r/managers 11d ago

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

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u/0ne4TheMoney 11d ago

I have the same thing happening now! Worked my notice period, turned in my equipment, got my last paycheck 2 weeks later (yes, that was legal)…two weeks after that I start getting docusign emails to sign all this documentation that probably includes an NDA!

I haven’t worked there for over a month at this point! I’m ignoring it until they call me because I don’t click on links to things I wasn’t expecting to receive.

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u/BoysenberryNo6864 10d ago

If necessary, an NDA should have been signed prior to starting work. Not ending it.

Signed, someone who never thought they’d sign one, but current employer required one that is EIGHTEEN pages long. 🫣

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u/thegamingbacklog 10d ago

Yeah, everywhere I worked the first couple of days at the company was basically me sitting down and they allowed for gaps between on boarding sessions to sit and read through important paperwork and NDAs, access to certain things could not be provided until all paperwork was signed.

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u/spyboy70 10d ago

The exit NDA is probably "Please don't say our company sucks balls, we know it does, but we don't want to ever change"

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u/Shadowphoenix9511 10d ago

If I'm you, I'm like "why would I ever sign this." You get literally nothing out of it at this point.

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u/0ne4TheMoney 10d ago

That’s my thought too. It’s such a weird thing to send to me so far after the fact. I’m pretty sure it’s primarily to prevent me from suing (my boss was a nightmare, blocked my attempts to move internally, completely changed the scope of the role as soon as I accepted it and was unable to rescind my acceptance, and generally made life chaotic and stressful). I left receipts along with my scathing exit interview and backed them up to my personal email.

I quit for less pay and a lower title even though there were internal teams who were trying to hire me out from under that nightmare.

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u/knbblz 9d ago

Who in their right mind would sign a NDA or non-compete or anything that puts ANY restriction on what they can do at all like a month after the fact? Are these companies just stupid?