Had a glowing fantastic performance review last year. This year no review, just a meeting with managing partner and HR to tell me I am fired and to leave now. No bad performance. Is it just the money?

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Ya they gotta find a new job cut him/her some slack.

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You did something, OP. Think of anything questionable... it's probably that.

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Jeez, it's only been one hour. Calm your shit people. He/she's not "nowhere." They're probably doing shit

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What office?

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What service line? :O

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@PWC2 What would they be doing? They're unelmployed...

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@deloitte2 - looking for another job!

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I have been at BDO for about 2 years and have witnessed this happening twice.... it's not unheard of. I was told it was numbers ...

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We all know that at BDO, you don’t just get fired like that. There’s more to it over here. You would have known why you’re getting fired way in advance and would have seen the writing on the wall.

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Damn, sounds rough. But they dont just fire you and not tell you the reason. What are you hiding op?

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Yeah. More here than the partial story we are getting. Of course, now the OP is no where to be found. I can't help but notice that is the common theme with posts like these. Throw bomb, then run away.

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I call BS!

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What office/service line? I’m assuming it’s tax. I know I’ve heard a lot of people in my office concerned about being let go.

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This makes no sense.

Did they refuse to tell you why?

I had a staff once who was bad for quite a while. Took forever for the firm to fire that staff knowingly how bad they were. And they thought it was because the firm didn’t like that staff.

It is for something you did (e.g. absenteeism, harassment at a happy hour, off color comment to a client, etc.) not performance. You were in such shock that you forgot to ask why. That’s a bummer.

OP. They set you up w/ severance ?

That’s nuts, I’ve never heard of this happening in all my years at BDO.

What reason did they give that you obviously don't believe.

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