co-workers.

[taranaki]

I have been training a guy for the last three months to work my job on a different shift.A couple of weeks ago I was told that the company was very pleased with his progress,and that they had a day shift job earmarked for me,and that I would be on permanent office hours once I had trained my replacement.

Alas,today,that all went out of the window.Last week, a call came through to the shift supervisor's office at 3am,his twin sister had been badly injured in a road accident.Obviously,he had to leave urgently,and I was called out of bed to take over.I worked 12 hour shifts to cover for him for the rest of the week,and he kept in touch on a daily basis.Apparently,a car had turned into the path of an oncoming truck,which then swerved,hitting his twin sisters car head-on.Her boyfriend died instantly,and she spent several days in intensive care.Naturally,we were all very concerned,and followed his progress reports with sympathy and support.

Today he got sacked.

Apparently,there were some minor technicalities that should have excluded him from receiving compassionate leave.The most obvious one being that he doesn't have a twin sister.Then there is the small matter of the staff member who also serves on the volunteer fire brigade has no recollection of a fatal truck accident on his patch last week.Then there is the hospital that can find no record of any comparable patient admitted at the time.

In short,the lying asshole staged the whole thing,right down to the dramatic late-night phone call.I feel personally cheated,having sacrificed my whole week's free time covering his workload and my own,for the sake of a few days' paid leave that he didn't deserve.

On top of that,my department is now short-handed.In addition to training my own replacement,I must train his replacement before I get my desk job.I just hope that the management hire two half-way decent candidates this time,and not useless garbage like this deceitful shitbag.

[raysoh8]

what an asshole! i wonder why he would do that, working isnt so bad..

[SniperX13]

dude that sucks. I kind aknow how you feel. My job has a huge turn around rate. Last year, we had a female have one of our supervisors watchs her kids so she could go to work... then proceeeds to call work and state she can't come in cause her kids are sick... then goes and parties. she was fired the next day. I guess some people just dont have great work ethics.

[Oz]

"Trial by fire" they call that Naki. Train the replacement to the same competencies with the same level of dedication, commitment and tenacity and management will only be further impressed.

[YogsVR4]

Thats guy is an asshole of the highest caliber. I hope upper management sees the extra effort that you've put in and compensates you for it.

[TexasF355F1]

What a fuck-wad! Glad to see he got canned. Assholes like that don't deserve to work at all.

[Lamborsari_Merbini]

yeah really,that guy shoulda just been satisfied getting the job by the sounds of it. i hope they recognize all the extra work you had to do, it just goes to show you what kinda dumbfuck people live in the world

[jon@af]

Kick his ass Seabass!!



But seriously, what a dick. People like that seriously piss me off.

[craigcully]

That's kinda shitty, I hate people like that.

[FireBball972]

what a loser

he wasn't man enough to take time off or something

hes a slimeball.....i stay away from ppl like that

[asterox]

The real culprit is your HR department.

[FireBball972]

Originally Posted by asterox

The real culprit is your HR department.

lol

[taranaki]

Originally Posted by asterox

The real culprit is your HR department.

Indeed. it's hard to beleive that a multi-million dollar plant still allows the junior management to appoint their own staff,and that they can get away with appointing vague acquaintances rather than taking the time to conduct proper formal interviews and screening.