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by pm90 2980 days ago
It is a lovely ending!

What I fear for is that the termination will be in his records and he will have to explain this extremely bizzare story to whoever asks or is interested. I'm glad it all worked out so well for him. Hopefully that silly detail will not affect his future.
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cortesoft 2980 days ago
'Records'? You mean, like the 'permanent record' teachers talk about to scare kids in school?

Just an FYI, there is no such thing. There isn't going to be a record that he was fired.

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yannyu 2980 days ago
What "records"? Unless he filed for unemployment, the only other people who would know would be his employers.
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toomuchtodo 2980 days ago
And employers rarely confirm anything other than hire and seperation dates during reference calls due to liability/litigation risks.
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garmaine 2980 days ago
In fact, they are legally prevented from sharing such information, if it existed, in many states.
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s2g 2980 days ago
Not every place is so insane, this sounds like a small company with an involved owner.
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SwellJoe 2980 days ago
What "records" do you speak of? One can choose to include or not include references on your resume, and your former employers can choose to say whatever they want to people checking refs (but, by convention, and to avoid legal trouble, will usually just confirm dates of employment). And since he was re-hired and is on good terms with the owner and his boss, I don't see any reason to even include anything about leaving the company, at all.
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namank 2980 days ago
The gap in the callback was only a week. The HR person might not have filed it with the government.

Internal company records don't matter for shits.

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s2g 2980 days ago
That would suck, but it's a good story.

I'd hope the owner of the company would be willing to provide a reference explaining that he was the victim of misconduct.

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paxy 2980 days ago
I'm 100% certain the owner will be eager to just pretend it never happened.
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komali2 2980 days ago
Not sure why there's three replies asking about "records." It's right there in your resume - date you worked at a company, huh weird, only 2 months, what happened?

The alternative is having whatever you had on your resume before + 2 month gap, which if anybody asks about you I guess lie. It's not a nothingburger though.

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larkeith 2980 days ago
As the update covers, they were rehired shortly after being terminated.
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