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0 pointsGibbon18y ago0 comments

Reminds me one of my old bosses hired someone. And then HR fired them because they had a pot conviction. So then my boss hired them as an outside contractor. Every six months HR would discover he was on the 'no hire list' and terminate his contract and my boss would cut him a new contract.

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walshemj8y ago

Reminds me when I worked a big telcom (BT) on of the guys in our section was an ex teenage Phreak and had been done for hacking PRESTEL.

One day one of the feared internal security team who had caught him years ago was in the building and met him and freaked out - our centre mangers politely told him to f off when he demanded that we fire the guy.

walshemj8y ago

Was not the manger involved in the hearing in most big companies its the mangers who make the firing decision with input from HR.

pkaye8y ago

HR doesn't need to approve of contractors?

valuearb8y ago

In a good company, HR has as little authority as possible.

658278y ago

Yeah let me guess this dude was white. Unbelievable, the world must be so different in that skin.

Gibbon1OP8y ago

My boss was French.

Socially Adept Frenchman: 1 Human Resources: 0

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walshemj8y ago

Reminds me when I worked a big telcom (BT) on of the guys in our section was an ex teenage Phreak and had been done for hacking PRESTEL.

walshemj8y ago

Was not the manger involved in the hearing in most big companies its the mangers who make the firing decision with input from HR.

pkaye8y ago

HR doesn't need to approve of contractors?

valuearb8y ago

In a good company, HR has as little authority as possible.

658278y ago

Yeah let me guess this dude was white. Unbelievable, the world must be so different in that skin.

Gibbon1OP8y ago

My boss was French.

Socially Adept Frenchman: 1 Human Resources: 0

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse