The implication seems to be that it’s inconsiderate, insensitive to do something like this over Zoom. But this is the world we’re currently living in, isn’t it?
I’m sure nobody *wanted* to do it over Zoom.
The implication that this is somehow Deloitte’s fault is absolutely absurd tbh.
How was he a “high flyer” when he’d worked there eight months and had already been on a performance plan?
People lose their jobs all the time. As horrible as this will sound, it’s a failure on the family’s part more than the company who employed the lad. Or is everyone with mental health struggles now entitled to a severance package and a leave do all on the house?
It is sad, but the guy did sound like he deserved to be sacked. I don’t think you can blame the employer. I suspect there would have been another trigger sooner or later.
Much bigger issues going on for this chap it seems. The road to suicide is rarely straightforward, and it sounds like he had been walking the path for quite some time.
>Complaints included him watching Netflix at work and also working from the offices of rival firm Price Waterhouse Cooper during lockdown because he had friends there.
Not exactly that unreasonable to sack him, based on that, to be honest. But the bigger problem here, much wider than this story, is a lack of awareness of mental health issues among employers.
Sorry, but what does having anxiety have to do with watching Netflix at work?
*Complaints included him watching Netflix at work and also working from the offices of rival firm Price Waterhouse Cooper during lockdown because he had friends there*
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The implication seems to be that it’s inconsiderate, insensitive to do something like this over Zoom. But this is the world we’re currently living in, isn’t it?
I’m sure nobody *wanted* to do it over Zoom.
The implication that this is somehow Deloitte’s fault is absolutely absurd tbh.
How was he a “high flyer” when he’d worked there eight months and had already been on a performance plan?
People lose their jobs all the time. As horrible as this will sound, it’s a failure on the family’s part more than the company who employed the lad. Or is everyone with mental health struggles now entitled to a severance package and a leave do all on the house?
It is sad, but the guy did sound like he deserved to be sacked. I don’t think you can blame the employer. I suspect there would have been another trigger sooner or later.
Much bigger issues going on for this chap it seems. The road to suicide is rarely straightforward, and it sounds like he had been walking the path for quite some time.
>Complaints included him watching Netflix at work and also working from the offices of rival firm Price Waterhouse Cooper during lockdown because he had friends there.
Not exactly that unreasonable to sack him, based on that, to be honest. But the bigger problem here, much wider than this story, is a lack of awareness of mental health issues among employers.
Sorry, but what does having anxiety have to do with watching Netflix at work?
*Complaints included him watching Netflix at work and also working from the offices of rival firm Price Waterhouse Cooper during lockdown because he had friends there*