library? mall? zoo? bar?) where their words would echo in my head anyways.
All but one of these places, the start date was worked more around my schedule than theirs. There have also been a few places that weren’t ready for me to do anything on the date they said they would-be, or the “start-date” was nothing more than an hour of filling out paperwork.
Why wouldn’t I take the opportunity to potentially knock that out early on a day that is more convenient to me for whatever reason? My energy levels are all over the place, so whenever I have plenty and an opportunity to use it properly, I gotta strike while the iron’s hot.
I am a manager and have onboarded several people, and it would be extremely weird for someone to come in a day early. I generally expect the first week or two to mostly be learning how things work, and I’ve already set up how that’s going to work, which includes finding the relevant people to help you out. If someone comes in early, that would be inconvenient for me, because now I need to either find something for them to do, or take time away from my schedule to give them a tour or something. I suppose I could take you to HR to get your bank details entered or whatever, but that’s about it.
Please don’t show up on a day you’re not expected to be working unless that’s something you’ve discussed prior to the start date (i.e. Tuesday will definitely work, but if it turns out I can come in on Monday, should I?). If you show up early on your first day, I’ll just have you start on the paperwork and whatnot and I’d probably let you leave early to reward you for your punctuality (first days always suck, and you’re helping it suck less). That said, more than 30 min early is probably pushing it, since there’s a good chance I’m not even in yet.
Exactly, especially if you say start on Tuesday instead of Monday, why would you not just assume there was some reason for not having you start on Monday?
No worries, I was talking 15+ years ago.
Yeah, my response was more related to being expected to show up a day early and how much hassle that would legitimately cause in a general sense. In specific situations it obviously works out just fine. If you have a sense that they would be ready and interested in getting a head start, sure… But to say ‘start on Tuesday’ instead of scheduling for Monday, and then having even a sense of disappointment that they didn’t show up on Monday is beyond ridiculous.
Yeah, I wasn’t addressing it from moron OOPs side. A word about how I should have/could have shown up even an hour earlier, and I’ll be blunt with any of them; If it doesn’t warrant a call, text or e-mail, its insulting to even bring it up, they are debasing only their own dignity by doing so.
Reminds me of the Team Fortress 2 Expiration Date animation.
Spy: Final Question… You have a dinner date for seven… what time do you arrive?
Scout: Seven. A.M. Case the restaurant, run background checks on the staff. Can the cook be trusted? If not, I gotta kill him. Dispose of the body, replace him with my own guy no later than 4:30…
Spy: You’re ready.
Scout: Really?
Spy: No. Everything you just said was insane… and, we are out of time. Congratulations. You’re a failure.
My employee came for his pay check. I fired him on the spot. I don’t respect people who only work for money.
My employee kept trying to take time off to attend his brothers wedding. Mom and I were distraught for months. We were his family now, and our only work son would betray us like this?
