Fer the love of little green apples.
Your shading isn’t all fucked up.
I don’t get to stand anywhere, unfortunately, or I would have handed them their ass. I know I’ve convinced my boss not to use them for the next hire and he is getting his money back. I doubt we will ever bother with them again.
Totally unprofessional, and I find myself wondering if they will take him back as a client, or fire him too.
At least in CA you would have had to pay him for 2 hours. Unless hes salaried 
Sitcom idea: in my mind I am imagining a superhero, Soon to be Fired Man, maybe with Jason Alexander… oh wait, they did that already.
Well, what happened?
Yeah, what gives? I been checkin’ in all day. I wanna see some ass-firin’.
Maybe Rebekah was so happy last night she went out partying last night. 
…Or the boss chickened out and Rebekah went and drowned her sorrow in a pitcherful of margaritas.
Any wagers?
I’ll bet three Putz and one EEK! smilies that Newbie is still an employee.
You’re on.
PunditLisa may very well be right. Even if the local law permits summary dismissal of a recently hired employee during the probationary time, the company itself might have an employee discipline and termination policy that requires certain intermediate steps be taken before dismissal.
Sorry for not checking in yesterday, I was swamped.
He was fired, the boss took him for coffee and did it nicely. He told him he wasn’t a fit for the office, and when the Newbie asked for some reasons why, the boss ran through some of the examples I posted on the board. Newbie said his work was good, boss pointed out it was not. It ended with the boss coming upstairs to grab his stuff to save him the embarrasement. Now I’m vetting resumes, and I’ll be involved in the hiring process this time
Oh Punditlisa, Monty, over heeeere.
:wally :wally :eek: :wally
I wasn’t part of the bet and I was only making an observation about possibilities.
(o^~)
Sorry. I was flush with the thrill of victory. Won’t happen again.
I almost feel sorry for him. He’s completely deluded about his abilities and expertise. Unless this is a wake-up call for him, I fear he will go through life complaining about all the times he got screwed.
During a probationary period in Alberta, you can be released at any whim (not that this was a whim.) After the three month period is up, it gets a little trickier to get rid of a bad apple - usually a verbal, then a written warning, then you’re bounced.
Good show, Rebekkah. Glad to see it dealt with so quickly.
I’ve never been so glad to lose a bet. Here you go, Contra:
:wally :wally :wally :eek:
And in honor of the Newbie:
:rolleyes:
That would be the law. Check my posting above and you’ll see that I clearly mentioned that, in addition to the law, the company may have its own policies regarding employee dismissal, even during a probationary period. Failing to follow the established policies can be grounds, no doubt, for a successful wrongful termination suit.
Why would a company make termination policies harder than the law requires? In my experience, most companies are intimately knowledgeable about labour laws so that they can do the bare minimum required and not a stitch more.
I don’t think they would have grounds for a successful wrongful termination suit, if the Alberta labour law requires no reasons at all for firing during the probationary period. Isn’t the default in a court of law the actual law, not what companies choose to do over and above that?
Because they might consider the law a bit unfair to the employee, perhaps.
a) Your experience is not universal
b) You probably have not experienced most companies.
If a company has an established, especially a written established, policy, which they disregard, the employee certainly does have a strong case.