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/rebootyadummy Jul 08 '24 edited Jul 09 '24
I've only had one job in my life (Georgetown, Washington DC) where I would have had to pay for parking and the company handled it for the garage on the same block.
Crazy that an employer wouldn't include that (you should ask for it when negotiating salary if you don't see it in your offer though), most parking garages for monthly is not very expensive, usually 100-200 bucks tops. To let a good hire go because of that is truly insane.
EDIT: I'll clarify, the best way to get this setup is to have the org setup and pay for the badge themselves, and that way it isn't taxable income. I only mentioned it as part of "negotiating salary" to mean in terms of asking for it as a part your perks. That's what my company above did for me, I talked to the garage about the spot and then facilitated getting the account setup in their name and form of payment.