Got fired today

Just a word of advice......I was a manager for many years when I was young. One thing I learned is don't be too friendly with the employees. It just doesn't work out. No matter how "cool" with the employees you try to be.......it will ALWAYS bite you right in the ass. I speak from experience. I never got fired when I was a boss...... but got my ass reamed a couple of times for stuff like you are talking about.

Good luck with the outcome.....and no matter what the outcome is........take it as a lesson and LEARN from it either way!!!!

 

I'd swallow a lot of pride and write a VERY apologetic letter to your manager and cc the HR person. Mention that you now understand that the incident was unprofessional and that you are very sorry about it. Ask to be given another chance.

Admitting guilt and accepting responsibility should demonstrate integrity and might even allow to to get your job back.

 

Good luck man. Pretty messed up that guy had to go crying like a little bitch.

 

damn man im sorry...hopfully they bring ya back and they just used this as an example setting type thing...good luck bud

 

While you need to know as a manager, that this was a bad idea... I have to say that I have NO like for HR people.... people all in all need to grow a thicker skin and stop being so fucking afraid of saying the wrong thing. At work, the bigger the corporation, the more everybody has to walk on eggshells.

 

brutal. good luck.

off topic..shaved heads with that wisp of hair in the back is retarded.

 

if you go this route which isnt a bad idea, make sure you dont even think about putting an excuse anywhere in it.

 

Hey I bet you never did anything silly at 22yrs of age. Its a lesson learned.

 

You're probably lucky he just whined to HR, not filed a police report for battery.

 

Did I say that I haven't? I have been fired from one job. I was very new to driving trucks and damaged a truck while still on probation. I simply went and got another job.

 

If your not and employee then...You can really kick his ass !!!

 

This is so, so true. I manage a network engineering team at Verizon... holy crap, the amount of HR namby pamby we have to wade through makes me want to choke sometimes. But it's a job, a good one, and I'll just pull my waders up a bit higher.

 

i agree here but ur still an asshole...
and to the OP, do u have a union that might be able to help?

 

Or you can beat the guy with a phone book.

 

Yes I am an asshole. This is my theme song: http://www.youtube.com/user/wolfman9999999#p/f/2/nzkgPf_sbX4

I am proud of it.

 

Sorry to hear about that. Wait and see what happens. You were honest about it which is a feather in your cap. True that about proper managerial behavior. Remember that at work, no one is your friend. CYA at all times!!!!!

 

best advice.. get your resume together and start looking for a new job...honestly its only hair and it wasnt even on a chick

 

No you didn't but would somone giving advice such as you did have helped at that exact time in your life? I bet not because you knew like he does that you screwed up. Or did they need to tell you that wrecking their truck was not a good thing? I bet you understood that, as he does about his mistake. If he is indeed fired then I am sure he will get another job, but at this time he is waiting for their final decision while he is suspended from his job.

Oh and I do agree with you about how it should have been handled. Just that we don't need to kick him while he is down. I'm sure he is kicking himself.

 

I feel for you man sucks @zz I got fired a ways back for saying, the chick who was obvious about sleeping her way to the top, slept her way to to the top sigh I calls em as I sees em

 

You should burn the place down.