Losing your job? We'll kill your boss!

[masamune1]

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20090630/tod-oukoe-uk-spain-murder-cb1d00a.html


Spanish police have arrested a man whom they suspect hired a contract killer to murder his boss in a desperate bid to avoid being laid off, newspaper El Pais reported on Tuesday.

The head of audiovisual services at the Barcelona International Convention Centre contracted a Colombian man who shot and killed the director of the convention centre on Feb 9, according to police.

The director had planned to lay off the arrested man as part of a restructuring project, police said.

In fear of losing his job, the head of services, through his sister, contracted a team of six Colombians who planned and carried out the killing, El Pais reported.

Police have also detained the sister and six Colombians.

The shooting marks one of the most extreme actions by Spaniards who fear losing jobs, homes and businesses during a recession in which unemployment is rising faster than in any other developed country.

Other cases include an indebted Spanish builder who kidnapped his bank manager at gunpoint and the head of a construction firm who threatened to set himself on fire unless debts he was owed were paid.

(Reporting by Andrew Hay; Editing by Matthew Jones)

[Agmaster]

You're fired.
You're dead.
You're in jail.

Who wins?

[narutosimpson]

thats fair. the job market is hardly a fair market at all, and people are more likely to lose their jobs for sneezing wrong than for being bad workers, imo.

[Mαri]

How would that help your job? If anything, that would make it worse. :hmm

[Masaki]

Clearly this is the most practical choice of action.

[Raiden]

Issues regarding life and death today remind me of a child tinkering with a light switch. People just don't care.

[Quincy James]

Wow, that's actually kind of... awesome. But in a really stupid, ridiculous way that I actually don't approve of. Velly curious. :hmm

[Al-Yasa]

well ............this is new

[Gymnopedie]

How would that help your job? If anything, that would make it worse. :hmm

You'd think so wouldn't you? :S

[Blaze of Glory]

B-But my boss is a good person I'd never want her to die ... :wtf

[Kyasurin Yakuto]

Wow that is very disturbing. I know that people don't want to lose their job but you don't kill people over it. :S

[Valtieri]

well that's one way to deal with it.

If I got laid off i'd hire a contract killer too :hehee

[masamune1]

How would that help your job? If anything, that would make it worse. :hmm

The idea is you don't get caught.

And to be fair, the hit happened in Febuary, so the guy probably thought he did get away with it.

[Yami Munesanzun]

for some reason, i find this the best idea since...well, bread :gar dunno why

[neko-sennin]

Hmm...

Write off someone else's life, home, family, etc with the stroke of a pen...

...and get yours written off with the last of his income. :oh

Of course, I'm guessing that massive loss of income in most cases is probably the main reason this hasn't become a popular trend, given what a cheap commodity life is in corporate culture.

It's not that I condone murder, but at the same time, having been 86'ed by both coworkers and supervisors at different points along the way, I have no trouble understanding why people would want revenge.

[Vom Osten]

thats fair. the job market is hardly a fair market at all, and people are more likely to lose their jobs for sneezing wrong than for being bad workers, imo.

Congratulations, your justifying murder.

[masamune1]

Hmm...

Write off someone else's life, home, family, etc with the stroke of a pen...

...and get yours written off with the last of his income. :oh

Of course, I'm guessing that massive loss of income in most cases is probably the main reason this hasn't become a popular trend, given what a cheap commodity life is in corporate culture.

It's not that I condone murder, but at the same time, having been 86'ed by both coworkers and supervisors at different points along the way, I have no trouble understanding why people would want revenge.

Actually, he did it to prevent himself getting fired. It was'nt revenge so much as a last desperate bid to stay employed.

Kill the guy who is going to sack you before he does it. The employer was only planning it as part of a reconstructuring of the company, but had'nt actually done it yet.

[neko-sennin]

Actually, he did it to prevent himself getting fired. It wasn't revenge so much as a last desperate bid to stay employed.

Kill the guy who is going to sack you before he does it. The employer was only planning it as part of a restructuring of the company, but hadn't actually done it yet.

Yeah, I know, but you just aren't going to find many people like this guy, willing to resort to something as drastic as preemptive murder, as more people are more likely to try to kill them in either the heat of the moment after being fired, or else an obsessive grudge that leads to months or even years of planning. Also, most people who are scared enough of being fired due to personal (as opposed to "performance"-related) reasons would be too scared of being the prime suspect if anything at all suspicious happened to their boss.

[DeterminedIdiot]

how the hell does this help?

[masamune1]

Yeah, I know, but you just aren't going to find many people like this guy, willing to resort to something as drastic as preemptive murder, as more people are more likely to try to kill them in either the heat of the moment after being fired, or else an obsessive grudge that leads to months or even years of planning. Also, most people who are scared enough of being fired due to personal (as opposed to "performance"-related) reasons would be too scared of being the prime suspect if anything at all suspicious happened to their boss.

