I frequently had disciplinary complaints raised against me during my career. None ever resulted in any actions against me, though. Most were dismissed summarily when the HR and upper management heard the manager's complaint, and realized it was absurd.
Usually a manager blithely broke the company rules and procedures with abandon, bullied his subordinates into going along, and when I refused, his argument of "he refused to break company policy like everyone else in my team does when I tell them to" wasn't as compelling as he'd expected. It was common for me to be excused from my own disciplinary meeting while my HR and/or director spent another hour with the manager, followed by either a transfer of the manager to another department, or an announcement he had decided to "pursue other career opportunities" at another company.
Often, the company's upper management had no idea what was going on at the lower levels, and my disciplinary hearing shone a spotlight what was really going on. More than once, I was offered the job of the now vacant management position. Thanks, but no thanks.
But the real amusements were the times the manager would say something, and the entire room would go silent. HR would declare the meeting ended, dismiss everyone, and we would reconvene a day or two later, this time with the company's legal counsel present. And often, when asked to repeat what he'd said before, the manager would casually say it again without a care in the world, only to have the lawyer inform him that he'd just admitted to committing a felony on the company's behalf.
It was like the movie "A Few Good Men", only the managers were nowhere near as dramatic as Jack Nicholson. They usually tried to pin it on other team members, and/or used the "but EVERYONE does this" excuse, which just dug them deeper. When you're told what you're doing is criminal, saying "but we've been doing this in our department for over four years now" is NOT a good defence. Quite the opposite, in fact.
No different than not paying me more because I’m not old enough to need it, appreciate it, or use it responsibly. 🤬 Heard all of those in my early career.
I remember when I have asked for raise and big achievements and boss questions me this horrible one…unfortunately I couldn’t lawsuit them for lack of evidence
I was a layoff because my coworker had kids. That's how they decided between us.
Then over a month later they contacted me begging for how I did a couple important tasks. Guess her kids didn't know the work.
Don't hire for skill, keep getting surprised.
I frequently had disciplinary complaints raised against me during my career. None ever resulted in any actions against me, though. Most were dismissed summarily when the HR and upper management heard the manager's complaint, and realized it was absurd.
Usually a manager blithely broke the company rules and procedures with abandon, bullied his subordinates into going along, and when I refused, his argument of "he refused to break company policy like everyone else in my team does when I tell them to" wasn't as compelling as he'd expected. It was common for me to be excused from my own disciplinary meeting while my HR and/or director spent another hour with the manager, followed by either a transfer of the manager to another department, or an announcement he had decided to "pursue other career opportunities" at another company.
Often, the company's upper management had no idea what was going on at the lower levels, and my disciplinary hearing shone a spotlight what was really going on. More than once, I was offered the job of the now vacant management position. Thanks, but no thanks.
But the real amusements were the times the manager would say something, and the entire room would go silent. HR would declare the meeting ended, dismiss everyone, and we would reconvene a day or two later, this time with the company's legal counsel present. And often, when asked to repeat what he'd said before, the manager would casually say it again without a care in the world, only to have the lawyer inform him that he'd just admitted to committing a felony on the company's behalf.
It was like the movie "A Few Good Men", only the managers were nowhere near as dramatic as Jack Nicholson. They usually tried to pin it on other team members, and/or used the "but EVERYONE does this" excuse, which just dug them deeper. When you're told what you're doing is criminal, saying "but we've been doing this in our department for over four years now" is NOT a good defence. Quite the opposite, in fact.
No different than not paying me more because I’m not old enough to need it, appreciate it, or use it responsibly. 🤬 Heard all of those in my early career.
I remember when I have asked for raise and big achievements and boss questions me this horrible one…unfortunately I couldn’t lawsuit them for lack of evidence
HR HRing, protecting the big man.