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A buddy of mine got a new job, quit the old one, showed up day one and was laid off immediately. Apparently their budget had changed. Oof! We also hired a c-le

A buddy of mine got a new job, quit the old one, showed up day one and was laid off immediately. Apparently their budget had changed. Oof! We also hired a c-level exec who came aboard apparently having already accepted a different offer and came on for under a month to collect pay and get some juicy stock. Apparently they negotiated well and walked off very, very well paid. Edit: not sure if I have a point there other than both employees and companies can be jerks. We should all be better.

macintux 6y ago
> We also hired a c-level exec who came aboard apparently having already accepted a different offer and came on for under a month to collect pay and get some juicy stock. At a previous job, I worked fairly closely with a sales representative who, it turned out, was working in sales “full time” for two different tech companies in different fields. Needless to say, once he was discovered he was jobless (unless, of course, there were more undiscovered jobs out there).
- icedchai 6y ago
  How was he discovered? It would be easier to do this nowadays, given the whole remote thing.
  - macintux 6y ago
    The other employer found out, IIRC, through his LinkedIn profile and contacted us. Been several years though so I’m only moderately confident in that memory.
    - ClumsyPilot 6y ago
      I am conflicted abiut this - he was working full time at 2 places and performing adequately? Was he that good? If this continued for a while and you were happy with his work prior to discovering this, why let him go?
      - macintux 6y ago
        ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I’m a peon, so I don’t know what options were discussed, but I suspect once you’ve been revealed to be that dishonest, it’s hard to trust that you aren’t pulling other shenanigans.
FireBeyond 6y ago
A friend of mine, ex-IT, is now a Physician Assistant. He was an Alaska native, living outside Seattle. He had been doing a lot of contract work at a large Urgent Care in Alaska, and talked about it with his family. They talked about making him full-time. Negotiated an offer, relocation package, etc., all good. He set about selling his home, finding his kids new schools, etc. And then about a week before his start date, he got a phone call. "The clinic has been sold to new owners. They are reviewing finances and rescinded any job offers, including yours. They will allow you 30 days to repay your relocation assistance." Oh hell no. He lawyered up. He'd sold his home. Had a whole bunch of language in the employment contract that the new owners were unaware of, to ensure things went "smoothly". He didn't end up repaying his relocation assistance. And his "new" "employer" ended up paying three months salary and the closing costs on his house for the inconvenience.

macintux 6y ago

> We also hired a c-level exec who came aboard apparently having already accepted a different offer and came on for under a month to collect pay and get some juicy stock. At a previous job, I worked fairly closely with a sales representative who, it turned out, was working in sales “full time” for two different tech companies in different fields. Needless to say, once he was discovered he was jobless (unless, of course, there were more undiscovered jobs out there).

icedchai 6y ago
How was he discovered? It would be easier to do this nowadays, given the whole remote thing.
- macintux 6y ago
  The other employer found out, IIRC, through his LinkedIn profile and contacted us. Been several years though so I’m only moderately confident in that memory.
  - ClumsyPilot 6y ago
    I am conflicted abiut this - he was working full time at 2 places and performing adequately? Was he that good? If this continued for a while and you were happy with his work prior to discovering this, why let him go?
    - macintux 6y ago
      ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I’m a peon, so I don’t know what options were discussed, but I suspect once you’ve been revealed to be that dishonest, it’s hard to trust that you aren’t pulling other shenanigans.

FireBeyond 6y ago

A friend of mine, ex-IT, is now a Physician Assistant. He was an Alaska native, living outside Seattle. He had been doing a lot of contract work at a large Urgent Care in Alaska, and talked about it with his family. They talked about making him full-time. Negotiated an offer, relocation package, etc., all good. He set about selling his home, finding his kids new schools, etc. And then about a week before his start date, he got a phone call. "The clinic has been sold to new owners. They are reviewing finances and rescinded any job offers, including yours. They will allow you 30 days to repay your relocation assistance." Oh hell no. He lawyered up. He'd sold his home. Had a whole bunch of language in the employment contract that the new owners were unaware of, to ensure things went "smoothly". He didn't end up repaying his relocation assistance. And his "new" "employer" ended up paying three months salary and the closing costs on his house for the inconvenience.