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What I get from this is the guy was fired because he felt he was so special that the rules didn't apply to him. He knew the rules going in, he repeated them sev
by talmand 15y ago
What I get from this is the guy was fired because he felt he was so special that the rules didn't apply to him. He knew the rules going in, he repeated them several times, and for him to whine about being held to those rules is the indicator of his huge ego. It seems he was going to describe this huge bureaucracy of compliance rules he had to constantly go through in his day-to-day yet the only thing he seemed to do wrong was he gave advice which he was specifically forbidden to do. Add to this the fact he knew the legal ramifications of him giving advice and yet he did it anyway. His big ego doesn't let him understand it wasn't just his job on the line if he gave bad advice, everybody sitting around him were at risk as well.
Those compliance rules may suck but they are there for one purpose, to protect the company. As he said, if he gives bad advice then the company can suffer legally. He was not hired to give advice, he was hired to answer questions with answers already printed out for him. Sounds like he really wants a job advising people on investments, why is he getting a job at a call center that is not allowed to give advice?
To stand out is to be fired? If your definition of standing out is to break rules you are clearly aware of that can have serious legal consequences for the company; then yes, your ass will be fired.
Also, if you are fired for breaking compliance rules then you are not the bottomless pit of compliance knowledge you think you are.
- mcguire 15y ago"Those compliance rules may suck but they are there for one purpose, to protect the company." Not completely to protect the company. I'm sure the company would love to drop those compliance rules and return to the good-old-days. Unfortunately, they used the "but that was just a call-center guy, why would you listen to his advice?" defense too often, after too many pump-and-dumps.
- talmand 15y agoIn the context of the guy's post the compliance rules he was complaining about are there to protect the company. Right or wrong, that is why they are there and he was specifically told this as he admits. Any other example is a completely different debate.
- wizzard 15y agoYeah, I don't think he proved the point he was trying to make, which was (ostensibly) that compliance hurts everyone involved -- employees, clients, and the company itself. He shared one anecdote where no harm was done by his breaking the rules, and from that we're supposed to agree that the rules should not exist. I don't follow. Plus, his constant assertions that he is god's gift to the financial industry were very off-putting.