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Company I worked at had a layoff in 2012, security manager escorted 200 people out of the building. At the end of the day, he was escorted out of the building.

by dgfitz 4y ago

Company I worked at had a layoff in 2012, security manager escorted 200 people out of the building. At the end of the day, he was escorted out of the building. It was quite shitty for that fellow, I felt terrible for him.

willcipriano 4y ago
One place I worked at briefly would call the cops and have them escourt you out if they thought there was any risk of "disruption or back talk" (their words). I decided not to work for assholes who lay off little old ladies and then to add insult to injury, call the cops on them.
- failedengineer 4y ago
  "Pardon, Officer, but we're firing several employees today and would you like you to assist. We're concerned they might say bad things to us." "ON OUR WAY!" This is a disgusting scenario. I hope they weren't misusing on-duty police resources for this.
  - willcipriano 4y ago
    You could tell the cops weren't happy about it. These were women in their mid 50's and up who worked front desk jobs, not really a risk of violence. All they wanted to do was go get their personal items and say goodbye to their peers. Some of them were forced to leave phones and purses behind and wait a week for them to be mailed to them. It's one of those times in life where you see the mask slip off and realize who the people you've been dealing with actually are.
    - vimy 4y ago
      > All they wanted to do was go get their personal items and say goodbye to their peers. Some of them were forced to leave phones and purses behind and wait a week for them to be mailed to them. How is that even legal? I wouldn’t leave without my personal belongings or I would file charges for theft with those cops.
- Cthulhu_ 4y ago
  One company I worked for (a bank) had an office outside of the security gates, mainly used for exit interviews; they would disable people's access cards and accounts while that was going on.
wbradmoore 4y ago
itronitron 4y ago
When RSA Data Security was acquired in the mid `90's they laid off a bunch of people, presumably to sweeten the deal, and security was waiting outside in the morning to block people from coming into the building. One of my former colleagues, who showed up to work early, inadvertently freaked out one of the executives when they saw them in the hall. Naturally they (not the executive) were soon escorted out of the building and told they had been laid off.
pluies 4y ago
This has strong IT Crowd vibes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGFGD5pj03M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGFGD5pj03M

by dgfitz 4y ago

willcipriano 4y ago

One place I worked at briefly would call the cops and have them escourt you out if they thought there was any risk of "disruption or back talk" (their words). I decided not to work for assholes who lay off little old ladies and then to add insult to injury, call the cops on them.

failedengineer 4y ago
"Pardon, Officer, but we're firing several employees today and would you like you to assist. We're concerned they might say bad things to us." "ON OUR WAY!" This is a disgusting scenario. I hope they weren't misusing on-duty police resources for this.
- willcipriano 4y ago
  You could tell the cops weren't happy about it. These were women in their mid 50's and up who worked front desk jobs, not really a risk of violence. All they wanted to do was go get their personal items and say goodbye to their peers. Some of them were forced to leave phones and purses behind and wait a week for them to be mailed to them. It's one of those times in life where you see the mask slip off and realize who the people you've been dealing with actually are.
  - vimy 4y ago
    > All they wanted to do was go get their personal items and say goodbye to their peers. Some of them were forced to leave phones and purses behind and wait a week for them to be mailed to them. How is that even legal? I wouldn’t leave without my personal belongings or I would file charges for theft with those cops.
Cthulhu_ 4y ago
One company I worked for (a bank) had an office outside of the security gates, mainly used for exit interviews; they would disable people's access cards and accounts while that was going on.

wbradmoore 4y ago

itronitron 4y ago

When RSA Data Security was acquired in the mid `90's they laid off a bunch of people, presumably to sweeten the deal, and security was waiting outside in the morning to block people from coming into the building. One of my former colleagues, who showed up to work early, inadvertently freaked out one of the executives when they saw them in the hall. Naturally they (not the executive) were soon escorted out of the building and told they had been laid off.

pluies 4y ago

This has strong IT Crowd vibes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGFGD5pj03M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGFGD5pj03M