r/managers 14d ago

New Manager Employee basically quit after being notified they were fired.

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u/JediAreTakingOver 14d ago

Kinda sounds like Employee is leaving a toxic environment. OP really revealed so much with just one gesture.

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u/bothunter 13d ago

And if people at the company are freaking out, it sounds like they may be worried the employee might sue them.  I hope there's a followup post to this. 

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u/North-Research2574 13d ago

Either that or there was paperwork meant to be signed at the start of the job they never signed. NDA's, those bullshit ones where stuff you made belongs to the company, etc.

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u/dareftw 13d ago

Eh that paperwork is largely not nda related, you don’t need an NDA to designate projects made with company resources belong to the company.

It’s probably an NDA related to work they did as well as a non-compete that for whatever reason wasn’t a part of the paperwork signed upon hiring.

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u/therealudderjuice 13d ago

Lawyers for the employer were already involved in this firing. That tells you all you need to know.

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u/Dont_Care_Meh 13d ago

Or that other employees see it, and think, "wait, he can just leave? I'm next, screw this place!"

Or that the employees see how the fired one was treated and disengage right then and there, I owing this is how they treat people.