You can be very good at your job, but unfortunately, some mistakes cannot be allowed.
A 19-year-old girl stands out because she’s intelligent and proves to be good at her job. A manager sees that and decides that when they change companies, she should come as well. The girl gets excited about this opportunity, but this doesn’t last long. This young employee, who was so bright for some things, is dumb for others and doesn’t bother to care for her job. She performs well, and no critics about her is formed, but she does use the company equipment to search for things like “I hate my boss”. This is not only flagged by IT, but also brought to her boss directly as a concern. Her boss starts looking into it and finds a public social media account filled with posts bashing her manager, the company, and the amount that she gets paid.
When you are a great employee who is actually good at their job, there are certain benefits that you get that other workers don’t. This applies to mistakes. When a normal employee makes a mistake, that can be cause enough to be fired on the spot. But when an amazing employee makes the same exact mistake, they just get a calm warning not to repeat it. This system works because it rewards good workers and protects them, but it has its flaws. In this Reddit story, for example, even though they have a great young employee who has proven to be valuable, they still need to fire her. She could argue that it was her first mistake, that she has never caused problems before, and that it will never happen again. But unfortunately, the mistake is big enough for her to get directly fired.
It’s actually quite sad this girl’s story. What she did was extremely dumb, but it didn’t seem like such a huge problem. Maybe a warning would have been enough. Luckily for her, she’s 19 years old. She has a long life ahead of her and an especially long work path.
Author: Kayitsi.com
