@CalminHeart
Hit the nail on the head....HR protects the COMPANY'S interest first.
Main Objective? Protect from lawsuits.
Make sure there is documented justification ( comparative sales metrics, meeting corporate goals-expressed in cold hard dollar figures if you're in sales, understanding all aspects of what the EMPLOYEE can do if they are treated outside the employment laws, and working to avoid bad outcomes.
And the first order of HR in large corporations like Qurate??? Document, document, document.
So when they become the DEFENDANT in a lawsuit, they're covered.
Everything ...from what happens on the hiring end of the job, to the severing, to the giving out of "references" post employment ( doesn't happen today....the MOST most places do is affirm or deny if someone worked there....they give NO narrative, good or bad, to avoid lawsuits).
Non-compete agreements, non-defamation clauses, non-disclosure agreements....all signed on the line that is dotted. ...before that person walks out the door.
Think about it....no one wants to be the HR Manager who recommends keeping a poor performer on the payroll....they have bosses to answer to also.!!!
Corporations understand the influence of social media today. The same people who look here and on all the sites to "see what Caroline and Dan" are saying about QVC, and hoping they will get "the truth"....think about this:
C+D MAY want to pursue careers post-QVC... as vendor reps, sale people, infomerical work, news, or any other public facing employments or sales. ( or maybe they just want to retire!!!!)
Their NEW employer does NOT want a whiner, someone who bashes their former employer, or speaks badly about thier former managers.....because...they don't want to put up with trying to FIRE someone who comes on board in the NEW workplace and is a complainer or percieved troublemaker or a problem employee.
Companies know how to mine social media sites....and they do it for NEW employees as well as CURRENT employees....something some people fail to understand when they bash their bosses or thier company online, and then wonder why they don't get that promotion when it's offered...they blame the "mean boss"....Sheeesh!!!!
C+D will be fine.We'll see them again I bet, as vendor reps possibly, just like the names mentioned in this comment section already ( Hosts that left that came back as vendor reps for different companies...)
Another reason why you won't see them telling "the truth" about why they were let go!!
( and "the truth" is probably very simple.....they were offered a package and took it!!!)
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