'I was kicked off the call when they were [firing] me': Employee gets access revoked so quickly they're booted off mid-call, rejoins to give them a piece of his mind

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Aug 28, 2024 8:00 AM EDT

There are some pretty embarrassing ways to get fired from one's job. Typically, everyone worries about the reaction from the person getting booted. Will they make a scene? Will they get hostile? Will they call their boss out on their complete lack of adequate management skills? However. more often than not, we come across stories where the people doing the firing should really be the ones who are embarrassed.

Here, we have an employee who logged onto a Zoom call with HR. Just when they mentioned that today would be his last day, his company access was immediately revoked to the point that he was booted off the call right then and there. He ended up needing to log back in via his personal email, which some folks in the comments section questioned but he needed to iron out some details and ensure that he would get a strong severance package.

Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the fallout. For more content like this, check out this post about a new hire who learned on the first day that he was not going to be an assistant; he was going to be the head of an entire department.

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    "Today is your last day" -
    via Gabriel Benois
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    Company revoked my access so quick I was kicked off the call when they were laying me off
    via justagirl800
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    Right when my manager said "and today is your last day" I saw her click her mouse and I was logged off of everything- even the call in which they were laying me off. I had to rejoin with my personal email. What a dummy. I think of it every now and then and laugh.
    via justagirl800
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    // Edit: holy I'm sorry all y'all have had similar experiences. There was a moment where it really s and made me feel bad but I'm over it now and happy to not be working there anymore with those spineless babies.
    via justagirl800
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    Add: I rejoined the call because it was a layoff and not a firing. I wanted to hear about my severance and I also hadn't been reimbursed for a flight I had booked for work. I had to handle my business even though I was so... p
    via justagirl800
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    Add: there was no IT department at this company, so don't praise them for being on top of things in any way. One of the software engineers doubled as the guy who made the corporate emails.
    via justagirl800
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    TheyTasteFunny 19 hr. ago Basically the same thing happened to me last month. Direct boss couldn't even look at the camera. He hung up and
    via justagirl800
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    HR told me "your last day is today, you'll get a full day pay for today typing and we will be send..." click.
    via justagirl800
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    The next two weeks they texted or called everyday to try to get me to tell them how to do things or where such and such was. Each time my only
    via justagirl800
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    response was a contractors day rate. A day rate that went up each time they contacted me. It's their own da fault for immediately letting me go and not giving time. for handoffs.
    via justagirl800
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    spookeeszn⚫ 19 hr. ago That's hilarious that they even KEPT contacting you after the first time you gave your rate Morons
    via justagirl800
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    Le_Woof. 22 hr. ago I wouldn't have rejoined
    via justagirl800
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    justagirl800 OP. 20 hr. ago I wanted to talk to HR about severance. Boss left right after she kicked me off the server. It was just me and HR after talking about the severance package
    via justagirl800
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    Superb_Raccoon. 19 hr. ago At least someone in IT is efficient...
    via justagirl800
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    Dinolord05 19 hr. ago Reminds me of my HOA President saying "now that that da dude is gone...tired of his after he thought they had booted all non- board members off the Zoom call...
    via justagirl800
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    My complaint was resolved quickly when I said "hi, still here."
    via justagirl800
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    WestPhilippinesSea 20 hr. ago My company had a door pad code and they wouldn't lay you off during work hours after you left for the day they would change the door
    via justagirl800
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    codes and leave your things outside in a box, next day you show up to work see the box and realize it's your things
    via justagirl800

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