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Most of my onsite work has been in Canada. One time I was laid off - and spent the next day polishing up what I was working on to set up the person who had to t
by switchbak 3y ago
Most of my onsite work has been in Canada. One time I was laid off - and spent the next day polishing up what I was working on to set up the person who had to take it over. Then I grabbed a beer with my coworkers!
Being escorted off site would seem really bizarre. You were trusted to the utmost a second ago, now you're Bill Cosby all the sudden.
- fulladder 3y agoThis is actually quite common. I've seen a variety of situations where a person was fired or laid off, but allowed to stay on for some time - usually a week or two, although the most extreme one I personally saw was a guy who stayed for more than 6 months. (Nobody could figure out how to get him to leave and he was known and respected in the industry so they were reluctant to force him out.) I think the "escorted out by security" might be something that happens more in the movies and maybe some very large and impersonal companies. Haven't seen a lot of layoffs up close, but I kind of doubt it's the norm.
- yreg 3y agoYou are talking about US, right? Thanks for the data point, because most of my knowledge is from hn/reddit/movies, so I don't know how prevalent this "you are fired, leave the premises immediately" procedure is.