Prestigious Company Tries Firing Their Long-Time Employee Just Before His Time To Retire Interview
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Retirement. Something that seems very far away, but is an important part of everyone’s life. A moment when all of the hard work is assessed, and it’s time to be proud of what has been done and enjoy the free time. However, the path to retirement not always is easy, and sometimes you have to fight to prove the worth that you gained by working all those long years. Reddit user u/Sorkoth1 shared a story about their father and his path to retirement.
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They started by mentioning that the father worked for one of the Forbes 500 companies. What is the Forbes 500 company list? Until 2003, every year, Forbes magazine would publish the 500 top companies in the US. After this year, Forbes decided to add companies worldwide and changed the list to Forbes Global 2000. So this means that his workplace was one of the most prestigious companies, this being the only clue that the narrator gives to their audience.
This Reddit user decided to share their father’s story of how he almost got fired before his retirement
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The father worked there for a really long time, since the ’70s, and made his way to becoming a software engineer. Despite him being an important cog in the machine, when his time in the company was moving towards retirement, HR started treating him differently. The Reddit user gave a few extensive examples of how they tried to accuse him of letting strangers into the building or not using his entry badge right. And of course, every time, the employee could prove them to be wrong.
The man was accused several times and each time managed to explain the situation, so they couldn’t fire him
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Despite these miserable efforts, the user’s dad managed to stay there until he could retire. He also showed that a lot can be done after retirement and that it is a great time to make your dreams come true. According to the Redditor, the dad now started his own company.
The reason for this sudden change in how the the man was treated was his age and the fact that he was about to retire
Bored Panda contacted the Redditor and asked them to comment on the situation. After they posted this story and it gained so much attention, the narrator realized how much people actually face this problem. They stated that “companies care more about the bottom line than what their employees did for them.”
For those who are curious to find out how the dad is holding up now, he is running a company, Solucean. When asked if they’ve received a lot of messages from interested people, the Redditor revealed that “there is a lot of support to solve the water and energy crisis throughout the world using clean green technologies.”
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People in the comments stressed that this situation is actually a very common practice among big companies that try to get rid of older people who are about to retire. Some people shared that they became aware of this through different experiences and hope that their loyalty would be acknowledged the right way.
What do you think about this situation? Have you experienced something similar? Leave your thoughts in the comments down below!
In the end, the man started his own company in his retirement
And now is looking for people who would be willing to help him in creating new things
Here is what other Reddit users think of the situation
People online are already aware of how older employees are treated before their retirement
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This happens frequently in the USA. I could cite case after case of this. Meanwhile, top executives are awarded millions every year even after they have ruined a company or have been let go.
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And in Europe, just before the coronavirus, unemployment rates were 10% (France), 10.6% (Italy), and 17.2% (Spain), vs. 3% in the U.S. This is a case of a crooked company; the presumption that all companies are crooked makes all comapnies reluctant to hire.
Your numbers are correct but your conclusions are wrong. Sure, Europeans companies are a tad more reluctant to hire. But the unemployment rate in the US was so low, because you can lose everything when you are unemployed there, incuding the health insurance of your whole family.
The number are not correct, they cook the books here in the USA. Lose your job and get dropped from unemployment here and they classify you as a "discouraged" worker and you are no longer counted as unemployed. The REAL unemployment rate is well north of 10%. Are you a gig worker with three part time jobs (with NO benefits like sick time, vacation time, or health benefits), guess what? The gig workers help lower the unemployment stats because they are counted as 3 jobs=3 workers. So with this creative math and massaged stats the unemployment numbers look WAY better than they really are. But this is 'merica where you are free....free to go bankrupt from illness, free to starve since they restrict food aid, and free to be homeless due to predators (like former Treasury Secretary, Steve Munchkin) who made a fortune foreclosing on homeowners and pocketing all the equity the borrower had accumulated. America, the land of the thieves and home of the knaves.
Bureau of Labor Statistics suggests you’re wrong about how gig workers are counted. And before the rush of downvotes: it’s an easy google. Check it out for yourselves.
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Katinka, you get up voted for explaining that people are lazier when the government will use other peoples money to take care of them. Daniel gets down voted because Americans are self sufficient. Shows the mentality of young people. Psychologically and culturally speaking, nemployment is far worse than the money. It creates a generation of people who feel they have no purpose. They give up. See the inner cities of US for examples.
