<story><title>The Machine Fired Me</title><url>https://idiallo.com/blog/when-a-machine-fired-me</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>davedx</author><text>That&amp;#x27;s weird though. Was it a three year contract or wasn&amp;#x27;t it?</text></item><item><author>astura</author><text>Their account got cancelled because the contract did not get renewed. Sounds like the company fulfilled the terms of the original contract, just (accidentally) didn&amp;#x27;t renew it. Many long term contracts require periodic renewals and&amp;#x2F;or options.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;Some of that work included renewing my contract in the new system... When my contract expired, the machine took over and fired me.</text></item><item><author>isostatic</author><text>Surely a 3 year contract means the company is in breach of it by not paying you?</text></item><item><author>rectang</author><text>&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;I missed 3 weeks of pay because no one could stop the machine.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why has this company not made their loyal worker whole?  He stayed there when they needed him even when their system was trying to lock him out.&lt;p&gt;They need to fix this.  If they don&amp;#x27;t, they are not a company anyone should work for.  Perhaps the worker did not want to risk making a big stink, but a manager should have taken the initiative.  Humans were involved by the end and well aware of what was going on.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Bartweiss</author><text>As I read the piece, it was a three year contract which was included in the old HR system, but not ported to the new one. If that&amp;#x27;s true, it was certainly breach of contract - &amp;quot;we forgot to upload the paperwork&amp;quot; doesn&amp;#x27;t get you out of honoring it.</text></comment>
<story><title>The Machine Fired Me</title><url>https://idiallo.com/blog/when-a-machine-fired-me</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>davedx</author><text>That&amp;#x27;s weird though. Was it a three year contract or wasn&amp;#x27;t it?</text></item><item><author>astura</author><text>Their account got cancelled because the contract did not get renewed. Sounds like the company fulfilled the terms of the original contract, just (accidentally) didn&amp;#x27;t renew it. Many long term contracts require periodic renewals and&amp;#x2F;or options.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;Some of that work included renewing my contract in the new system... When my contract expired, the machine took over and fired me.</text></item><item><author>isostatic</author><text>Surely a 3 year contract means the company is in breach of it by not paying you?</text></item><item><author>rectang</author><text>&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;I missed 3 weeks of pay because no one could stop the machine.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why has this company not made their loyal worker whole?  He stayed there when they needed him even when their system was trying to lock him out.&lt;p&gt;They need to fix this.  If they don&amp;#x27;t, they are not a company anyone should work for.  Perhaps the worker did not want to risk making a big stink, but a manager should have taken the initiative.  Humans were involved by the end and well aware of what was going on.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Spooky23</author><text>With contract staff, the duration is usually a not to exceed. Also, it’s typically a contract to deliver a person with specific skill, not a specific person.&lt;p&gt;There are exceptions, but they are pretty rare in tech.</text></comment>