Comments on: Workers find their termination dates on company Intranet http://www.hrblunders.com/workers-find-their-termination-dates-on-company-intranet/ The worst mistakes, catastrophes, and near-misses Sat, 24 Jul 2010 21:23:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Deb http://www.hrblunders.com/workers-find-their-termination-dates-on-company-intranet/comment-page-1/#comment-5400 Deb Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:36:08 +0000 http://www.hrblunders.com/?p=395#comment-5400 The termination dates DID NOT belongs entered into any system, online or otherwise until AFTER the employee was actually terminated. The termination dates DID NOT belongs entered into any system, online or otherwise until AFTER the employee was actually terminated.

]]> By: Roland http://www.hrblunders.com/workers-find-their-termination-dates-on-company-intranet/comment-page-1/#comment-4644 Roland Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:49:29 +0000 http://www.hrblunders.com/?p=395#comment-4644 Lets put this in perspective. There are HR managers with professional ethics and there are those that have no ethics...um I wonder where this one falls. One of the interesting things I noted is that companies rarely if ever hire someone with out first meeting them. So why is it that people will take something so personal as termination of ones employment and do it over the phone or in an e-mail? Maybe it is simply a lack of courage to face the conflict. Lets put this in perspective. There are HR managers with professional ethics and there are those that have no ethics…um I wonder where this one falls. One of the interesting things I noted is that companies rarely if ever hire someone with out first meeting them. So why is it that people will take something so personal as termination of ones employment and do it over the phone or in an e-mail? Maybe it is simply a lack of courage to face the conflict.

]]> By: Larry http://www.hrblunders.com/workers-find-their-termination-dates-on-company-intranet/comment-page-1/#comment-4631 Larry Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:09:46 +0000 http://www.hrblunders.com/?p=395#comment-4631 I read this story before. It is a poorly managed company or department which permitted this to happen. I understand it was the HR Manager's fault. Carelessness, or failing to attend to details, or a lack of professionalism caused this. If it were my company somebody would be following the others out the door. I read this story before. It is a poorly managed company or department which permitted this to happen. I understand it was the HR Manager’s fault. Carelessness, or failing to attend to details, or a lack of professionalism caused this. If it were my company somebody would be following the others out the door.

]]> By: Fred Hosier http://www.hrblunders.com/workers-find-their-termination-dates-on-company-intranet/comment-page-1/#comment-4515 Fred Hosier Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:48:36 +0000 http://www.hrblunders.com/?p=395#comment-4515 Editor's note: Maybe it wasn't clear by the story, but this is how the employees found out they were being laid off. Editor’s note: Maybe it wasn’t clear by the story, but this is how the employees found out they were being laid off.

]]> By: Mike http://www.hrblunders.com/workers-find-their-termination-dates-on-company-intranet/comment-page-1/#comment-4514 Mike Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:47:10 +0000 http://www.hrblunders.com/?p=395#comment-4514 Actually, I don't see what the problem is with termination dates, so long as the reason for the termination isn't indicated (Resigned, Terminated for policy violation, etc.). The same goes for a hiring date. I find that if a company had a website that previous employees could check this information for themselves, there would be far less problems in their filling out applications at a later date. We don't post this information for employees, but again, I still don't see a problem with this as this is purely a fact of business; Hired this date, terminated this date, and worked in this position. Now posting SS numbers, birth dates, addresses and phone numbers, dependents, race, veteran status, disability, salary, etc. certainly would be very problematic at best. Actually, I don’t see what the problem is with termination dates, so long as the reason for the termination isn’t indicated (Resigned, Terminated for policy violation, etc.). The same goes for a hiring date. I find that if a company had a website that previous employees could check this information for themselves, there would be far less problems in their filling out applications at a later date.

We don’t post this information for employees, but again, I still don’t see a problem with this as this is purely a fact of business; Hired this date, terminated this date, and worked in this position. Now posting SS numbers, birth dates, addresses and phone numbers, dependents, race, veteran status, disability, salary, etc. certainly would be very problematic at best.

]]> By: Probably Not the Best Way to Let Someone Know They No Longer Work Here « Look Around HR http://www.hrblunders.com/workers-find-their-termination-dates-on-company-intranet/comment-page-1/#comment-4461 Probably Not the Best Way to Let Someone Know They No Longer Work Here « Look Around HR Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:04:20 +0000 http://www.hrblunders.com/?p=395#comment-4461 [...] at 6:00 am | In termination | It’s Friday, so here is a rather amusing story that I found at HRBlunders.com. Well, its funny, but at the same time its probably not funny to the employees who were on the [...] [...] at 6:00 am | In termination | It’s Friday, so here is a rather amusing story that I found at HRBlunders.com. Well, its funny, but at the same time its probably not funny to the employees who were on the [...]

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