![]() ![]() You are given a certain amount of trust when it comes to things like travel expenses and some folks think they can pad their income by padding their expenses. A less well-connected employee would have been terminated.Ħ. He was a well-regarded senior manager and he was demoted out of management and sent to a branch office, his career effectively over. She didn’t report him, and actually thought it was funny (they were friends), but two woman sales reps who overheard him did report it. We had a call center manager who, after being asked by a female employee, how to get a raise, responded in jest that she’d have to pleasure him (he was a tad more graphic). Two of the biggest security guys I’ve ever seen picked him up and carried him out of the building never to return. We had a senior sales executive who, after being told of IBM’s zero tolerance policy on racial jokes, decided to test the policy. Jokes about managers can get back to them and off-color jokes can get you fired. I know this seems severe but a lot of folks, particularly when they are young, haven’t learned what topics are acceptable. But if you are turned down, the sexual harassment rules tend to be really nasty.ĥ. Generally, it is just a bad idea to date in the office because, if you break up, it can make the working environment hell. ![]() These days you’d likely not get the first warning, particularly if you were already on probation for another infraction. She flagged this as harassment and he was warned once, he did it again, and was terminated. He was attracted to one of the women in the office and he sent her inappropriate emails. Don’t pursue a relationship with co-workers. There are lots of stories of folks who got fired for something they did while intoxicated, and god save you if you get arrested for drunk driving while on a business trip.Ĥ. He was effectively on unlimited probation and the next mistake he made he was gone. This immediately red-flagged him, ruining any chance of advancement for years. He got so drunk they escorted him off the plane. We had one young employee fresh out of college and we sent him on a plane trip. If you can’t hold your alcohol don’t drink. You get caught using, in most companies, you are gone and you’ll be red flagged for anyone else.ģ. He then tried to drink lots of water and delay the test, they immediately caught on and he is now literally working at an hourly job where he shovels fertilizer. He kept using and showed up with a vial of clean pee not realizing these things are monitored. Recently, a young man who has a young bride and child was pitched into a really good job that had a drug test. You not only can get fired, you can be rejected during the hiring process as well. Substance abuse rules are not suggestions. You may think the rule is silly, but explain that to your parents when you have to move back home unemployed.Ģ. Here is a story of a guy who loved the job but clearly didn’t understand that zero tolerance rules were unbendable, and lost his dream job. A third-line manager started dating one of his low-level employees and when it got serious asked another third-line manager he thought was a friend to allow a transfer so he wasn’t breaking this rule, both he and the woman he was dating were fired shortly thereafter. Zero tolerance rules are rules that get you fired immediately, there is no review, no second chance, you break one they walk you out.įor instance, many companies have don’t date subordinate rules. I’ve even seen experienced executives forget this one. Know the zero tolerance rules in the company. ![]() Here are the 15 simple things kids should know before starting a new job in order to not get fired.ġ. A 2012 Yale study says, the best way to keep kids from doing really stupid things is get them to understand the consequences of the things they do. You see we really don’t understand consequences until we are nearly 30-years-old. So if you are a parent and don’t want your kids to boomerang home unemployable or are a manager and don’t want to have to fire one (or explain how it happened on your watch), I’d suggest sitting your soon-to-be-hired kid or recently hired new employee down and giving them some personal perspective. This applies to more than just tech jobs. I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve seen kids bust their hump to get a job at a named company only to lose it a few days later, or even before they officially start. It reminded me how many kids fresh out of college undid all of those years in school by getting fired for doing something similar. This week a famous pitcher who clearly should have known better, lost his very high paying job at ESPN. ![]()
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