Has anyone been fired while WFH since the pandemic started? I’m curious to know how it went down. Was it over the phone or Zoom? How long after did you have access to your computer?

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I was let go over zoom. My log-ins were cut within one hour. They mailed me a severance package to sign and a prepaid FedEx to return the computer.

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The head of creative services, who I don’t think had ever talked to me before, emailed out of the blue that we should have a zoom “catch up” and I was like 95% sure that was bs, 100% sure when some rando from HR was added to the meeting last minute. But the agency was tanking hard, I had copied files from the laptop in anticipation of layoffs well before this time, only needed 10 mins to send a goodbye email. They emailed severance paperwork, sent a prepaid box to return the laptop and mailed me most of my stuff from desk a few months later.

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You mean let go. I can't say I've ever seen anyone being actually fired in this industry.

The difference is “let go” is usually part of a lay off. And sometimes it has nothing to do with performance. “Fired” means it was a performance issue or some rule was violated.

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