My manager just told me it was my last day of work here

[Kaekae]

I was a database administrator for a small privately owned mail advertising company in Baltimore.

But yesterday at the end of the day, my manager told me they were letting me go and hiring an outside vendor to handle their clients databases and files. Along with managing their client's data, I also presorted their mail lists for our mailings.

What really irked me was they didn't give me a 2 week notice or not even a week notice for that matter. He had waited for mostly everyone to leave the office before telling me and he watched me pack my things and pack my car up.

There were only a few of my co workers still left, but I didn't even get a proper chance to tell them goodbye and shake their hands. I felt like it was very unprofessional of what happened.

And the most disgusting thing of all.........the owners and the accountant responsible for making this decision had left the office early today because they are cowards. They couldn't even thank me for the 4 years that I had given to their company.

In the end this was probably the best thing to happen to me in terms of finding out what type of personalities they really had and I will do my best to find a job working with decent human beings.

Just had to vent ATOT and I feel better already!

 

[brainhulk]

can you hack into their computer so I stop getting spam mail?

 

[CrazyAznDriver]

We find it's always better to fire people on a Friday. Studies have statistically shown that there's less chance of an incident if you do it at the end of the week.

 

[SpunkyJones]

Sorry for the bad news, hopefully something better will come up soon.

Also there typically isn't a 2 week notice, you get to clean up your stuff and then get escorted from the building asap. They don't want a disgruntled database admin with access to client data hanging around, you never know what could happen!

 

[Kaekae]

can you hack into their computer so I stop getting spam mail?

I tried to VPN into my account when I got home to make sure I had deleted any personal e-mails on my account but they had already changed my account login info.

 

[dwell]

DROP system; COMMIT;

 

[manlymatt83]

I was a database administrator for a small privately owned mail advertising company in Baltimore.

But yesterday at the end of the day, my manager told me they were letting me go and hiring an outside vendor to handle their clients databases and files. Along with managing their client's data, I also presorted their mail lists for our mailings.

What really irked me was they didn't give me a 2 week notice or not even a week notice for that matter. He had waited for mostly everyone to leave the office before telling me and he watched me pack my things and pack my car up.

There were only a few of my co workers still left, but I didn't even get a proper chance to tell them goodbye and shake their hands. I felt like it was very unprofessional of what happened.

And the most disgusting thing of all.........the owners and the accountant responsible for making this decision had left the office early today because they are cowards. They couldn't even thank me for the 4 years that I had given to their company.

In the end this was probably the best thing to happen to me in terms of finding out what type of personalities they really had and I will do my best to find a job working with decent human beings.

Just had to vent ATOT and I feel better already!

What kind of DBA? Send me a PM

 

[JJChicken]

Sucks to hear, hope you find something good

 

[rh71]

They don't want a disgruntled database admin with access to client data hanging around, you never know what could happen!

Exactly. Unfortunately. That's why even your mgr was watching you till the end. Good luck out there.

 

[Kaekae]

Exactly. Unfortunately. That's why even your mgr was watching you till the end. Good luck out there.

Yeah you are all right. I guess I didn't take the time to think of it from that point of view. I mean I really enjoyed working there and most of my co-workers always treated me like a friend more then anything else.

Even my manager was choking up and didn't have all the right words. I just can't believe the owners had left early on purpose. I atleast wanted to shake their hands and say thanks and goodbye.

 

[arcenite]

Cowards? At a company that produces spam? NONSENSE!

 

[JimmiG]

Well there is the security aspect. A database admin who knows he'll get the sack in a few weeks might do some damage. But really, they should have trusted you more than that after 4 years.

 

[MotionMan]

We find it's always better to fire people on a Friday. Studies have statistically shown that there's less chance of an incident if you do it at the end of the week.

At my old office, the managing partner and I let my secretary go at 4:45 p.m. on a Friday. She was pissed that she would have to stay "overtime" to pack up her stuff. So, to shut her up, we paid her for every minute after 5:00 p.m. she was in our offices.

She also complained that she was not able to say goodbye to her co-workers. In reality, no one liked her (which she knew) and we thought she would appreciate not being embarrassed in front of everyone as she packed her stuff.

No one likes to be let go, but she took it very poorly, IMO.

MotionMan

 

[MotionMan]

Yeah you are all right. I guess I didn't take the time to think of it from that point of view. I mean I really enjoyed working there and most of my co-workers always treated me like a friend more then anything else.

Even my manager was choking up and didn't have all the right words. I just can't believe the owners had left early on purpose. I atleast wanted to shake their hands and say thanks and goodbye.

Did they at least give you 2-weeks severance? Not that they have to, but, it would be the professional thing to do in lieu of 2-weeks notice.

MotionMan

 

[guyver01]

What really irked me was they didn't give me a 2 week notice or not even a week notice for that matter.

you never get notice when you're fired.

and yes... spin it however you want... you were fired.

 

[Bignate603]

I tried to VPN into my account when I got home to make sure I had deleted any personal e-mails on my account but they had already changed my account login info.

I worked for a company that laid an IT guy off. As the manager and HR guy told him in a conference room one of the other IT guys was changing all the passwords.

 

[MotionMan]

I worked for a company that laid an IT guy off. As the manager and HR guy told him in a conference room one of the other IT guys was changing all the passwords.

That is what (multiple) backdoor passwords are for. And don't tell anyone about them.

:whiste:




j/k - Don't do that.

MotionMan

 

[chelhxi]

That's exactly how it happens at my company with anyone who doesn't quit nicely and voluntarily with notice. Minimal notice, walked off the premises, no good-byes. One hour they work there, the next they don't. After 5 years I'm pretty used to the emails of "so and so is not longer employed at company". And I don't trust them at all.

 

[pontifex]

I got laid off a few years ago, was network/desktop analyst position, and I was told on December 23rd that I was being laid off and my last day was December 31st. They actually wanted me to come back in one last day after Xmas to hand in my stuff and finish up anything I had going on.

 

[1sikbITCH]

I worked for a company that laid an IT guy off. As the manager and HR guy told him in a conference room one of the other IT guys was changing all the passwords.

I double as IT at my office for the small stuff. They may have planned it for a week, but they don't tell me to lock them out until they are calling them to the manager's office. Then they escort them out of the building, taking their keys as they go. Until that point, nobody knows. And it's best that way.

When it happens to me, I will try to be as understanding

 

[GagHalfrunt]

In my business a lot of guys have company cars and the areas we cover are 100 miles or more from the main office. There have been instances of really unpopular or fuckup employees getting fired by being called into the office for a meeting. They bring the guy in, fire the sap, take back his company car and leave him stranded there to call someone to pick them up or take a cab home.

 

[roguerower]

I double as IT at my office for the small stuff. They may have planned it for a week, but they don't tell me to lock them out until they are calling them to the manager's office. Then they escort them out of the building, taking their keys as they go. Until that point, nobody knows. And it's best that way.

When it happens to me, I will try to be as understanding

I can understand why this method would be the best to take for a company firing/releasing someone on the IT staff. If they get pissed they could possibly do some damage.

OP, sorry it happened. Good luck in the future.

 

[MotionMan]

I got laid off a few years ago, was network/desktop analyst position, and I was told on December 23rd that I was being laid off and my last day was December 31st. They actually wanted me to come back in one last day after Xmas to hand in my stuff and finish up anything I had going on.

I was working as a law clerk for a sole practitioner (His father was a good friend of my (now) future father-in-law). He fired me three days before my Bar results came out and 8 days before my wedding.

I heard from a secretary that his wife did not want the added expense of paying me as a lawyer.

BTW, they were invited to the wedding, had never RSVP'd and did not give a give (except, of course, my walking papers).

MotionMan

 

[Platypus]

and yes... spin it however you want... you were fired.

kicking the man when he's down? :\


sorry to the OP, you'll bounce back.

 

[kage69]

If you have admin level access to anything, you can't expect them to give you any kind of notice. What employer would want to risk dealing with a pissed off, vindictive employee who has days even weeks to use their access to "get back" at the company?


It's shitty, I agree, but that's the way it works. If you did your job well and had a good relationship with the management, they should have taken you out for a good bye lunch or something - the leaving early to avoid you is a bit puss of them. Business is business and we should all be able to be adults about it.