My dad used to brag about those situations being great cause it meant you had the salesperson that worked for you by the balls and wouldn’t have to care about raises or bonuses for them or treating them well cause you knew they needed the job badly.
He was a fucking asshole.
Oh a gift to the boss for allowing you to have this opportunity would be the cherry on top.
and also: you just got diagnosed with cancer but your doctor thinks you’ll be okay because your employer provided health insurance is going to get you the medicine you need to beat the cancer.
While simple, it can honestly be kind of fun to just go in and let them know. When I was recently laid off, it went something like this.
HR: “I know this might be a shock–”
Me: “Yeah, you’re letting me go, I know. Here’s my work laptop and badge, I’ve got all my stuff in a box outside, what do I sign? Trying to catch the next train home, so I have like 20 minutes.”
It totally threw off my boss and the HR lady trying to do their sombre, dignified thing, and was pretty funny to watch.
Kinda how I did it.
Laid off? Why me? You know what, doesn’t matter. Just do your speal and tell me what you need besides my laptop.
Totally made his brain brake when he got into his “explaining why you” mode to “uhh OK…”
My dad just got diagnosed with cancer, I just bought a house, I was at a conference in San Francisco and my boss cornered me before the flight home saying i was being laid off. They literally don’t care.
