LafayetteLady
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Joined: 5/2/2007 From: Northern New Jersey Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: DesFIP You were training the new hire. That means you have the ability to give him a bad report. So he couldn't complain about you behaving this way for fear you would retaliate by deliberately lying to him, to make sure he didn't get past the probation period. This makes you an asshole. However, if he waits until after he's fully hired and then goes to HR, they will take note of your harassment and will fire you instead rather than keep someone guaranteed to cause a law suit. You punch a friend, a peer on the shoulder in a friendly way. This kid is not a friend, and not a peer. He's someone you have temporary power over which you are abusing. Making him buy you coffee in exchange for not writing a false negative report is the equivalent of stealing an elementary kid's lunch money. I'm in no way defending the OP, as I think what he did was pretty stupid and if I were the trainee, I would have laughed in his face. However, you obviously are completely unaware of how this particular type of blue collar business works. Unless the OP works for a corporation, there is no "HR," there is the guy who owns the garage. There is no "probation" period, the guy was hired, the owner of the garage is not likely looking to get a "report" on his training. He will pop in the garage on his own here and there and see what the kid is doing. There is a world of difference between what is accepted in an office and what is accepted in a garage. "Hazing" isn't a good thing, but if everyone involved is thinking what happened is funny, we really aren't in a position to tell him he is lucky he didn't get fired not understanding how the business he is in works. And it is blatently obvious there is no understanding of independently owned (and even many corporate owned) car repair shops. Feel free to not want to jump up and down and be the guy's friend, but professing to know how "lucky" he got and how the business works doesn't make you look much better.
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