I’ve only had this happen one time. I didn’t enter my time in our time tracker on time over 90 times in a year. We have till 1 the following day before we get a ding for it. Pretty deserved chat. I had already had a chat with my bosses boss before the meeting with HR and my boss so I was expecting it.
My boss also had to get the same chat, and I think his boss did too.
One Friday I had to go into to the office for an early meeting. Walked in the, saw my boss, my boss’ boss, HR, and an owner. I just said Fuck out loud and was immediately reassured that it is not what it looks like. They were laying people off, some of which were my friends. IT will always know before hand, we have to deactivate people’s access in a way they don’t notice until they get their meetings/calls. It does not feel good.
It amazes me that calling people resources survived the language-policing trend of the past 15 years.
And they have statement on why the senior engineer had to be involved in your maintenance job.
Some union agreements have rules against that, so that they’re obliged to inform you in advance if the meeting has potential consequences for your employment.
Or, it can be more subtle, that they are obliged to inform you of your right to bring an observer to the meeting.
It won’t save you from getting sacked, but it might give you a better chance of getting compensated when the company inevitably forgets to do it right…
Oof i’ve walked into this before. Worked for one of the Big 4 banks in Australia. They start with “How was your morning? Good? Excellent opens folder now lets talk about the drugs in the carpark”. Can’t believe i survived that lol
So… Tell us about the drugs in the carpark. That’s definitely a story.
Lol it was basically a “trade” in the carpark with some higher ups and someone ratted. Turns out all they cared about was “how compromised you were”. Once they investigated and found it was just one person who “witnessed” and reported it, everything was over in a few days.
I remember going to work for a large Australian company tripping balls.
My boss was like you’ve been glued to your computer all day bud, good work.
Did everything I could to avoid looking him the eye so he wouldn’t see my massively dilated eyes.
Ahhhh those were the day.
Yuuuuuuup.
Invite also shows up in your inbox an hour or less before meeting time, and is completely irregular from your normal schedule.
Protip: BACK EVERYTHING UP NOW if this happens. There’s a chance that IT hasn’t shut down your access to systems yet.
Horrible for all involved.
I’ve been the boss in this situation, and it sucks.
And a year later I was there with HR and my boss.
And a year later my boss was there with HR and his boss.
Fuck HR.
Ahh yes, September '24. I got my email notice about the “Teams” appointment.
I sent a pre-emptive reply and notified them of my diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder.
Kept my job. Enrolled in counseling.
Still pluggin’ along.
