CuppaJoe
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I knew a stellar employee at megacorp who didn’t show up one day. Her co-workers had the police check her house, they were there by 11 a.m.
Another fun network security story from my Megacorp. My group brought in a female security engineer as a contract-to-hire position. She was appalled at the lack of security knowledge in our management, and made a few points and comments. So one day they fired her for a trumped up reason. She's a contractor, so she has no recourse. But she gets mad, and about 16 hours later she signs onto her email account through the company VPN and sends an email similar to Onward's suggestion to ALL the management in the company Director level and above. In the email she points out that there's no way she should be able to send this email, since any security noob knows you disable all accounts BEFORE you fire someone, especially someone with root for the whole company. I and all my coworkers got rousted out of bed that night to try to pull the email back out of the various mailboxes in an attemt to salvage my bosses' reputations, but we didn't work to hard at it. Huge embarassment, but they survived it for a few more years. The sad part is that people in the real world think these people are capable of protecting their data and private information.
I really loved my job.
So, um, was he downloading porn during his late shift?
Audrey
So, um, was he downloading porn during his late shift?
Audrey
Another fun network security story from my Megacorp. My group brought in a female security engineer as a contract-to-hire position. She was appalled at the lack of security knowledge in our management, and made a few points and comments. So one day they fired her for a trumped up reason. She's a contractor, so she has no recourse. But she gets mad, and about 16 hours later she signs onto her email account through the company VPN and sends an email similar to Onward's suggestion to ALL the management in the company Director level and above.
And if it wasn't a math error - your boss will be aware that they have a department full of unhappy productive employees whom they better take care of pretty quickly, or suffer the consequences.
This in the land of the corporate sharks and ruthless executivesThis thread reminds me of a story - Who knows if it's true - but I like the story...
I had a friend who formerly worked at Honeywell. The story is - from the friend, is that management was bad so people were leaving right and left for other jobs. One guy decided to take another job and not formerly quit the Honeywell job. he just didn't show up any longer. He also changed his phone number. His paychecks were posted automatically to his bank account.
Well it took Honeywell 2 or 3 months to figure out that the guy wasn't there anymore and to terminate him. The story is, is that he was able to keep all those extra checks.
This may seem like a stupid idea .....but if the amount was that minuscule, I'd definitely get a straw poll of your co-workers on your same level to see if ALL of them had a similar % range, or if perhaps a few were different. If you were ALL in that same 0.3% area, I'd go to HR or your superior (maybe not all of your co-workers together...although the presence of a mob can be more effective than a single person! ) and mention that everyone was told that they would receive stock in exchange for not getting the raises/bonuses, and that the amounts you received were an insult for the work you produced, compared to the CEO and higher-ups who were showered with stock.
The reason I suggest this is that I wonder if there could be a very slim chance that perhaps there was a math error in assigning the # of shares? I know it sounds implausible, but hey, strange things happen in MegaCorps (imagine some lowly payroll entry operator mistaking 3% or 30% for 0.3%). If everyone on your level had the same lowly % result, then it very well might be a math error. Granted, it's doubtful...but I'd definitely explore that (and demand to know why you received such a small amount while the higher-ups were lavished with shares) before resorting to any other walk-out or revenge.
And if it wasn't a math error - your boss will be aware that they have a department full of unhappy productive employees whom they better take care of pretty quickly, or suffer the consequences.
How things change quickly. Not showing up is now back on the front burner. Today I was informed that my boss, my bosses boss and his boss (senior VP) have all been fired/layoff, packaged off...what ever you want to call it. Along with other important and quality managers & directors. My new boss calls me and says " Your job is safe and I need to know your on-board?" and that "You are crucial to our success" to which I replied "the .3% didn't give me confidence that I'm valued" and "I'll get back to him with the on-board thing".
I am now seriously considering telling him that I have concluded that I am NOT on-board and that I have lost confidence in management and especially the CEO. Then I'll wait for the package while showing up late, long lunches, ignoring work orders, conference calls, his calls and the likes. Then wait for the Axe...should take too long.
E86S54
So I had a conf call with my new boss & HR. I told them that if they were looking to save more money they could lay me off since I planned to retire in 2013 anyway. Only my boss spoke and said that I was too important to lay off and would hear none of it. Gave me the company cheer BS and said we would talk in a few days so I would have time to think about it. I told him I saw no future here, that I have personally moved on and I had been thinking and planning this for months/years, so a few days wouldn't change anything.
I believe he was either unprepared for my offer and was confused as what to do as he does not hold any power over me. He ended it with the comment "I still expect you to perform your responsibilities to the best of your abilities". I felt like answering "or what...you'll fire me!? That's what I'm asking you dumb a$$!"
I think when he has time to reflect on this with the HR guy, they come to the conclusion that this only ends with me leaving.
E86S54
So I had a conf call with my new boss & HR. I told them that if they were looking to save more money they could lay me off since I planned to retire in 2013 anyway. <snip>
I think when he has time to reflect on this with the HR guy, they come to the conclusion that this only ends with me leaving.
E86S54
I had a friend who was working for a company that was being sold. People were assuming the worst and bailing out right and left.
So the company he worked for gave him and others a (whopper) big bonus and a big raise to stay on through the acquisition.
Then the new company took over and gave him another (whopper) big bonus and raise to stay on for 6 months.
After 6 months he feigned that he was considering other offers. Ditto the raise (yet again).
He would have been much much worse off had he left. He never would have received the kind of money he did by moving on.
There is opportunity in changing times.
Handed in my notice this morning...boss was shocked!? One month and I'm onto life part 2!
I take it you couldn't convince them to lay you off?
Congratulations and welcome to life part 2.