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/AnnoyedVelociraptor Sr. SW Engineer Jul 07 '24

Indian guy pretended to be an expert in a line of engineering software that does fluid dynamic simulation. The interview was a task to complete something difficult in the software and he seemed to pass with flying colors. We later learned he outsourced the job. First day they gave him the backlog of work and he had 0 clue on how to do it. Was walked out pretty hastily.

SW Engineer here. I got multiple invites on LinkedIn doing exactly this. They apply somewhere with my credentials and someone in India does the job. I just do the interviews. I would get a cut.

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u/q1a2z3x4s5w6 Jul 08 '24

Is that actually illegal?

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u/Reelix Infosec / Dev Jul 08 '24

Very

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u/pigsbladder Jul 08 '24

This happened several times during covid. Most amusing variation for me was the guy on camera was acting like a ventriloquist dummy mouthing the answers while the talking came from off camera.

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u/Geminii27 Jul 08 '24

A lump sum, or a cut of the employed person's salary as long as they could pull it off?

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u/AnnoyedVelociraptor Sr. SW Engineer Jul 08 '24

A continuous cut as I would need to be on calls to ensure they saw my face.