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  • #16
    Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View Post
    I was under the impression that at most companies, firing people is very difficult. This makes it sound routine and rather...unfriendly. My dad has told me that where he works, when they fire people they are very gracious about it (or as gracious as they can be).
    I'm sure it's very difficult for the person making the decision. Unless either the guy firing or the guy being fired is a douche.

    I've been laid off before, I didn't find it all that unpleasant. They stick a contract infront of you with a lot of zeros, you get to go home early and get paid for months while not working. Or in my case, I got a different job the next week and cashed two paycheques for months.

    I'm sure the experience is quite different for me than it would be for a 30-year veteran assembly line worker at a Ford plant or whatever, though.
    "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
    Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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    • #17
      Originally posted by KrazyHorse View Post
      Not really. I am top bucket.
      thats good

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      • #18
        HAI GUIZ!!!! What's going on in this thread?
        "Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
        "I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi

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        • #19
          Getting laid off is kind of like failing OCS, except you get a lot of money for it.
          "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
          Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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          • #20
            Is the bottom bucket 20%? 10%?
            I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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            • #21
              Originally posted by Asher View Post
              I'm sure it's very difficult for the person making the decision. Unless either the guy firing or the guy being fired is a douche.

              I've been laid off before, I didn't find it all that unpleasant. They stick a contract infront of you with a lot of zeros, you get to go home early and get paid for months while not working. Or in my case, I got a different job the next week and cashed two paycheques for months.

              I'm sure the experience is quite different for me than it would be for a 30-year veteran assembly line worker at a Ford plant or whatever, though.
              Is it rare to get fired without severance?
              If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
              ){ :|:& };:

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              • #22
                KH didn't say anything about being fired without severance...
                I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View Post
                  Is it rare to get fired without severance?
                  You can only get fired without severance for cause. Or if you have something in your employment contract about that, IIRC.
                  "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                  Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by DanS View Post
                    KH didn't say anything about being fired without severance...
                    I know, it's an unrelated question. Just a kid curious about jobs in real life, sorry

                    Asher: Cause = doing something really bad, like starting a fight or stealing things?
                    If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
                    ){ :|:& };:

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                    • #25
                      Originally posted by DanS View Post
                      Is the bottom bucket 20%? 10%?
                      They canned 5% of their traders.
                      "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                      Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                      • #26
                        5% is relatively gentle.
                        I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                        • #27
                          In Canada (and I'm not sure about the US), the amount of money owed to you is AT LEAST two weeks. Depending how long you worked there, it's more. I'd worked for the company 2 years, so they had to give me at least three weeks notice. But because I got none, and because they knew they were breaking the employment contract, they basically give you a large sum of money and extended periods of benefits for hush money when you sign a contract promising not to sue them.

                          Or you can not sign the contract and get lots of money by taking them to court (or a tribunal in Canuckistan).
                          "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                          Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                          • #28
                            Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View Post
                            Is it rare to get fired without severance?
                            HC, it is nonexistent in the vast majority of American jobs. It's only professional white collar jobs and high level blue collar jobs that have severance pay. You'll never see a cashier, teller, nurse, manufacturing worker, deliveryman, etc. etc. get severance pay.

                            I also doubt that the entry-level analysts at Goldman Sachs or anything get severance pay when they get culled, either. They might though.
                            "Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
                            "I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi

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                            • #29
                              Originally posted by Al B. Sure! View Post
                              HC, it is nonexistent in the vast majority of American jobs. It's only professional white collar jobs and high level blue collar jobs that have severance pay. You'll never see a cashier, teller, nurse, manufacturing worker, deliveryman, etc. etc. get severance pay.
                              That's not legal here. It's probably not legal there either, unless you're in an at-will state?
                              "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                              Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                              • #30
                                Originally posted by Asher View Post
                                That's not legal here. It's probably not legal there either, unless you're in an at-will state?
                                Huh?

                                Not legal?

                                Unemployment compensation is your severance pay for most jobs.
                                "Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
                                "I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi

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