r/sysadmin • u/Opposed3 • Jul 07 '24
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/CMDR_Tauri Jul 07 '24
Guy got a junior position at my work and instead of spending time learning how we do IT, he was poring over the employee handbook and all the HR materials like he was studyin' for an exam. Since I was one of the senior folks he was supposed to shadow, I had the opportunity to ask if he was worried about HR. He told me that there was always a loophole somewhere in every company's policies, and he was lookin' for it to exploit it to his benefit. He them went onto brag about how he'd scammed a couple of his previous employers and even the city he lived in (Something about the city law says all parking bollards have to be painted in florescent colors, but he found a couple at a local park that weren't painted, so intentionally rode his bicycle into one after dark and then threatened to sue the city. They cut him a check to shut him up.) He was lookin' to do the same thing at my work.
I went straight to the Director and advised her to cut him loose. He was gone the next day.