With airberlin having filed for insolvency and eventually likely being sold off into parts, it's not surprising that some people are already looking for new jobs. Several days ago I wrote about how airberlin's VP of e-commerce and online sales set up a website basically offering the services of his 60+ person team. I suspected…
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Might as well grab onto an empty lifeboat before they fill up. I'd say this was better for the guy.
In army officer candidate school when one gave it his best effort but came up short, he was often met with "Good initiative, poor judgement."
What is the basis for firing? What is the german/EU employment law says? If AB is not careful they may create another substantial creditor for their insolvency.
Tough I doubt being fired would mean anything for him. I believe headhunters already contacted several people in AB few days after the news of insolvency...
Never know the real motivation, it could be also a way out of lengthy notice period. I no way on the same level but my notice Periode end of quarter plus 9 months .....
Loyalty to your employer is required. He was openly disloyal, which is ground for immediate dismissal. Apart from that this had the smell of the rat jumping the sinking ship.
Any large company would have fired anyone for this type of action. Even tipping your hand to subordinates if you have info on upcoming furloughs is grounds for termination. This isn't really news...
Given German labor law, he may have wanted to have been fired to collect severance and unemployment benefits? Can they even pay out a severance during bankruptcy?
No severance because of cause.... but can alywqs try in labor court, normally a good chance but the head of the department was only 18 months there so severance would be not big....
@Michael lol. What era are you stuck in mate ? Loyalty to your employer is required is a crock of shite. AB have been far from loyal to their employees it seems. If you're an employer and I worked for you then I'd be definitely jumping ship.
His severance pay means he'll likely get his salary for longer than most other AB employees.
probably unwise to do exactly what he did, but I think it would be ok if he offered help to a few individuals who were potentially good employees for a new company.
AB is under insolvency. It limit disbursement of funds, including severance payment.
The graphical/aesthetic layout of that text...
AIRBERLIN E-
COMMERCE - HIRE US
AS A TEAM!
is awful, and serves as obvious grounds for dismissal.