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16 Really Stupid Moves That Will Get You Fired
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TheLaw.TV had an article recently about the 8 Stupid Moves That Get You Fired.
Two things about this came to mind:
Here are the 8 Stupid Moves from TheLaw.TV post:
1. Being late too often.
2. Stealing from the company. (I’m sure they don’t mean stealing things like office supplies – they mean Stealing-Stealing…)
3. Too many sick days. (Yep, you get sick days, but companies don’t like it when you use them, so we just tell you when you should use them. It’s Jedi-Mind Tricks, but HR-ish.)
4. Falsifying time card. (My personal favorite is having a “friend” clock out for you later in the day, when you left early. When that happens, I get to fire both of you!)
5. That’s not part of my job description. (I don’t think this one was real, but someone at TheLaw.TV needed some more. I know this is fake because the only thing SHRM has truly taught HR Pros in the last 50 years is that one line on the bottom of every job description – and I don’t even need to write it, because you know it! — is “Other duties…”
6. Drinking on the job. (before noon.)
7. Sexual misconduct. Approximately 37.8% percent of people met their spouse at work, according to an eHarmony totally legit survey. In that same survey, but unpublished, were how many people found their “next” spouse at work — at a slightly higher rate of 92.8 percent.)
8. Surfing porn. (Nothing says “Fire Me” like boobs at work. On a totally different but similar note, I’ve never had to fire a woman for surfing porn at work. That might be a separate post if I could find an HR Pro willing to share a female porn firing story!)
This is a solid list, but remember, the title was Stupid Moves That Get You Fired. I think they missed a few:
9. Cooking fish in the break room microwave. (That’s like terrorist bad! You know who you are!)
10. Smoking pot in your car at lunch when I can see you from my office window. (“Hi [that’s me waving] – I can see you!”)
11. Wearing white socks with black or brown dress shoes. (I haven’t fired anyone for this, but I’ve come close.)
12. Fighting with the boss over some stupid idea you won’t let go of. (But really, we should change up everything we do and become a charity, because 50 years of running a profitable company is enough.)
13. Taking credit for crap you didn’t do, but that people who report to you did. (I would actually go with hanging over firing on this one.)
14. Asking for a salary increase after you just got a your butt handed to you in your performance review. (Gutsy, but stupid.)
15. Listening to really weird Pandora mixes at the office in attempt to look cool. (I have to admit I did this back in the day – last year – but it was rap because I wanted to look black, not cool.)
16. Being “way” into anything in an over-the-top way. (Think transmeta-physical yogoa-ultra-marathoner, I only eat dirt and I’m obsessed with Pokemon. Come on – you’re fired.)
OK, give me your Stupid Moves that will definitely get someone fired! Hit me in the comments.
This was originally published on Tim Sackett’s blog, The Tim Sackett Project.