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They fired my uncle to save money!!! wtf?!
Ok...here's the scenario:
My uncle worked for ING and he's an awesome person, he's a people person and a go-getter. Well, at ING they sponsor a family every year and they usually get about 300$, well my uncle, being the awesome person he is says that if they raise over 1000$ he'll shave his head...
...later in the year right before his big bonus...
...wednesday: this guy calls in to tranfer his account and he forgot his pin so my uncle tells him "sorry i cant attend to you then, its store policy" so the guy's all like omg i cant remember im going to lose so much money...so m y uncle gives him the randomest hint that only he could get cause if some stranger called in...he would have never have guessed...so yeah...(all calls are recorded)
...friday: this is the day where they coun t all the money for that family thing...this year...guess what...they raised more than 1000$...so my uncle gets his head shaved...ok heres the messed up part i need advice on...
...OK NOW THEY TELL HIM OH BY THE WAY YOU'RE FIRED FOR WHAT YOU DID ON WEDNESDAY!...WE'RE GONNA EXCORT YOU OUT NOW!...he didn't even get to go to his desk to get his stuff....like seriously if it was that bad they should have escorted him out on wednesday right after...anyways so yeah...i think they did that because they wanted to save the money that hwould have recieved in his bonus...wtf is going on here?
I'll appreciate your help...ALOT!...for my uncle's sake...
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As much as your uncle and you dont want to believe it but he broke the law. When you work somewhere especially at a place that keeps personal information such as bank info, telephone numbers, names and etc.. YOu are never allowed to give information out unless you know for certain that the person on the phone is the person he/she is claiming to be.
Your uncle knew very well that he was not allowed to attend to this guy over the phone but he did because the guy said hed lose money. What happens if that was not the guy but he did guess the pin number?
I highly doubt they wanted until friday to friday to fire your uncle just to save money. Maybe they dont check the phones every single day. Maybe the only check them on fridays. Just like stores with video cameras Almost all stores have them but they usuallyonly check them when something happens in the store or on certain days.
i know its hard for you to understand why he got fired but you need to understand giving out information like that is against the law. Be happy the police didnt get envolved with the whole situation.
Your uncle should be able to go back and get his stuff.
kim;)
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What's going on here is sadly far simpler then you are making it out to be: Your uncle broke the law.
He revealed personal information to someone. Sure lots of people would have done the exact same damn thing in his place! But it's not just against company policy; it's against the law. If that man on the phone wasn't who he said he was the company could have been sued and shut down. Legally, they had very little choice but to fire your uncle: he had proven himself untrustworthy with sensitive information. To the company, that would have been as serious as theft. Why they waited till Friday? Who knows. Maybe they had to confere with the higher-ups. Maybe they only just found out. It doesn't really matter.
They probably weren't trying to avoid paying him a bonus. Frankly paying him a few thousand dollars in a bonus would be waaaaaay cheaper then hiring, training and hoping they get a person half so good to fill his position.
Yes, your uncle might have just made a mistake, but he knew the company's policy and they caught his mistake. It's a sad situation, but it's not surprising.
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