As funny as this is, shouldn’t the hatchet job be done by executive staff or someone from the HR department? Of course, this assumes that the con has that sort of structure. I just think that Terrence will ignore the dismissal since it didn’t come from the ‘right’ person/people.
I doubt they have that much structure, although “staff management” may be part of the duties of whoever is volunteer coordinator this year or a similar role.
That said, yeah, this needs to be coming from someone else. A, it’s just polite to not be a dick when you fire someone. B, Terrance would probably be right to claim that Sarah doesn’t have the authority, which means he’ll end up talking to Veronica anyway, so just cut out the middle man.
There’s also the “I sent someone else to fire you, because that way I won’t $@#^*ing strangle you right here – then set the body on fire and dance around singing joyfully.” method of employee termination. Perhaps it’s more a case of that?
Not the most professional manner to fire someone, but it does hold a fair bit of personal satisfaction. And yeah, likely be a needed level of verification.
I suspect her choice of words are going to come back to bite her… Sarah doesn’t seem known for intelligent decision-making, especially when it comes to social interaction.
UnCONventional is a comic that ran from December 2009 to December 2019 about the staff of a small town anime convention and their lives. This is a complete online archive of the comic.
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Vince Averello
As funny as this is, shouldn’t the hatchet job be done by executive staff or someone from the HR department? Of course, this assumes that the con has that sort of structure. I just think that Terrence will ignore the dismissal since it didn’t come from the ‘right’ person/people.
Viktor
I doubt they have that much structure, although “staff management” may be part of the duties of whoever is volunteer coordinator this year or a similar role.
That said, yeah, this needs to be coming from someone else. A, it’s just polite to not be a dick when you fire someone. B, Terrance would probably be right to claim that Sarah doesn’t have the authority, which means he’ll end up talking to Veronica anyway, so just cut out the middle man.
Abdiel
There’s also the “I sent someone else to fire you, because that way I won’t $@#^*ing strangle you right here – then set the body on fire and dance around singing joyfully.” method of employee termination. Perhaps it’s more a case of that?
EcchiKitty
Not the most professional manner to fire someone, but it does hold a fair bit of personal satisfaction. And yeah, likely be a needed level of verification.
Shadow
I suspect her choice of words are going to come back to bite her… Sarah doesn’t seem known for intelligent decision-making, especially when it comes to social interaction.
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