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Employees are the most valuable asset of any company. Appreciating and recognizing their efforts is essential to fostering a positive work environment. Sadly, the recent actions of one company have sparked dismay and anger among social media users. He fired one of his top performing employees to make a point and teach the rest of the staff a lesson.
The news was shared by a user on Reddit, garnering a lot of attention and criticism. This post revolves around a Reddit user’s account of their company’s unpredictable and suspicious behavior. According to the user, the company fired one of its most skilled employees just to demonstrate its ability to fire anyone at its discretion.
Here is the post:
Company fired a top performer to show us they can fire anyone they want
By u/annie-boysenberry-9918 In anti work
“To be honest, there are a lot of things going wrong at my current job, including upper management stealing commissions from workers, not honoring contract terms, giving us a hard time if we spend more than 5 minutes in the bathroom and saying the door is open. We don’t like it, etc,” the Redditor said in the post.
The post continued, “One day they threatened to fire me because I was discouraged, discouraged because they stole my commission. Today they fired a colleague who was a top performer and was behind me in sales figures.”
The user further added that he was officially told that the employee was fired because he was not performing up to expectations. “But, our direct manager told us that they fired him for example, that we shouldn’t fight management for things like commission or breach of contract, because they can fire anyone they want if we try to go against them.”
The post got nearly 800 upvotes and over 150 comments, with users criticizing the move. Many deemed the company’s actions ‘inappropriate’, while others raised concerns about its overall practices and standards.
One Reddit user commented, “They fired the top performer so they could steal her big commission check. Then they used it to scare the rest of you.”
Another said, “I feel like this is an open and shut civil lawsuit. A shame criminal charges won’t be filed.”
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