Being Fired

[ghunter]

I agree, I think they should tell them as soon as they get to work that day and let them leave.  But most employers wait until you have done your work for that day then give you your pink slip.  Do not thik that is fair, but that's life.

[countrygirl12]

It's not unfair because the person should get paid for that day...I think the big reason for firing at the end of the day is to reduce the distraction to other colleagues..wait until everyone has gone home, then do it so that there's no interference or distractions, etc....and the person being fired can't try to do anything to others, etc

One more thought - if they are going to try to do something to others they can do it the next day.  Unless a coworker got them fired why would they do something to them anyway?  I know a situation where a guy was fired for stealing.  He went home that day.  All is good. Or so you think.  He went in the next morning and shot his ex-boss and killed him.

[madeara]

Hello,
I was wrongfully fired from a previous job.  My boss did not wait until the end of the day to fire me.   I was fired during lunch.

[camellia0]

But also the person getting fired will get an entire days pay

[Getinonthis]

It's always been that way, firing are usually done at the end of the day.
But I do understand how you may feel given the situation.

[dwggs]

I think this is very common .. but if you look at another perspective .. the person getting fired gets an extra days pay that they would not have gotten if they were fired that morning.

[SherylsShado]

I think in all the jobs I've had, when they decided to fire someone it was usually just as soon as the supervisor's/manager's got the time to do it....at any time during the shift.  After the terminated left, everyone else just helped cover for them.  I only remember once when someone worked a entire shift & then was terminated at the end...and I thought it was very tacky.  (Especially since the manager made jokes about it later.) 

Everytime someone got called to the manager's office and then came out, everyone would be asking "Did you get fired?"  For that reason alone (and the anxiety from it) perhaps firing at end of shift would be best....

[ladavia89]

I worked at a place that would routinely wait to fire people. Sometimes it would be the end of the day,sometimes the end of the week and a couple times they even had the person train their replacement before firing them.  There were few that they fired immediately but for the most part they waited.

[lbeery]

I would think that if you were going to fire someone, you wouldn't want them there any longer than they had to be because (unless it is just a downsizing and not the person's fault) they could continue to do harm.  Never a good situation for the fire-er or the fire-ee.

[debidoo]

No I think it is not ethical to use the person for the day and then fire them.  If they are so bad as to be fired then make your decision and do it then.  Maybe the supervisor could take the fired person's place for the day.

[countrygirl12]

No I think it is not ethical to use the person for the day and then fire them.  If they are so bad as to be fired then make your decision and do it then.  Maybe the supervisor could take the fired person's place for the day.

LOL.  Yeah that will happen.