"Was that wrong? Should I have not done that? I tell you I gotta plead ignorance on this thing because if anyone had said anything to me at all when I first started here that that sort of thing was frowned upon, you know, cause I've worked in a lot of offices and I tell you people do that all the time."
An event was hosted by another consulting company from 5:30-7:30.
They were basically feeding us free drinks.
I stayed until almost midnight and an MD was there. Drank way too much.
To 1-2 guys on the side a bit before, I said "yo yo ni****a" jokingly once or twice and "that asian b***" when referring about a girl who was no longer there who kept getting us drinks. None of this was pointed at anybody, and they were white. But they were like "what are you saying..."
Then at the end, the one guy cuts me off in front of the MD saying i should go home because i'm drunk. And i respond super loud and tell him to stfu and let me give my opinion.
So now they opened up something with HR.
How screwed am I? I've apologized to all involved, and i'm fairly important for my team but not indispensible obv. Worked at the company for 6 years.
Basically never drinking again.
Just deny you said most of it, and that the rest is being exaggerated. They don't want to fire you. If they had to fire everyone who gets drunk at a work function, there would be hardly any employees left.
It will blow over. If not, maybe it wasn't that great a place to work anyway.
"Was that wrong? Should I have not done that? I tell you I gotta plead ignorance on this thing because if anyone had said anything to me at all when I first started here that that sort of thing was frowned upon, you know, cause I've worked in a lot of offices and I tell you people do that all the time."
An event was hosted by another consulting company from 5:30-7:30.
They were basically feeding us free drinks.
I stayed until almost midnight and an MD was there. Drank way too much.
To 1-2 guys on the side a bit before, I said "yo yo ni****a" jokingly once or twice and "that asian b***" when referring about a girl who was no longer there who kept getting us drinks. None of this was pointed at anybody, and they were white. But they were like "what are you saying..."
Then at the end, the one guy cuts me off in front of the MD saying i should go home because i'm drunk. And i respond super loud and tell him to stfu and let me give my opinion.
So now they opened up something with HR.
How screwed am I? I've apologized to all involved, and i'm fairly important for my team but not indispensible obv. Worked at the company for 6 years.
Basically never drinking again.
Just deny you said most of it, and that the rest is being exaggerated. They don't want to fire you. If they had to fire everyone who gets drunk at a work function, there would be hardly any employees left.
It will blow over. If not, maybe it wasn't that great a place to work anyway.
A (white) guy saying n*gga is different...that's almost 100% fireable except if he's the most exemplary employee they ever have had
I'd recommend a DNA test thought you don't want this:
Most Fortune 500 companies are afraid of woke activists. They control advertising and most HR departments, then the DEI thing. Yet have no problem shoving alcohol down an employees’ gut and punishes them for an alcohol induced comment. Thank God we are turning the page on that nonsense.
An event was hosted by another consulting company from 5:30-7:30.
They were basically feeding us free drinks.
I stayed until almost midnight and an MD was there. Drank way too much.
To 1-2 guys on the side a bit before, I said "yo yo ni****a" jokingly once or twice and "that asian b***" when referring about a girl who was no longer there who kept getting us drinks. None of this was pointed at anybody, and they were white. But they were like "what are you saying..."
Then at the end, the one guy cuts me off in front of the MD saying i should go home because i'm drunk. And i respond super loud and tell him to stfu and let me give my opinion.
So now they opened up something with HR.
How screwed am I? I've apologized to all involved, and i'm fairly important for my team but not indispensible obv. Worked at the company for 6 years.
Basically never drinking again.
I'm going to be direct and honest here and whether or not you like it, I hope it makes you mad enough to either get arrested or make a change.
Fool, listen. You cannot blame the company for your bad choices. The function was from 530 until 730 and you made the CHOICE to stay until midnight.
You made the choice to drink too much and you can blame it on the a aaa a alcohol all you want but you let your co-workers and associates know they should not trust you regardless of alcohol.
HR should be involved because you did things that were unethical in the same way people have been fired for their activities that they subsequently posted on Facebook.
I'm not your brother... I'm not your neighbor... this is not a team or a fraternity.. it's real life.
We're not kids anymore. Real action results in real discipline.
You should be fired for cause and "irresponsible alcoholic" should be the reason.
OK, but the MD stayed late and likely picked up the bar tab added to his expense account. I would get an employment attorney and hang some culpability on the company.
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This is your opening to quit your job (you'll be fired actually), start a bro-ham podcast and complain all day every day about cancel culture and veer hard right. I mean, there aren't nearly enough edge lord incel white boy podcasters who grew up on third base convinced they hit that triple right?
Don't forget the obligatory goatee and/or shaved head.
Also, up your dosages of PEDs immediately so your skull veins can pop on your cam.
Maybe start beating the women in your life to increase your bona fides as well.
OK, but the MD stayed late and likely picked up the bar tab added to his expense account. I would get an employment attorney and hang some culpability on the company.
No. It's the responsibility of the employee who has the job to monitor his own drinking regardless of a tab. A tab is only monetary and establishes no culpability to a party other than that they paid, if they paid.
A payor is not the selfsame person or an assessor of affects of alcohol as they simply are responsible for the bill.
This individual who actually did the actions is solely responsible and no actual jointly exists here because the MD did not encourage nor participate in the rhetorical exchange.
OK, but the MD stayed late and likely picked up the bar tab added to his expense account. I would get an employment attorney and hang some culpability on the company.
No. It's the responsibility of the employee who has the job to monitor his own drinking regardless of a tab. A tab is only monetary and establishes no culpability to a party other than that they paid, if they paid.
A payor is not the selfsame person or an assessor of affects of alcohol as they simply are responsible for the bill.
This individual who actually did the actions is solely responsible and no actual jointly exists here because the MD did not encourage nor participate in the rhetorical exchange.
What are you defending here?
I am not defending something the OP admitted to. On the other hand, alcohol is a problem in this country, and I have experienced employer complicity. The MD could have shut the party down, he chose not to, and something damaging to the company occurred.
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