Honestly, I don't think that employess would be the main suspects in these kinds of murders.

Particularly since he was seemingly only one of many who was going to lose his job. And hired hits can be quite hard to trace.

how the hell does this help?

Well, the guy who was going to fire him is dead.

[Champagne Supernova]

Why pay when you can do it yourself?

I would think hiring a contract killer would be expensive.

[masamune1]

Why pay when you can do it yourself?

I would think hiring a contract killer would be expensive.

Because you are more likely to get caught.

Plus, they might not have been very professional. Could have just been cheap hired thugs.

[Merv The Perv]

There would be no job.
You would get laid off anyway.

[masamune1]

There would be no job.
You would get laid off anyway.

Not neccesarily.

You might get promoted. The guy who replaces the guy who died might have a different plan for the financial situation that does'nt incolve you losing you're job.

Or, you might get caught and go to jail before you lose your job.

[The Cheat]

Is it that hard to find another job?

[Saphri]

What??
I don't think this guy was quite all there. How on earth is killing your boss going to help you keep your job?

Ugh... i loath stupidity :D:

[narutosimpson]

Is it that hard to find another job?

what a kid would say

[Miss Fortune]

That's one way to solving your problems! :awesome

[masamune1]

What??
I don't think this guy was quite all there. How on earth is killing your boss going to help you keep your job?

Ugh... i loath stupidity :D:

He can't fire you if he's dead.

[Darklyre]

Why pay when you can do it yourself?

I would think hiring a contract killer would be expensive.

Not that expensive, actually. A few thousand dollars at most is usually the fee when you look at the stories given by former mob members and such.

[soulnova]

Around here the cost is about $5K. Go figure.

[neko-sennin]

Is it that hard to find another job?

It can be. I don't know how bad things are in Spain right now, but I lived for almost 6 years in northern Oregon (US), where the economy is almost nonexistent. I was unemployed for the lion's share of 2004, and not for lack of effort.

In order to maintain my Food Stamp benefits, I had to put in a minimum of 12 job applications per month, what I would once have thought of as pretty lenient. After all, it breaks down to 3 applications per week? Piece of cake, right?

Wrong!

Not only was nobody hiring at the height of the Bush Economy, most places weren't even taking applications, or resumes, or anything else. And since I couldn't use the same place again for at least 2-3 months, that meant I had to keep finding 3 new places each week that were actually accepting apps, a feat in and of itself. And since I had no money for bus fare (and my bike got stolen the year before), and food stamps only cover groceries-- not restaurants-- that meant eating a big breakfast and walking all around town hungry for most of the second half.

...And, anymore, things are getting pretty cutthroat here in LA, too.

[Grrblt]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tx5ijCrln4

[narutosimpson]

It can be. I don't know how bad things are in Spain right now, but I lived for almost 6 years in northern Oregon (US), where the economy is almost nonexistent. I was unemployed for the lion's share of 2004, and not for lack of effort.

In order to maintain my Food Stamp benefits, I had to put in a minimum of 12 job applications per month, what I would once have thought of as pretty lenient. After all, it breaks down to 3 applications per week? Piece of cake, right?

Wrong!

Not only was nobody hiring at the height of the Bush Economy, most places weren't even taking applications, or resumes, or anything else. And since I couldn't use the same place again for at least 2-3 months, that meant I had to keep finding 3 new places each week that were actually accepting apps, a feat in and of itself. And since I had no money for bus fare (and my bike got stolen the year before), and food stamps only cover groceries-- not restaurants-- that meant eating a big breakfast and walking all around town hungry for most of the second half.

...And, anymore, things are getting pretty cutthroat here in LA, too.

it's cutthroat here alright! anyway, it's hilarious cause people are pitiful and lack conscience, and when they are in trouble they turn on each other, dog eat dog as the saying goes. in a way i'm glad i'm out of work, i can only imagine the kind of shit that's going on now, with people clawing at each other to make a small check :laugh

[Cirus]

That is the reason why people are fired at the end of the day on fridays.

[Baluskavitch]

In fear of losing his job, the head of services, through his sister, contracted a team of six Colombians who planned and carried out the killing, El Pais reported.

Police have also detained the sister and six Colombians.

I don't know why, but it just strikes me funny that they feel the need to specify the nationalities of the killers.

LOOK OUT, HERE COME SIX COLOMBIANS! THEY'RE EXTRA SCARY!

[Kagemizu]

the funny thing is most of us have a superior that we want dead.

[plox]

ohh man this guy is a genuis, save your own job AND create new jobs for other people!!!
hes single handly lowering the unemployent numbers!

[xHinataFan]

I personally don't see any other practical choice for this man. Ya know besides not killing him and looking for another job.