Questions tagged [termination]
For questions about termination of employment, typically for cause (firing). Contrast with layoff and quitting.
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What should I do about a bully at work?
In my work, there is a person that disturbs me really harshly: he always bumps into my shoulder on purpose, he always curses me when he sees me, he always does from distance moves like he is punching ...
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Are employers allowed to fire at will yet employees are bound by long notice periods?
A few months back a family member was terminated without cause at a company that has dental clinics in Illinois.
However, the contract had stated she had to provide 60 day notice.
There was no mention ...
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Why is getting fired or laid off such a big deal for employees in the West?
I come from a developing country, and there's one thing I can't understand about Westerners: why is getting fired or laid off such a big deal for many of them? My impression is that many Westerners ...
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Why would an at-will employer lay people off instead of just firing them when the second option would save them money?
My question is provocative because I have often wondered why would companies lay some folks off when they could seemingly save so much more money by firing them?
I understand if it was a big reduction ...
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Contract says joining bonus to be returned if contractor quits within a year. Is 1 year the only value they see? [closed]
Update: This question was closed as "asking legal advice". I'm not asking for legal advice. I'm asking about the mentality/objective companies have in mind when doing such things.
When a ...
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Junior engineer initiating counselling sessions to offer unsolicited advice to senior employees
I am a senior individual (i.e. hiring and firing power) in a large tech company. The job is stressful, though we actually pay well, which makes this place attractive to younger engineers.
One team ...
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Working with someone I terminated at a previous company
I recently started a new job at company X and found out that a person I terminated at company Y is working there. They have since become a manager which means we are equals on the company org chart. I ...
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Dealing with manager that has high turnover but great reviews from departing engineers
I've been tasked with finding a way to work with a very unique manager in my division. He's an especially gifted individual (i.e. can learn a new programming language or tech stack over the weekend, ...
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Discipline for excessive alcohol use outside of the workplace
Hi can an employee be written up for drinking outside of the workplace after hours, but with some colleagues?
In this scenario, the employee was out of town visiting the home office. He was invited ...
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Should a person console a coworker if he/she was fired?
What is the etiquette if a coworker on your team was fired for poor performance and you are friends? Should you refrain from saying anything to the former coworker for some time?
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Convincing my boss not to fire me
I've learned today that my boss is trying to replace me. From the echoes I got, I learned that he wants to do this because of an under-performance issue, my performance was not on point this year due ...
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How can I accurately and truthfully present my experience in Software Engineering on my Resume?
I believe I've gotten mostly inappropriate roles for my level of expertise throughout my software career. I judge this in hindsight by most corporate or startup developer roles I've had ending before ...
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Fired from software engineer role at FAANG for poor performance: What to put on Resume? [closed]
UPDATE: I refocused this question to honor the answers that those contributors like Flater put a lot of of effort into. However, I tried not to materially change too much as that can make reading the ...
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How to answer HR question, "Why did I leave my latest company after 7 years"?
I worked as a software engineer in a big internet company for 7 years in total. For the first 6 years, I had been working at the department of desktop applications. I really loved working there. ...
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Is "preemptive severance" the same as being fired?
I read a recent article about someone quitting their job at Netflix. One part of the article confused me:
I spent two weeks after the performance review thinking about my next steps and decided to ...
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Destafffed but we like you
My boss called me today to tell me the project I am working on is being destaffed.
For me, it's good news, somehow.
Last month, there were changes about this project (change of BU and managers etc.).
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How to communicate that someone is no longer employed at the company?
At my company, when someone leaves on their own or after being let go, an all-staff email is sent out along the lines of "Al is no longer employed by Company. See Bob for any work that you would ...
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Firing one engineer in a very small team who passed a non-running github project off as a finished prototype
So this is not my real account. Sorry about that.
I run a startup where all fulltime employees also have an equity stake (with vesting and a 1 year cliff). One of the engineers we (I) brought on board ...
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How do you point out that a person is incompetent without exposing yourself to the risk of being sued? [closed]
How do you point out that a person is incompetent without exposing yourself to the risk of being sued? Let's say that your engineering lead is really terrible, and can't coach (has a really poor ...
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Leadership refuses to extend the contract [closed]
I work in a company that employs people all around the world (remotely). Since it does not have bases in particular countries, their employees are essentially contractors that renegotiate the ...
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Checklist for leaving an (IT) job
Edit: Thanks for the answers clarifying for which things I am not responsible, I am still looking for more detail on how to avoid inconvenience on my side as generally mentioned in one of the answers.
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Should I tell my boss that the company is looking for his replacement?
there's one position between my level and top-level management. The position was open for a while, resulting in a mess, then we found somebody for it. Now I stumbled over a job advertisement by my ...
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I made a mistake last week and am trying to not get fired. I need help
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I made a mistake last week and sent the wrong data (including other manufacturers' data) to them due to a copy & paste error in Excel. Yes, the sensitive data shouldn't be sent using a ...
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I should have been fired, my boss is sorry that I didn't get much bonus
Last month went really bad. I had a serious problem with my family, this significantly decreased my performance at workplace.
My boss says, he is so sorry that I didn't get much bonus.
However, I am ...
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What would the "correct" way be to fire 900 people at once? [closed]
In the news, last days Better.com and their CEO have received a lot of criticism for firing 900 people (10% of their staff) at once over a video call. Immediately after the meeting, the fired ...
