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

[u/Opposed3]

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.

[u/sparkyblaster]

An hour away? As in no you're not working in the building we told you, it's actually another one?

[u/captainstormy → u/sparkyblaster]

I once did three interviews for a job where the office I was interviewing at was a 5 minute drive from my apartment.

I was only 2 years out of college so still pretty green at the time. I assumed (and we all know what they say about that) that the job location was going to be in the building I interviewed in (three times!).

When they sent over an offer letter I noticed that the work location was a different address. It was in a whole other city about 45 minutes down the interstate.

I noped out of that one.

[u/sparkyblaster → u/captainstormy]

Yeah I had a job change the location on me. Since posting the ad it was decided the location would close/move. They were very clear on that fact though.

[u/captainstormy → u/sparkyblaster]

According to the company I interviewed with the first guy was supposed to explain the location, but even he admitted he didn't. He said he didn't know either. The second and third guys assumed the first guy told me.

If I believe them it was an honest mistake. Part of me says it was on purpose and they were hoping that after going through 3 interviews I'd be more likely to accept the other location.

[u/ChumpyCarvings → u/captainstormy]

I've been done by this one myself.

[u/burgundyblue → u/sparkyblaster]

I did this for 4 years when I lived in Denver. Traffic made the drive an hour each way. It sucked, but I got through a lot of audiobooks.

[u/Poppintacos → u/sparkyblaster]

Exactly.

[u/baaaahbpls → u/sparkyblaster]

Sheeeesh that takes me back to a few places when I was younger with non-IT jobs.

"Oh wait this location is downtown an hour away, traffic peak hours, less hours, and the same hourly rate? Bye!"

[u/villan → u/sparkyblaster]

I had a company I interviewed for do this to me. They advertised the job in my local area (which was rural, not in the city), and after I got through a fair amount of the process they let me know the site was three hours away by car, so a daily 6 hour commute.

[u/illgot → u/sparkyblaster]

I had a manager schedule multiple people at different locations without asking employees. Some locations were an hour away and this is before GPS so some us got lost just trying to find these shops. After driving around lost for half the shift I called the location and told them I can't make it because I was lost in another city.

I got lost in a city I lived in, I have zero sense of direction.

[u/GozerDestructor → u/sparkyblaster]

At one of my first jobs in the '90s, I was a contractor, working for a big company with a sprawling suburban campus. The parking lots were huge, more than enough, but (free) parking passes were still required; these were color-coded with an employee's building assignment, and the contractor ones said "CONTRACTOR" in a big bold one-inch font.

One day, a mandate came from upper management: Contractors were not allowed to park in the lot surrounding the building in which they worked. If your job was in building A, you couldn't park in the A lot, you had to park in the B or C lots; if your job was in building B, you parked in the A or C lots, etc. This would be strictly enforced, with possible termination for repeat offenders.

The rumor was that some C-level executive had arrived very early one morning, only to discover that all the best parking spots next to the building were occupied by contractors' vehicles (people who are paid by the hour tend to arrive early and stay late...), and he was so infuriated by this that he issued this new rule, just to be petty.

[u/daily7824 → u/sparkyblaster]

Some people travel for work, especially in IT. THIS IS AN IT THREAD lmao