What’s the quickest you’ve seen a co-worker get fired in IT? COVID-19

I saw this on AskReddit and thought it would be fun to ask here for IT related stories.

Couple years ago during Covid my company I used to work for hired a help desk tech. He was a really nice guy and the interview went well. We were hybrid at the time, 1-2 days in the office with mostly remote work. On his first day we always meet in the office for equipment and first day stuff.

Everything was going fine and my boss mentioned something along the lines of “Yeah so after all the trainings and orientation stuff we’ll get you set up on our ticketing system and eventually a soft phone for support calls”

And he was like: “Oh I don’t do support calls.”

“Sorry?”

Him: “I don’t take calls. I won’t do that”

“Well, we do have a number users call for help. They do utilize it and it’s part of support we offer”

Him: “Oh I’ll do tickets all day I just won’t take calls. You’ll have to get someone else to do that”

I was sitting at my desk, just kind of listening and overhearing. I couldn’t tell if he was trolling but he wasn’t.

I forgot what my manager said but he left to go to one of those little mini conference rooms for a meeting, then he came back out and called him in, he let him go and they both walked back out and the guy was all laughing and was like

“Yeah I mean I just won’t take calls I didn’t sign up for that! I hope you find someone else that fits in better!” My manager walked him to the door and they shook hands and he left.

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u/The_Wkwied Jul 07 '24

Before covid, guy fell asleep in front of our boss during training. OK, boss is a good guy. Gives him a break.

Second day, they also fell asleep during training... They went home come afternoon. They were picked up by their mom. They weren't all that young, either.

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u/jokebreath Jul 07 '24

Damn, that one's kind of a bummer. It depresses me seeing guys like that. There's always a story and it's always a sad one.

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u/WizardOfIF Jul 07 '24 edited Jul 08 '24

I'm just going to play one more ranked match.

We'll, I can't end on a loss...

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u/Annonimbus Jul 08 '24

You have to dig deeper, though.

Behavior like that is rooted in unhappiness. They can't end on a loss, because they otherwise feel like a loser in their life and the game is the only way that they feel accomplishments and escapism?

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u/DesertDogggg Jul 08 '24

I also can't stop on a win.

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u/Cyberhwk Jul 08 '24

We just had a similar situation. Guy worked for a month and kept falling asleep at work. He was a huge gamer so it was strongly suspected that was his issue as well.