Posted by noa on April 10, 2003, at 23:56:17
In reply to Re: The other shoe (long) » noa, posted by Greg on April 10, 2003, at 20:15:20
> I have no doubt that she busted her ass to do her job, but they needed an excuse, and a bad one is better than nothing at all. I don’t know, maybe it helps the powers that be sleep better at night if they can convince themselves that they had a good reason to let someone go. If her release was because of finances, they should have said so, that would have been the respectful thing to do.
That's the wierdest part of this--they did tell her it was because of finances, ie, reduction in force lay offs. And that it wasn't "for cause". There was absolutely no reason to add the bit about the committment and clock watching. It was simply kicking her while she was down. And, yes, maybe to appease their own minds about why they chose to lay her off vs. me or the other friend.
Interestingly, though: I spoke with the other friend this evening, and she's already had her meeting. She had the meeting,but only wiht the immediate manager, and she was told she is re-employed. But then the higher manager called her in to talk more, and started talking about the "clockwatching" thing. ONly my friend couldn't really tell what was being stated. It was a vague message about not having clockwatching starting with the new contract. She said she didn't even get clarification as to why this conversation was happening, because she was rather dumbfounded about it all. She gave me the warning in case I get this little lecture, too.
With the advantage of this warning, I hope I can think of a good response. If I get this wierd poorly defined lecture, I will ask some pointed questions as to what they are saying and why.
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