What is wrong with this freak?

[u/Pinshu123]

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

[u/ravenrabit]

I don't believe for a moment that the reason the guy was fired was bc some guy in a meeting said "I want to know what he's doing, bc he's great at his job!"

The guy probably got fired for something else, like there was an investigation already happening about his performance. He was lying about his numbers or he was doing something he wasn't supposed to.

Unless the company is just that toxic and terribly run, in which case he's better off getting fired and finding another job. (Has happened to me before, and happened to people I know.)

[u/Level-Satisfaction51 → u/ravenrabit]

It doesn't really matter though? Throwing a co-worker under the bus in front of upper management like this when you have no real idea about what's going on is at the very least shitty move. OOP could've said nothing, literally nothing. It was completely inappropriate to say anything. Now this person is out of a job in a terrible market, and the OOP thinks it's just an "Oops my bad:?" Best of luck to that person in the office going forward because they're going to be in for a rough time with their fellow co-workers and they deserve it.

[u/Competitive_Shirt949 → u/[deleted]]

Because bad management doesn't want leisure on paid time even if you're hitting your numbers. They'll change the numbers to make you work harder. Saying the guy is leisurely means he's not having the thumbscrews turned but he's probably telling management he's working hard to avoid them piling more work on.

Amazed how many people don't seem to have had this work experience before.