tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10329278.post1163007165704260158..comments2024-03-21T11:50:22.851-03:00Comments on Pink Slip: Bad FormMaureen Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18010555449338575037noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10329278.post-24273771033629153982007-08-24T20:08:00.000-03:002007-08-24T20:08:00.000-03:00Today a friend of mine was fired without warning, ...Today a friend of mine was fired without warning, counseling, or even a mention of dissatisfaction.<BR/><BR/>He was called into the office, told that he didn't display an appropriate sense of "urgency" and given 10 minutes to clear his desk.<BR/><BR/>This is a Fortune 50 company. Very strange. Sometimes managers display a lack of tact or desire to do the right thing. This post and his experience point toward that same dysfunctional tendency.<BR/><BR/>Bad form indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10329278.post-88284289833031991752007-08-24T15:49:00.000-03:002007-08-24T15:49:00.000-03:00Well, Z should consider herself lucky. Sound like ...Well, Z should consider herself lucky. Sound like this would not have been a fun job. If the prez doesn't even have enough class to make a two-minute phone call...no excuses, a good leader isn't a wimp and he/she doesn't pawn off the uncomfortable stuff to others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10329278.post-42310302239014869262007-08-24T11:04:00.000-03:002007-08-24T11:04:00.000-03:00Sadly enough, I have no such expectations of a pre...Sadly enough, I have no such expectations of a president of a company, but that's a result of seeing some of the people who get to be presidents of companies. I actually think that's more of a basic manners kind of thing, and should extend much below the C-level. <BR/><BR/>I've had the experience of spending several hours with various people at a company on interviews, and getting a "bye bye!" from HR at the end. If I can give up several hours of my life to talk to your team, you (the hiring manager) can spend ten minutes writing a personal note telling me that you've not hiring me. Really poor. <BR/><BR/>The worst-ever brush off I got was from Microsoft, but I think they pride themselves on being rough and tumble in that department. By the time it happened I was having a gut feeling that there was not a fit, which is fine; I actually didn't expect there to be, but I was curious enough to go spend the day in Redmond, and figured I might be surprised by what it was like - but it was still fairly appalling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com