Cerberus Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 I caught a guy smoking a joint standing outside of work yesterday and I fired him. I asked him if it was a joint and he said no. If he’d confessed I’d have probably just warned him. He pleaded with me and he’s a decent guy with small kids but I was in a bad mood so he got punted. Has anyone here had to fire someone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 2 minutes ago, Cerberus said: I caught a guy smoking a joint standing outside of work yesterday and I fired him. I asked him if it was a joint and he said no. If he’d confessed I’d have probably just warned him. He pleaded with me and he’s a decent guy with small kids but I was in a bad mood so he got punted. Has anyone here had to fire someone? Firing someone when you didn't have to thread for this pish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Angelo Barksdale Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 4 minutes ago, Cerberus said: I caught a guy smoking a joint standing outside of work yesterday and I fired him. I asked him if it was a joint and he said no. If he’d confessed I’d have probably just warned him. He pleaded with me and he’s a decent guy with small kids but I was in a bad mood so he got punted. Has anyone here had to fire someone? Is it not legal to smoke in California ? If so harsh IMO. Unless of course there's a safety issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmouth Strikes Again Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 7 minutes ago, Cerberus said: I caught a guy smoking a joint standing outside of work yesterday and I fired him. I asked him if it was a joint and he said no. If he’d confessed I’d have probably just warned him. He pleaded with me and he’s a decent guy with small kids but I was in a bad mood so he got punted. Has anyone here had to fire someone? You sound like a right c**t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menzel Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 Did it make you feel happy, you fucking tyrant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 Very close to it. Got a strange email from a guy on a Scottish football forum once saying that one of my employees had been up to things of ill repute, but I'd won on a scratchcard that morning and felt in a lenient mood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 I thought you couldn't punt someone if they fail a drug test etc and they had to be helped and rehabilitated by the company? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 18 minutes ago, Cerberus said: I caught a guy smoking a joint standing outside of work yesterday and I fired him. I asked him if it was a joint and he said no. If he’d confessed I’d have probably just warned him. He pleaded with me and he’s a decent guy with small kids but I was in a bad mood so he got punted. Has anyone here had to fire someone? This is the sacking thread, not the made up pish thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB 4.2 Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 Cerberus having a nightmare with all this made up pish. Will be interesting to see whether he asks for this account to be banned again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 39 minutes ago, Henderson to deliver ..... said: Is it not legal to smoke in California ? If so harsh IMO. Unless of course there's a safety issue. Its legal to drink alcohol in the UK but I'm pretty sure you'd get the chop for drinking at the workplace. Particularly if you are an airline pilot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB 4.2 Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 1 minute ago, throbber said: Its legal to drink alcohol in the UK but I'm pretty sure you'd get the chop for drinking at the workplace. Particularly if you are an airline pilot. I once got sacked for being inebriated at my workplace. But I was extremely unlucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 Just now, PB 4.2 said: I once got sacked for being inebriated at my workplace. But I was extremely unlucky. What was your job at the time? If you were to sack all construction workers for having cannabis in their system in the UK then not a lot of manual work would be getting done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Angelo Barksdale Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 Just now, throbber said: Its legal to drink alcohol in the UK but I'm pretty sure you'd get the chop for drinking at the workplace. Particularly if you are an airline pilot. That was kind of the point I was making. Plenty folk have a pint during a lunch meeting, at seminars etc. If the guy works in a warehouse sticking labels on boxes it's no big deal, if he drives the school bus it becomes an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 3 minutes ago, Henderson to deliver ..... said: That was kind of the point I was making. Plenty folk have a pint during a lunch meeting, at seminars etc. If the guy works in a warehouse sticking labels on boxes it's no big deal, if he drives the school bus it becomes an issue. What work does Cerberus do? It doesn't necessarily mean its not a big deal if you work in a warehouse sticking label on boxes either, if someones paying you to do something or they are responsible for your input then they have every right to not want you smoking weed during work hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB 4.2 Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 3 minutes ago, throbber said: What was your job at the time? I was working a in bar in Perth (no names). I'd worked the dayshift 11-5. Afterwards I was on a night out as my mate had just had a bairn, we visited about 5 pubs before returning to the boozer where I worked. The trainee lassie was struggling badly and was running out of glasses. I jumped behind the bar for about 25 mins unpaid glass washing, I was just finishing up when the boss walked in. Rather than thanking me, she sacked me for being under the influence behind the bar. She wasn't a nice person to work for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambomo Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 Its legal to drink alcohol in the UK but I'm pretty sure you'd get the chop for drinking at the workplace. Particularly if you are an airline pilot. But not if you are an MP in Westminster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 10 minutes ago, throbber said: What work does Cerberus do? It doesn't necessarily mean its not a big deal if you work in a warehouse sticking label on boxes either, if someones paying you to do something or they are responsible for your input then they have every right to not want you smoking weed during work hours. He guards the gates of hell to stop the dead coming back to life. Quite a bit of of responsibility, maybe he was a bit stressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8MileBU Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 I caught a guy smoking a joint standing outside of work yesterday and I fired him.I asked him if it was a joint and he said no. If he’d confessed I’d have probably just warned him.He pleaded with me and he’s a decent guy with small kids but I was in a bad mood so he got punted. Has anyone here had to fire someone? Yes. Took no pleasure in it at all as said individual was having a shite time of it at home. Unfortunately my then manager was a stickler for rules and procedures (which is fair enough I suppose), my pleas fell on deaf ears and I was given the instruction to sack him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Angelo Barksdale Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 13 minutes ago, throbber said: What work does Cerberus do? It doesn't necessarily mean its not a big deal if you work in a warehouse sticking label on boxes either, if someones paying you to do something or they are responsible for your input then they have every right to not want you smoking weed during work hours. We need more info from the OP. I sense there may be a twist in the tale here. The employee may have been on a break ? The fact he suggests that he would have forgiven the employee had he confessed suggests that the weed smoking may not have had any great effect on his job performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 1 minute ago, 8MileBU said: Yes. Took no pleasure in it at all as said individual was having a shite time of it at home. Unfortunately my then manager was a stickler for rules and procedures (which is fair enough I suppose), my pleas fell on deaf ears and I was given the instruction to sack him. If he was really a stickler for rules and procedures he should have allowed the disciplining officer to make the decision rather than interfering and forcing the hand which is against all good practice and probably employment law too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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