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If you want a vision of the future, imagine a wage slave typing: "I hate my job. I hate my job. I hate my job," on a keyboard, for ever. That's what a Manhattan court typist is accused of doing, having been fired from his post two years ago, after jeopardizing upwards of 30 trials, according to the New York Post. Many of the court transcripts were "complete gibberish" as the stenographer was allegedly suffering the effects of alcohol abuse, but the one that has caught public attention contains the phrase "I hate my job" over and over again.
We've collectively been around the professional block many times. What's the most spectacular flameout you've seen?
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 17 2014, @02:38PM
If his wife couldn't stand him, why did your company hired him?
(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Thursday April 17 2014, @03:32PM
That's the thing about hiring, anybody can put on their game-face and interview well but turn out to be a big piece of shit on the floor. Or, worse, have buried murderous tendencies which could be brought to the surface anytime, as a result of any trigger personal or professional.
Unfortunately, corporate interviewing is mostly automated screening for keywords and then HR, and then some simple testing and cursory questions that gives no real indication of a person's ability to have a good work ethic, think on their feet, or even solve "real-world" problems. Not every corporation is a Google or Microsoft.
Military veterans are no different. We've recently been hiring a lot of them because of the tax-beaks and other benefits employers get, but similarly you had your nose-picking and crotch-scratching shitbags who cruised and spent 10 or 20 years doing jack shit, you had your outstanding hard-workers worth their weight in gold, and everything else in between. We're pretty good at getting rid of the shitbags during their probation period, but it might be harder elsewhere because the supervisor who signed the hiring papers may have his pride on the line.
(Score: 2) by Tork on Thursday April 17 2014, @06:02PM
Heh. What'd you expect him to say? "We ignored the advice of the prophets."
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