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WCDT 2897 - 2901 (16-20 February 2015)
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It's probably better for Faye if she doesn't come back. Probably Dora too, but Faye really ought to move on. She can do other things she just never tried and/or sabotaged herself.
ASB84:
--- Quote from: Dark Matter on 15 Feb 2015, 23:57 ---
--- Quote from: NilsO on 15 Feb 2015, 23:53 ---Well, Dora has to give some explanation, otherwise there will be endless speculation and concern. "She quit" is probably not good enough, as usually this is not an abrupt thing. "I had to fire her", without further explanation, should be sufficient. But "she was drunk at work" is decidedly unprofessional. It is Dora's damned duty not to spread rumors about former employees.
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I imagine if Dora were thinking completely rationally about the situation she would not be saying all of this to Penelope. However, we should keep in mind that this is not just an boss firing a worker, this is also a personal issue for Dora. My guess is that she is torn between feeling like Faye betrayed her trust and feeling like she is the one who betrayed Faye (hence the rationalization). That is not a mindset that seems conducive to tactfulness.
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It's also not spreading rumours: it's the truth. Faye was drunk at work, and she was fired for it.
BenRG:
--- Quote from: ASB84 on 16 Feb 2015, 02:03 ---It's also not spreading rumours: it's the truth. Faye was drunk at work, and she was fired for it.
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If Dora had asked her lawyer, he or she probably would have advised to tell the others that Faye was dismissed and it is none of their business why - they can ask Faye if they're that interested in her personal life and good luck to them.
However, this isn't a situation in which coldly rational logic reigns. Dora is Faye's friend as well as (ex-) employer. It isn't easy firing friends, especially when said friends, although you hadn't realised it, were in an emotional death spiral. She's venting to deal with her own emotional turmoil and I doubt that she's thinking about how she's potentially violating Faye's privacy with the member of staff who, IMO at least, disliked her the most.
FWIW, the most solid repercussion of this conversation may be that Faye is denied service for life at The Horrible Revelation. However, it's not exactly her kind of watering hole anyway.
bartman:
--- Quote from: Consilium on 15 Feb 2015, 18:50 ---Also, isn't it kind of unprofessional to discuss the termination of one employee with another?
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I think it's reasonable to say X is fired for the following reason: $reason because it makes a point to the staff that this happened for a reason, that the rules/policies need to be adhered to, etc. People need to know that the rules are important and they need reassurance that the firing wasn't random and arbitrary or due to financial issues with the business, so that they don't worry about their own job.
It would be wrong to be 'gossiping' about the gory details of who said what to whom during the actual firing, of course it would, but I don't think Dora is doing that.
swapna:
She's talking about it an awful lot, though, and to the wrong person. Other employees of the CoD - especially Penelope who can't stand Faye - are the worst venting place she could have chosen, even Tai would have been a better pick. Especially at a semi-public place with customers and everything. Yes, Faye has a problem, but advertising it like that? It's not her place.
We've talked an awful lot about how 'Boss Dora' made the right decision for her business and all that - but being a boss entails being responsible and professional enough to wait a few hours to vent. (Or just ask Penelope to mind the business for five minutes while she calls somebody)
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