B1 – Intermediate
Getting fired is such a terrible experience. It puts a worker in a difficult situation. It will leave someone with a lot of questions, especially when they know they were doing well in their job. Now that a lot of companies have also removed employees and have stopped hiring, it would be more difficult to recover and get another job.
For some employees at one company, they were caught by surprise during a conference call. They were left helpless, clueless, and jobless right before the holidays.
Listen to the audio and read the transcript in the link below on how this CEO fired his employees.
https://www.newsinlevels.com/products/people-lose-jobs-in-webinar-level-1/
Discussion Questions:
- How would you feel if you were fired this way?
- How could the CEO have handled the situation better?
- What are some common reasons why companies remove or fire employees?
- Do you know someone who got fired? What happened and how did they take it?
- What are your company policies when firing or removing employees?
- Do you know of some companies who have removed or fired employees because of the pandemic? What are they?
7 replies on “People Lose Jobs in Webinar”
If I were fired this way surely I will be very angry and sad.
The CEO could handled this situation by notice the employees by a letter a month before.
There are a lot of reason to fire employees. When the company for example lose some market rate reduces the number of employees. Also, when employees make a lot of mistakes, thy could be fired.
I lomos a friend who got fired because his contract with the company was finalised. The RH has to notice him when he asked her about his contract renovation.
When I were working, my company notice the employees before achieving their contract 15 or 30 days before depending the contract of each one.
I can’t reply to this question because I don’t know any one whose got fired because the pandemic, but I think there are a lot company that didn’t survive during or after the pandemic.
1. If you were fired this way, how would you feel? I’d feel very sad
2. How should the CEO have handled the situation? He should have explained before the situation to the employees, and they all together would have searched for an alternative solution other than firing people
3. Do you know someone who got fired? Yes What happened and how did they feel? A friend of mine, who worked in another company, was fired. He felt very sad and less self-confident
4. What are your company policies when firing or removing employees? I do not Know them
5. What are some common reasons why companies remove or fire employees? Sometimes companies try to get maximum results with minimum investment. And firing people is a way to save money
6. Do you know of some companies who have removed or fired employees because of the pandemic? What are they? I know a travel agency who had to fire a lot of employees because of the pandemic
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1. The main feeling would be surprise if the company works well and there have been no problems.
2. I think that the CEO should fire all the people in a polite form.
3. I know someone who got fired. The company informed them in good time and the dismissal conditions were very good. The people were treated very well.
4. My company policies when firing or removing employees are clears and stated in a document. They inform in sufficient time and in a politically correct way.
5. Some common reasons why companies remove or fire employees are: Insubordination, Poor Performance, Misconduct, Violating Company Policy etc.
6. No, I don’t know companies who have removed or fired employees because of the pandemic
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1) I was fired once, me and the rest of the four hundred workers that use to work in a big automotive multinational. One day the executive group decided to close the site and did the announcement to all the workers, after Christmas, as a papa Noel present to all of us. The main feeling was in credibility because it was a site with a high amount of benefits.
2) I think that the CEO should fire all the people in a polite form. One by one, through the human resources department and the correct answers and information for all the questions that the employees could had.
3) Last week one colleague from my own department was fired. Maybe it was an agreement between the two parts but I don’t know because I left before he was fired. I think that the common reaction of all the fired people is surprise, surprise before becoming sad or angry.
4) Human resources explain the reasons and give all the needed information with a present union member.
5) Due to bankrupt or closement of a factory.
Due to a bad behavior of an employee or an inefficient work at job.
Due to a temporary work with a temporary contract.
6) A lot of restaurants and disco pubs have removed their employees. No cash, no money to pay them. It was a very sad situation. Currently, the situation is just the opposite. There aren’t enough workers for all the restaurants and disco pubs.
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