DISQUS

brip blap: lying in the workplace, part 1

  • writerscoin · 4 months ago
    Shouldn't they both have been fired?

    I can't stand it when people do stuff like this at work to "look" efficient or come off as more productive. It really drives me nuts.
  • Ruth · 4 months ago
    Having a 50-50 chance, I'll still probably get it wrong, but my guess is that Mary was fired. It sounds as if Mary was acting humble, abjectly sorry, and maybe a little depressed and dejected. Managers (not you, of course!!) usually prefer the energetic, ambitious types even when they mess up. I can't wait to find out the answer tomorrow!
  • Brandon · 4 months ago
    I am going with Veronica being the one fired with the reason being that she had no room to say it was a 'mistake' that she did it the wrong way. She obviously knew what she was doing without a doubt. There is little defense for that.
  • bubelah · 4 months ago
    I would guess that Mary stayed and Veronica was fired. Mary was not intentionally wrong, whereas Veronica was sloppy and careless on purpose.
  • freeby50 · 4 months ago
    I would probably have fired Veronica myself. She seems more ethically challenged to me.

    But on the other hand both women lied so they both had ethical problem to fix yet Veronica seemed more competent. So logically it might make more sense to keep Veronica.
  • Curmudgeon · 4 months ago
    I have managed young and inexperienced people who have made mistakes. I would have kept Veronica. Sloppiness (if that's what it was) is easier to address than lack of competence for a given role.
  • dawaso · 4 months ago
    I'm guessing Mary was fired, and Veronica retained.

    Thinking behind it being, an incompetent yet committed heart does not make for the progress that a selectively sloppy ambitious person does.

    Will look fwd to seeing the outcome tmrw.
  • Four Pillars · 4 months ago
    I agree with Curmudgeon and dawaso - Mary didn't sound competent so why keep her?

    What do I win? :)
  • Early Retirement Extreme · 4 months ago
    I would fire the evil one and keep the incompetent one, for now. Conversely, I would rather work for an evil manager/company than an incompetent one. There's a certain asymmetry here.
    OTOH, given that it happened in the financial field, I guess the evil one got to live ;-)
  • Curmudgeon · 4 months ago
    I think Veronica was sloppy rather than evil. Recall what it was like to be young. You drew incorrect conclusions based on inadequate data, because you were impatient for a solution. Time, and knowing that you made a mistake and why, corrects this. I realize she also lied, but then they both did, and that is also a correctable mistake.
  • MichaelCecchin · 4 months ago
    wow... this is a good one.

    I think Veronica gets the boot because she was capable to do the job but chose shortcuts instead to complete her tasks.

    Looking forward to the rest of the story.

    Mike