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Got fired because someone slipped and was injured (in public) on something I was alleged to have been carrying
I was hired to do a simple, short term job. I was handing out flyers (aka brochure) to promote a new online store in busy public areas. The other day my manager told me there "had been an ...
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How to address companies that have notorious turnover rates in an interview?
I've recently gotten an interview in software with a company who notoriously has the highest turnover rate in the career field.
The reason the company is notorious for this is because they have a ...
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Just got fired after 4 months what do I do [closed]
I just got fired after 4 months (I think I was placed poorly but who cares what I think) after being unemployed for 3 months I just graduated a year ago and I'm looking for my 3rd job
If I was an ...
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How should I update my LinkedIn acct, that I haven't used in years, that I'm no longer with my last employer, and looking for work?
Background: I was offered/given an acceptable severance package to leave, so I did. The regional manager & HR manager said they would confirm with prospective employers my start / end dates and my ...
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Should employer return schedule books after termination? [closed]
A mental health therapist was terminated after becoming disabled. When her personal property was returned, it included all schedule books (day planners) that she had used at the job except those for ...
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Would it be legal for an employer to fire someone who had been having an affair with his girlfriend? [closed]
Under British (specifically English) employment law, would an employer be legally allowed to fire an employee who had been having an affair with the employer's girlfriend, or would the employee be ...
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I let management know I'm looking at PhD positions, and now they want to guilt-trip me into quitting
I work as a developer at a relatively large company. I recently started applying for some PhD positions (not related to my company's field), as I feel that might be a better fit for me. My employer ...
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Should I keep a Log of the Hours I do?
I was fired 2 weeks ago from a startup and one of the reasons was that 'this isn't a 9-5 job, we are trying to do something nobody has ever done before and I don't think you're at that stage in your ...
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How likely is it that my unfortunate incident will be revealed when I request a reference from my former employer?
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I have an unpleasant history with my previous employer, especially with the HR which led them to not giving me any relieving letters but a letter of termination an year back. I have ...
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Got fired for not working enough overtime, just before the end of probation. What should I do? [closed]
I'm working for a startup in Germany where all the senior employees work 10-12+ hours per day. I started off like that too because it felt awkward to leave after 8/9hours but after 3 months I stopped ...
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Terminated for pace and production, despite compliments of improvement from supervisors
I was working at a warehouse for one month. I came in with a learning attitude, I was asking questions and getting tips to improve. The performance they wanted was to pick 26 boxes every 5 minutes. I ...
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Is it a good idea to get fired? [closed]
Hypothetically, is it ever a good idea to get fired?
Let's say I don't like my job and want to leave. I interview for some stuff and get offered a position elsewhere. Instead of giving notice at my ...
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Final warning - afraid of losing my job
At my job I have been there for just over a year. My manager gave me a final written warning because people complained that I visit their desk too often when looking for more work and cause them to ...
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Proper to Escalate a Manager that didn't follow correct PIP Protocol
I've tried to make this concise as possible so please bear with me.
This is related to my earlier question (Employee barely working due to Mental Health issues),
in which the summary is:
In March ...
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What does this Resignation/Termination condition mean? [closed]
I am quoting one of the termination conditions on my offer letter which I am unable to understand. Can anyone please help. The condition is as follows:
The Company may, at its
discretion, choose to ...
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How much will future employers enquire about my past?
I was fired from a trading firm for an inappropriate blog that I had. I have a noncompete for a year. Will future firms inquire about the reason I was let go from my last job? Will this affect me down ...
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I caused a workman's comp incident. What is your advice for proceeding? [closed]
I have worked at a major theme park for (now) six seasons of operations. Until now, I have had an unblemished safety record (and because of my position, we are tested on record in various ways.) I'm ...
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Desperate for advice dealing with maniacal management [closed]
Summary: I work in that company for 8 years. I want to transfer to another department because my current management has done illegal things that I've documented in emails to them. I think they prevent ...
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Can an employer terminate a contract immediately if I disclose I am joining a competitor at a future date?
I have a job offer from my employer's competitor. I am not bound by any non-compete clauses. Colleagues often plan their departures to occur right after equity vesting dates and then pre-announce this ...
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Positive feedback but fired for poor performance
Last week I got fired from a job where I've been working for about a year and a half. There is a head of the department and the team lead. The team lead was always giving me positive feedback ...
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Extracting work from people who are on PIPs but who we also cannot fire?
I work on a team of seven software developers where two of them have basically just given up. They got put on performance improvement plans, but instead of upping their game they are basically waiting ...
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Am I being unreasonable with my company which is trying to change my commuting shortly after hiring me?
I was just hired for my first full-time position since graduating from University. The location is 15 minutes away from my parent’s house, and I just moved back in with them from college to accept/...
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Employee effectively not working during notice period
Location: Germany
We have an employee that was laid off because his performance was unsatisfactory. His notice period is 3 months. We were hoping, he would at least do some trivial, but time-consuming ...
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Government needs more specific reason from company that had terminated me
I had worked at a job where I was terminated. The reason for termination wasn't made very clear to me. The manager said I would get a positive reference from her and she would indicate I'm eligible ...
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How can I give a chance to a coworker for a new job interview without getting him fired?
I'm currently the lead of my department.
A coworker has never worked before professionally and I've taught him most of the stuff he knows right now. Of course he had some experience in the field, but ...
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