OK, here's another one for the books (no names to protect the "innocent" and I'm not sure this is 100% true, as it is third-hand)...
We let a couple guys go recently, "down-sizing and new direction for the company". Not a real surprise, but it does increase the work load for the rest of us.
One of the guys let go contacts another engineer, asking to see his resume "so he can see the layout and whatnot". The engineer says "yes" and sends over his resume. Next week, one of our current clients approaches our current engineer and asks about the guy no longer with the company. Why? Because he's received a resume from him and keeps receiving calls and emails from him, asking for an interview. And here's where the problem becomes two-fold.
First, we all sign a "no-compete" contract when we get hired. Basically it states that we can't be hired by a current client for 1 year. To do so opens ourselves to a lawsuit from our previous company, for them to recoup a year's worth of "lost income". Also, the client's contract has the same clause, which also carries a penalty of 2 years worth of "engineer wages". And he's only been gone for a few weeks. Ouch.
Second, our current engineer gets a brief look at the resume the guy apparently sent in... and its apparently his own resume with just the contact information changed. D'oh!
How in the world do people like this continue to get employed??
