1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,000 Speaker 1: Is there anything more awkward than those first few days 2 00:00:03,080 --> 00:00:05,240 Speaker 1: right after someone at your company gets let go. 3 00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:07,960 Speaker 2: Oh isn't that the worst? 4 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:10,440 Speaker 1: There's all this weird tension in the air. You don't 5 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:13,600 Speaker 1: know what to say. Well, luckily we solved that problem 6 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:16,480 Speaker 1: by telling the guy that the new company he's about 7 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 1: to join already has a plan on how to fire him. 8 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:22,040 Speaker 2: Problem solved. 9 00:00:22,079 --> 00:00:23,320 Speaker 1: You are welcome. 10 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:28,320 Speaker 2: Right now. 11 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:33,680 Speaker 1: Hi, Nathan, Yeah, here's this. 12 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 2: I'm calling from Incorporated. My name is Betty. Betty don't Betty? 13 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:40,280 Speaker 1: How you doing. 14 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:43,159 Speaker 2: I'm great? And I hear that you're starting at the 15 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:46,240 Speaker 2: office next Monday. So welcome to the team. 16 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 1: Oh, thank you. I'm looking forward to it. It's gonna 17 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:50,080 Speaker 1: be fun. 18 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:53,280 Speaker 2: Well, it is my job to help onboard you. 19 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 1: Cool, so like email, log in, security, all that sort 20 00:00:57,160 --> 00:00:57,560 Speaker 1: of stuff. 21 00:00:57,600 --> 00:00:58,960 Speaker 2: You got it exactly. 22 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:01,560 Speaker 3: But before we can do that, we do have to 23 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:03,280 Speaker 3: finish your offboarding plan. 24 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:07,840 Speaker 2: Off boarding uh huh, you know, for when you leave 25 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:08,319 Speaker 2: the company. 26 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:11,160 Speaker 3: We like to get that handled ahead of time to 27 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:13,480 Speaker 3: avoid any mess. 28 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:17,040 Speaker 1: What happens if I end up staying there? 29 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 2: Oh, I mean nobody stays forever. You're gonna have to 30 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:22,520 Speaker 2: leave one day? 31 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, you never know. 32 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:29,319 Speaker 2: It could be downsizing or a firing. We just have 33 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:30,360 Speaker 2: to have it in writing. 34 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 1: Okay, I'm just confused because I've never heard of anyone 35 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:37,679 Speaker 1: doing off boarding when they were getting hired. 36 00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:40,000 Speaker 2: No, I hear that sometimes. Let me see if I 37 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 2: can clear this up for you. 38 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:42,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, that'd be fantastic. 39 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:45,959 Speaker 3: Actually, in the past, we've had some pr issues when 40 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:48,920 Speaker 3: we've let employees go, you know, when it's kind of 41 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 3: our fault. Yeah, but that's not a good look for management. 42 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 3: So we're not doing that anymore. 43 00:01:57,760 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 1: Okay, So we're going. 44 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 3: To make sure that we're in charge of the narrative 45 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 3: no matter what really happened. 46 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:08,360 Speaker 2: You can't see, but I'm winking over the phone to you, wink. 47 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:12,680 Speaker 1: We So basically, you're going to be writing a story 48 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 1: of how I leave the company at some point. 49 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 3: Actually, you're gonna pick the story. We're just going to 50 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:22,920 Speaker 3: give you options. Option A embezzlement, pretty white collar. 51 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 2: I like that one. 52 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:24,520 Speaker 1: Wait. 53 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:27,120 Speaker 2: Option B lude behavior in the office. 54 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 1: Wait wait, wait, hang on, I'm trying to process what 55 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:32,360 Speaker 1: this actually is. 56 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, what story you like best? 57 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:36,079 Speaker 3: Right? 58 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:39,080 Speaker 2: I do have a really good third option for you. 59 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 3: Option see public intoxication and urination at an off site 60 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:43,800 Speaker 3: office event. 61 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 2: No, it doesn't even feel like it's your fault. 62 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:49,360 Speaker 1: Okay, this is just weird. You're telling me I have 63 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:53,240 Speaker 1: to pick one of these ways. You're gonna let me 64 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:54,240 Speaker 1: go in the future. 65 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 3: Well, not like you're actually gonna do it. We're just 66 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 3: going to say that you did so nobody looks good. 67 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 3: I mean, honestly, I think it's pretty fair. Last week, 68 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:05,240 Speaker 3: a new employee chose public defecation. 69 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 2: What you're lucky that's not even on the list. 70 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:11,680 Speaker 1: No, no, this is this can't be allowed in this 71 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 1: day and age. 72 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 3: Okay, I do think I need to remind you though. 73 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 3: We can't pay you your signing bonus until you pick. 74 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 1: The greatest thing. No, my signing bonus has nothing to 75 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 1: do with your weird off boarding problems. 76 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 2: Those are the rules, though I. 77 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:28,440 Speaker 1: Haven't even started at the company yet. 78 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 3: You know what I can do. I can just click 79 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:32,359 Speaker 3: undecided and you. 80 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 2: Know what that means. It means that I get to 81 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:35,160 Speaker 2: spin the wheel. 82 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:39,120 Speaker 3: Wait, why is there? 83 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 2: Oh okay, embezzlement. That's fun. 84 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 1: No, I cannot do this. 85 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 2: Hold on, I just need to put that in your record. 86 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:50,320 Speaker 2: Let me type it in. 87 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 1: No, you can't put that down. 88 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:54,000 Speaker 2: Oh you sound worried. 89 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 3: Let me remind you again, nobody's gonna see this until 90 00:03:57,440 --> 00:03:58,480 Speaker 3: you leave the company. 91 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:00,240 Speaker 2: That gonna be a long time. 92 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 3: In fact, most people never leave because they don't want 93 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 3: their offboarding story to get out. 94 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 1: That's the program. You just hold that over them as blackmail. 95 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:10,360 Speaker 2: Pretty creative, right. 96 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 1: It's not creative. It's illegal. 97 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 3: It's not what your friend Carl said. When we ran 98 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:18,680 Speaker 3: the idea by him. He said it was a great idea. 99 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:21,480 Speaker 2: For a phone tap. Yeah, wait what. 100 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:24,280 Speaker 1: This is crazy. 101 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:27,280 Speaker 3: I'm telling you this isn't real. 102 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 2: This is Brooke from the radio show Brook and Jeffrey 103 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 2: in the Morning. We're doing a phone tap on you. 104 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 2: It's just a prank phone call. 105 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:35,039 Speaker 1: Are you freaking kidding me? 106 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 2: Carl said he just wanted to congratulate you on. 107 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 1: Your new job. Oh my god, I thought. 108 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:48,479 Speaker 3: You would be more excited about the embezzlement choice that 109 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:51,600 Speaker 3: the wheel landed on. We could spin it again if 110 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker 3: you want me to throw in public defecation on there. 111 00:04:56,400 --> 00:05:01,839 Speaker 2: You know, look at that you slept with the boss's daughter. 112 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:07,360 Speaker 3: Wake up every morning with phone taps weekday mornings on 113 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 3: the twenties, Brooke and Jeffrey in the Morning