Why are you saying that the people are lazy, when it is the company that is reluctant to hire?
I got let go from my company after 23 years...two years before full pension. My 'job was eliminated'. I told others that were still there (the ones getting close to full pension) to watch it, they were next. To a one they called me paranoid. To a one they were all let go within one to three years before full pension. Company was sued (class action) and lost.
You did the right thing to warn them, even though they didn't believe you at first
Sounds like Waste Management. Positions are “eliminated” yet curiously, they’re filled immediately, usually with a person the supervisor already knows.
They had to hire three college kids to do my job. Not saving any money there even if they are paying them much less than that did me. SMH
based on the hint about what company, maybe General Motors?
Probably; GM and GE are both notorious for this kind of behavior
It's general drive, obviously ... haha, no, kidding - it's GM I think. GE would have had a different hint, like ... it migh spark their anger, load them up with anger, something more electric. And, yes, GM makes crappy vehicles - outside the US, US cars never were sold in large quantities, and that wasn't for no reason, but for plenty of reasons.
Definitely General Motors/ he says “general” and then “drive”
My father worked for GM for about 30 years, only made it put of there with half his pension. 😡
GM makes shite vehicles.
This happens frequently in the USA. I could cite case after case of this. Meanwhile, top executives are awarded millions every year even after they have ruined a company or have been let go.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
And in Europe, just before the coronavirus, unemployment rates were 10% (France), 10.6% (Italy), and 17.2% (Spain), vs. 3% in the U.S. This is a case of a crooked company; the presumption that all companies are crooked makes all comapnies reluctant to hire.
Your numbers are correct but your conclusions are wrong. Sure, Europeans companies are a tad more reluctant to hire. But the unemployment rate in the US was so low, because you can lose everything when you are unemployed there, incuding the health insurance of your whole family.
The number are not correct, they cook the books here in the USA. Lose your job and get dropped from unemployment here and they classify you as a "discouraged" worker and you are no longer counted as unemployed. The REAL unemployment rate is well north of 10%. Are you a gig worker with three part time jobs (with NO benefits like sick time, vacation time, or health benefits), guess what? The gig workers help lower the unemployment stats because they are counted as 3 jobs=3 workers. So with this creative math and massaged stats the unemployment numbers look WAY better than they really are. But this is 'merica where you are free....free to go bankrupt from illness, free to starve since they restrict food aid, and free to be homeless due to predators (like former Treasury Secretary, Steve Munchkin) who made a fortune foreclosing on homeowners and pocketing all the equity the borrower had accumulated. America, the land of the thieves and home of the knaves.
Bureau of Labor Statistics suggests you’re wrong about how gig workers are counted. And before the rush of downvotes: it’s an easy google. Check it out for yourselves.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Katinka, you get up voted for explaining that people are lazier when the government will use other peoples money to take care of them. Daniel gets down voted because Americans are self sufficient. Shows the mentality of young people. Psychologically and culturally speaking, nemployment is far worse than the money. It creates a generation of people who feel they have no purpose. They give up. See the inner cities of US for examples.
Why are you saying that the people are lazy, when it is the company that is reluctant to hire?
I got let go from my company after 23 years...two years before full pension. My 'job was eliminated'. I told others that were still there (the ones getting close to full pension) to watch it, they were next. To a one they called me paranoid. To a one they were all let go within one to three years before full pension. Company was sued (class action) and lost.
You did the right thing to warn them, even though they didn't believe you at first
Sounds like Waste Management. Positions are “eliminated” yet curiously, they’re filled immediately, usually with a person the supervisor already knows.
They had to hire three college kids to do my job. Not saving any money there even if they are paying them much less than that did me. SMH
based on the hint about what company, maybe General Motors?
Probably; GM and GE are both notorious for this kind of behavior
It's general drive, obviously ... haha, no, kidding - it's GM I think. GE would have had a different hint, like ... it migh spark their anger, load them up with anger, something more electric. And, yes, GM makes crappy vehicles - outside the US, US cars never were sold in large quantities, and that wasn't for no reason, but for plenty of reasons.
Definitely General Motors/ he says “general” and then “drive”
My father worked for GM for about 30 years, only made it put of there with half his pension. 😡
GM makes shite vehicles.