Executive orders fired employee to keep working, running errands and monitoring emails without pay, threatens their career when they refuse: ‘now, after being fired I’m supposed to be a team player?’

The delusion of certain bosses never ceases to amaze. They somehow interpret a layoff as more of a casual suggestion than an actual termination, treating terminated employees like personal assistants who just happened to stop getting paid. These are the same people who believe budget cuts mean unlimited access to your time and energy, just without the pesky obligation of compensation. The audacity of expecting you to maintain the same level of dedication after showing you the door is pretty spectacular.

These bosses live in a parallel universe where personal errands are somehow crucial business tasks, where being laid off means you should be even more eager to please, and where saying no makes you ungrateful rather than, you know, unemployed. They hold future recommendations like weapons and throw around terms like team spirit as if loyalty should survive termination. The nerve of expecting someone to remain your personal errand runner after firing them would be hilarious if it weren't so infuriating.

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