To Have Murderous Thoughts About Colleague?

Go girl! Let him have it!

Well as nice as it is to be at the birth of a classics thread I'm not sure how I feel about the fact that I stupidly turned Shart Goblin into Shaft Gibbon and that I have pig tit fingers is now in the MNs archive. (It'll teach me to proof read better I spose!)

Oh I do so hope that he makes an appointment to see a solicitor... and when he gets there he finds that his new solicitor is a woman

And a Mumsnetter!!

You have done so brilliantly OP. He sounded like utter torture and I'm so glad he's gone. And yes, your manager does sound awesome. Both of you have a on me

I hope there are some Mumsnetters in financial services who await Mr ShartGoblin’s application with trepidation.

What a glorious update to come back to today! What a shame theres no way of flagging someone as "REALLY check ALL his references", some other poor saps are going to end up with this muppet.

Dude...!

😂😆😂

😂😂

*Dh: Ha! Correctile disfunction!
Me:
Dh: That's another term for mansplaining.

Dude...!*. 🤣

Alec oh, the irony... 😂

Just read this thread in one shot.

Good work op, congrats on the new job!

Gem from Rita today 'I'll see if I can meet at 10.30am. If I already have an appointment in there at 10.30am then I won't be able to meet'.

Really? That's the way time works, is it? Eh, Sherlock?

Brilliant thread! Thank you, Mansplanation.

5 min breaks are slightly different to starting a thread, reading replies and dedicating the time to give lengthy updates on every event during your day.

All of OP's posts yesterday were well after working hours, and today's posts started before working hours. Plenty of employers are fairly relaxed about these things provided that people get their work done, and certainly few are bothered about it during lunch and tea breaks. OP's said that she was posting partly to prevent herself losing it with the idiot; and I suspect that as she's winding down and, as she thought, handing over to someone else, she has a lower workload than normal.

XXcstatic, where does OP say this man has only been there for 48 hours?

Great thread. Well handled x

Me: Have you read the Shart Goblin thread on Mumsnet?
Dh: No. What's it about?
Me: It's about mansplaining. Very funny.

Dh goes off to check it out.

Dh: Ha! Correctile disfunction!
Me:
Dh: That's another term for mansplaining.

Dude...!

Her updates weren’t that extensive.

Some jealous ones in here.

‘so strict you can’t check in on social media/ mumsnet when you go for a wee/have 5 mins for a cup of tea.’

5 min breaks are slightly different to starting a thread, reading replies and dedicating the time to give lengthy updates on every event during your day.

It’s bizarre to think there is detailed real-time commentary on an online forum of the day someone got sacked and even stranger that it should be found in ‘Classics’.

Gotta love how he questioned your female boss's authority to dismiss him and insisted on the male HR manager coming in to confirm the dismissal before he would leave. I mean, could he be any more sexist? He might as well have said to her, 'That's alright, love, you go make me a cup of tea while I wait here for the boss man to come and talk to me about this important Manly Man business we need to discuss. Nothing for you to worry your little head about!'

Ugh. Your company is so well shot of him.

Me too Shirley and it was a wild ride from start to finish Happy ending!

I’ve just had the incredible pleasure of being able to read this start to finish. So very satisfying!

Op was one of the interviewees presumably as she's already doing the job.

Does sound like a very frustrating situation BUT I have to agree taking someone on who's business in the SAME Industry failed spectacularly, OP'S company seems to have hired this guy without checking quals or refs.

I've been a manager if I'd failed to check those things before offering someone a job it would be ME getting the sack!

Yes, he's clearly at best over egged the pudding at worst outright lied, I picked up on an incident the op described as another incident of lying.

I hate dishonesty that would've made me suss and be onto his ex-employers but quick!

In the current market people are desperate for work. Mainly it means employers treating employees badly, but it also means applicants being more likely to lie. So employers need to be cautious too.

But I'd be reluctant to blame op for that, it's her managers and HR depts responsibility to make sure all the i's are dotted and t's crossed.

Op queried his ability with the manager and was essentially fobbed off initially.

It is a waste of money for the company, plus an inconvenience, so hopefully they've learned from their error.

Haven't got time to read this now but marking my place because it's clearly going to be an enjoyable read.