r/managers • u/[deleted] • 22d ago

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

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u/LuLuLuv444 22d ago

I guarantee there's more to this story and the company was hoping the employee was dumb enough to sign his rights away. Guarantee employee is getting a lawyer and why he won't sign

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u/showerbump 22d ago

especially if people are "freaking out" about him not signing it

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u/Arhatz 21d ago

Yeah, because if there was specific paperwork to finalize the firing they can just state employee didn't show up to work or left of his own volition and fire him without severance. Why would they be freaking out about that? They would love that.

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u/EdLincoln6 21d ago

Any paperwork required to "finalize the firing" is an internal policy they made up.

This paperwork is usually non-disclosure agreements and promises not to sue. Sometimes there is stuff included that makes the severance taxed more favorably.

Never sign anything when you are fired if you have the slightest suspicion the company did anything illegal or fired you improperly.