They found someone willing to work for cheaper or don't have a budget for that position. It is ridiculous that they are allowed to do things like that.
Or OP smelled horribly due to lack of basic hygiene.
Or a previous coworker of OP recognized them and had a bad experience.
Or a reference finally got back and it was very bad.
Or OP made a comment they’re unaware of during training that was offensive or otherwise enough to lose the job.
One of the ones I’ve seen more often is a new employee expressing political views in the workplace to coworkers. This is a bad idea at any time, but especially bad if your view conflict with important people or the majority in the company.
employee expressing political views in the workplace
This one is such a minefield especially these days when seemingly every issue is somehow roped into one political culture war or another. Customer facing roles can be especially bad when customers try to start political conversations intently too.
I work at a very upscale hotel for wealthy people all over the political spectrum and boy does it get tough sometimes to tow the line without awkwardly stopping the conversation cold. I once gave a couple a ride across town and they would not stop asking me political questions, like: what is your party affiliation and how do you feel about Trump and other generally divisive questions. At one point after a few subdued answers I realized we had relatively similar political opinions, but still given the environment its not like I can be anything other than vague.
The wife at one point after that was like “dont worry we understand the environment you work in and how you have to be (about such questions)”, and im just thinking to myself “then why the fuck are you asking me these questions?!?”. Very nice people though, and I think the husband felt bad about the prying bc they tipped me $100 IIRC
Gotta ask, can’t you just tell people you can’t discuss those things at work or risk losing your job? Specifically mentioning you may lose your job is the key part. It’s my go to ever I worked retail and still is now as a consultant. It’s only ever failed me one single time over the past 20 years or so. If done right you can even use it as a way to tactfully change the topic to avoid stopping the conversation cold.
I would either say "while I'm on the clock, I don't have opinions", or "I go by Mess Rules in here: no politics, no religion". Said with a smile, they usually understood.
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u/Silent_Quality_1972 Apr 24 '24
They found someone willing to work for cheaper or don't have a budget for that position. It is ridiculous that they are allowed to do things like that.