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**Suentiend** · 03-24-2011, 06:00 AM

I was under the impression that at most companies, firing people is very difficult. This makes it sound routine and rather...unfriendly. My dad has told me that where he works, when they fire people they are very gracious about it (or as gracious as they can be).

I'm sure it's very difficult for the person making the decision. Unless either the guy firing or the guy being fired is a douche.

I've been laid off before, I didn't find it all that unpleasant. They stick a contract infront of you with a lot of zeros, you get to go home early and get paid for months while not working. Or in my case, I got a different job the next week and cashed two paycheques for months.

I'm sure the experience is quite different for me than it would be for a 30-year veteran assembly line worker at a Ford plant or whatever, though.

03-24-2011, 06:00 AM	#8
Suentiend Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 516 Senior Member	I was under the impression that at most companies, firing people is very difficult. This makes it sound routine and rather...unfriendly. My dad has told me that where he works, when they fire people they are very gracious about it (or as gracious as they can be). I'm sure it's very difficult for the person making the decision. Unless either the guy firing or the guy being fired is a douche. I've been laid off before, I didn't find it all that unpleasant. They stick a contract infront of you with a lot of zeros, you get to go home early and get paid for months while not working. Or in my case, I got a different job the next week and cashed two paycheques for months. I'm sure the experience is quite different for me than it would be for a 30-year veteran assembly line worker at a Ford plant or whatever, though.
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