What are the weirdest reasons you have heard for people being laid-off? I have heard someone getting laid off because they missed submitting their time-sheets for 3 times in a year.

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Friend had a colleague spend 50k at a strip club on the company card. They fired him, but paid the bill #worthit.

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Clearly not the real reason, right???

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You expense lost bag shopping spree to airline not company. I do $300-400 each time and never an issue from the airline -- they pay every time

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That's not a layoff. That's termination with cause (performance/compliance).

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@Deloitte wtf you had 10 missing time sheets and weren't fired? I'd be shocked if you weren't put on PIP.

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Yeah I had 10 missing timesheets last year. That's clearly BS

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I know of people who were laid off because they were being paid too much for their level. They came in as experienced hires at a higher salary than people joining out of school. Because ZS basically forces you to take a demotion if you're coming from the outside, your position and salary just don't match. Coupled with the lack of transparency surrounding promotions means that you end up with people who have salaries far exceeding the normal top of the range for their position.

Yes obviously not the real reason

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Hahahah what firm ACC 1?

This chick expensed $15k in Exec MBA tuition as "airfare" as well a shopping spree at Nordstrom claiming her "bag was lost and she needed clothes for the week" - needless to say...fired.

@a1 did he buy a stripper

Lol. I honestly have no idea how you spend that much at a strip club. It was for a TV network, friend said she thought the agreement was that he never spoke of it. Basically bought his silence.

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