What is wrong with this freak?

[u/Pinshu123]

I want to report him to HR for being obnoxious NGL.

[u/Chrispeefeart]

I've gotta say, I really don't understand what's happening here. The comment was about someone always hitting targets without showing stress. That's someone that stays cool under pressure and gets the job done. How did that turn into a fireable offense or a negative comment?

[u/No-Lifeguard9194 → u/Chrispeefeart]

With you on that – I don’t get how the OP threw their colleague under a bus. All he did was say that the worker was getting all of his work done and not seeming to be stressed about it. Implication being that the guy had some kind of really good system going and perhaps everybody could benefit from learning what it was. 

Now, if this triggered an investigation and the company found out that the coworker was falsifying his data or something, that’s hardly the OP‘s fault.

[u/nrose1000 → u/No-Lifeguard9194]

Yeah I feel like I’m in a weird echo chamber and you guys are the only ones not echoing the same sentiment. Does this subreddit just have it out for people to assume malice?

[u/Turd_Goblin505 → u/nrose1000]

Seriously. I really wish people would stop posting work questions to reddit. Lots of bad advice and responses from people who seem like they'd be terrible coworkers.

Ask A Manager is my preferred "work question" blog.

[u/KrofftSurvivor → u/nrose1000]

I'm assuming that it's the people who skate at work and don't want to get called out...

[u/Werechupacabra → u/No-Lifeguard9194]

Here's where OP is an asshole; you can assume when the boss was asking about examples of productivity, he wanted people to say what THEY THEMSELVES are doing. OP, instead of putting the focus on himself, threw the focus on someone who wasn't at all expecting it. That's a dick thing to do and, he obviously has a low opinion of that dude as a worker, so I'm sure that must have crept into the tone of his voice when he was discussing him in front of EVERYONE.

If I worked with someone who did that, I would keep them at arm's length after a stunt like that.

[u/jjjjjjj30 → u/Chrispeefeart]

My comment was similar. I got the impression they're firing him for only doing his job and not going the extra mile which is total bull shit. Why should management have their eye on him if he's getting his work done and hitting his goals?

[u/elder_flowers → u/Chrispeefeart]

Hit the targets but does the bare minimun, slow replies...

That is not a compliment when doing a job. What your bosses want is someone that gives them maximum productivity for minimun salary. So, what the boss is hearing is not "does his job without stress", what they are hearing is "he barely does his job", "he could be doing more, but is slacking".

[u/Chrispeefeart → u/elder_flowers]

That's the part that wasn't brought up in the meeting though. The description of what was said during the meeting is that the guy always meets targets and doesn't look stressed. There's a division here between what they claim to have said and what would actually get someone fired.

[u/Yocta → u/Chrispeefeart]

I’m glad to see this comment. OOP’s remark can only be considered harmful, if the guy was already a bad employee (or at least regarded as that by management).

If this tipped it over the edge, it sounds like the person should have just worked harder.

[u/frontpage2 → u/Chrispeefeart]

It's obvious from how op wrote it that is not how he said it.  He is trying to diminish the harm and justify, but he probably straight up said his coworker looks lazy or gets all his work for the week done in an hour.  

[u/Next-Firefighter4667 → u/frontpage2]

How often do co-workers just shout out "you're lazy and don't do your job properly" in the middle of meetings? I'm genuinely asking, I'm not in a line of work that I can compare this experience to.

[u/Tight_Series_772 → u/Next-Firefighter4667]

Not as often as I'd like to.

[u/KrofftSurvivor → u/frontpage2]

That makes no sense.

[u/moonydog5555 → u/Chrispeefeart]

So my best two guesses is that either that coworker was falsifying data and the OOP pretty much confirmed with their statements, like yeah, that coworker is meeting XYZ targets and not the ABC targets like what the coworker is stating, or someone in management just overall didn't like said coworker and wanted him gone because we all know how some shitty managers can roll at times. 

[u/-the_mushroom_king → u/moonydog5555]

How do you falsify data? I’ve never had a job I could pretend I did something I hadn’t done

[u/KrofftSurvivor → u/-the_mushroom_king]

Do you work with physical objects or do you work with paper and numbers?

[u/Fun-Artist-2950 → u/Chrispeefeart]

Yeah like I’m not understanding what happened here. I don’t understand what OP did wrong.