Comment by nullorempty
12 hours ago
About 25 years ago we had layoff at a company I worked for. One of the DBA's got fired along with others. Back in the day they didn't revoke access and you had your work computer available until the end of the day. Most, who were fired, just packed and went on their way.
The fired DBA however, stayed behind and finished backing up the databases he was assigned to backup.
Once the job was done, he packed and left.
True story!
That seems… normal?
I know several stories of people who got fired (or contracts not prolonged) who finished their task at hand, did some handover to colleagues, and then left.