I once worked for a retail store. On the day after New Years, the boss handed out checks to employees leaving at the end of the day. To about half of them, he said, “Here’s your check, thanks for your service, and don’t come back.” Cold and efficient.
I visited vendor in the DEEtroit area to look at stuff they were making for me. The sales manager “Walt” took my visit as usual. I asked about “Don” the president who usually met me on arrival.
Walt was in shock. The company had been sold. Don went that morning to pick up the reps of the new owners at the airport.
They fired him on the spot, took the company car keys and demanded the three company credit cards, told him his desk stuff would be boxed up by tomorrow and left him with no car at the airport.
I opted not to meet the new guys
I laid off a guy in early december. He threw a fit, throwing stuff, cussing, the works. He called begging for his job back and apologizing. Tried playing the “its right before Christmas”.
Then I found out he had made a few “extra” changes to our website. He was begging for his job back because he figured out I would prosecute.
My give a damn meter has been pegged.