We were a US based company in the middle of a (as you can imagine) complicated startup in India. People in the group working on the new company were exhausted - we had to remind people to work from home to at least remember what their families looked like…and just about everyone took us up on the offer. Except for “Bill” – Bill was a contractor who was really devoted to our project. Unusually so, as a matter of fact.
His enthusiasm and willingness to work “round the clock” was incredible. I was impressed. At first, my cynical side said it was just the overtime he wanted to make but we had so much work to do, everyone could take advantage of the extra overtime $$$ available. Bill was different. He was at his cube every single night, sometimes past midnight. And this went on and on and on.
Finally, someone got suspicious. Just what was going on that late at night each and every night? A quick check of the internet logs revealed all…really, it revealed WAY too much. “Bill” was surfing some of the more , how do you say, “risque” sex sites and well, enjoying himself just a little too much.
After firing “Bill”, we had the carpet cleaned and tried to forget the whole incident…but this was 10 years ago and obviously, I haven’t forgotten it yet. Y I K E S!!!
True story. Just life in the HR lane…
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