Co-worker who has never been late in 7+ years, gets fired for first time being late…
This happened last week and today Monday we just found out he was fired for being 20 minutes late FOR HIS FIRST TIME EVER… tomorrow me and ALL my coworkers will be late and will continue to come in late until they rehire him.
Update: I was 22 min late and our manager was not happy, he asked if everyone was stuck at traffic or something and one of the workers w most experience (5yrs in the company) said “unfair treatment for being late is not something we want”
and then me and another co worker said that we just straight up worried that because of a mistake or slip up we can be fired and then 2 other co workers they are older so kinda close minded AND don’t work on the floor (office people) w all the other 13 mechs said that “that’s how life is”
To make it short cause I’m at work atm our manager smoked the entire situation and said “that wasn’t gonna happen” as long as you don’t get “hostile” when being “counseled”….
We just said we wanna be appreciated and want job security specially now a days. We expressed how we are concerned to get our ex-colleague back and here’s the “GOODNEWS” … the manager said he “contacted” him to come back but he said in the group chat that he was not coming back unless things changes.
He said he appreciated us coming in late but we didn’t have to do that; our manager did text him back less than a week after being fired. But I think our end goal was just legit prove and set in stone that were not disposable, we all have a job and a certain area that we are all good at, so it’s like we just gotta depend on one another.
Lastly… there’s no job I’ve encountered in my 26 years of life that has cared for me… and I’m sure a HUGE percentage of people can relate so yeah… try and understand that you can get fired for stupid things like being late…