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Former employer returned my personal items completely destroyed. What recourse do I have?
Posted on 7/29/26 at 10:53 am
Posted on 7/29/26 at 10:53 am
As most of you know, I posted a thread last week lamenting about how I was laid off from my job. I was allowed to grab what I could carry from my office and was then escorted out of the building.
I started receiving some packages this week from them containing some of my remaining things. I had a good-sized collection of Braves bobbleheads and a few nicely-framed railroad prints that I had hanging up that came in yesterday. Both sets of items were carelessly thrown into an office box that was taped shut and slapped with a shipping label. They consequently were totally destroyed when I received them. The bobbleheads are beyond repair and the frames are shattered.
I reached out to both my former manager and the HR rep in charge of the dismissal. The message I sent was calm and professional. It’s been over 24 hours and I haven’t received a reply.
What sort of recourse do I have? Should I just chalk it up as a loss? The bobblehead collection meant a lot to me personally.
Lesson learned - don’t take personal items to your office. I wanted to make my windowless internal work dungeon feel somewhat like home - I guess the error is on me.
I started receiving some packages this week from them containing some of my remaining things. I had a good-sized collection of Braves bobbleheads and a few nicely-framed railroad prints that I had hanging up that came in yesterday. Both sets of items were carelessly thrown into an office box that was taped shut and slapped with a shipping label. They consequently were totally destroyed when I received them. The bobbleheads are beyond repair and the frames are shattered.
I reached out to both my former manager and the HR rep in charge of the dismissal. The message I sent was calm and professional. It’s been over 24 hours and I haven’t received a reply.
What sort of recourse do I have? Should I just chalk it up as a loss? The bobblehead collection meant a lot to me personally.
Lesson learned - don’t take personal items to your office. I wanted to make my windowless internal work dungeon feel somewhat like home - I guess the error is on me.
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Posted on 7/29/26 at 10:55 am to VolsOut4Harambe
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I was allowed to grab what I could carry from my office and was then escorted out of the building.
This sounds more like a firing than being laid off. What did you do?
Posted on 7/29/26 at 10:57 am to UpToPar
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This sounds more like a firing than being laid off. What did you do?
This is SOP for large corporations, happened a lot in 2008-2010, especially in NYC.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 10:57 am to UpToPar
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This sounds more like a firing than being laid off.
No it doesnt
this is how corporate works.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 10:58 am to UpToPar
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This sounds more like a firing than being laid off.
My thoughts as well.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 10:58 am to VolsOut4Harambe
That sucks.
Your former manager obviously doesn't give a shite.
HR, on the other hand, may care. Not because they give a frick about you, they don't. But because those HR people (pieces of shite) are there to protect the company. I hope your contact with them indicates at least an implied threat of "is this how your want your company perceived as treating employees?" Because that kind of talk grinds their gears.
If necessary, remind them you didn't sign an NDA or Non-Disparagement contract and you will be going public with photos and long write ups if they don't make it right.
Your former manager obviously doesn't give a shite.
HR, on the other hand, may care. Not because they give a frick about you, they don't. But because those HR people (pieces of shite) are there to protect the company. I hope your contact with them indicates at least an implied threat of "is this how your want your company perceived as treating employees?" Because that kind of talk grinds their gears.
If necessary, remind them you didn't sign an NDA or Non-Disparagement contract and you will be going public with photos and long write ups if they don't make it right.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 10:59 am to VolsOut4Harambe
Posted on 7/29/26 at 11:00 am to VolsOut4Harambe
put a price tag on ur shite and send them a bill
Posted on 7/29/26 at 11:01 am to VolsOut4Harambe
Yeah, I know what you'd like to do. You'd like to find the guy who did it, rip his still-beating heart out of his chest and hold it in front of his face so he can see how black it is before he dies.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 11:03 am to VolsOut4Harambe
call a cheap attorney and get a petition filed for damages. If its a big enough company, they will be willing to quickly settle just to get it over and done with.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 11:03 am to NotoriousFSU
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Yeah, I know what you'd like to do. You'd like to find the guy who did it, rip his still-beating heart out of his chest and hold it in front of his face so he can see how black it is before he dies.
Actually I just wanted to file a grievance with the union.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 11:04 am to teke184
Well, the world’s a twisted place.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 11:04 am to VolsOut4Harambe
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I reached out to both my former manager and the HR rep in charge of the dismissal. The message I sent was calm and professional. It’s been over 24 hours and I haven’t received a reply.
What sort of recourse do I have? Should I just chalk it up as a loss? The bobblehead collection meant a lot to me personally.
48 hours is the standard response time before they can be considered professionally non-responsive.
What was your request for them? Financial compensation? Replacement? An apology? Were you explicit about your expectations?
Not trying to be an arse, but for an appropriate response you need to have a clear request for them to resolve.
This post was edited on 7/29/26 at 11:05 am
Posted on 7/29/26 at 11:06 am to VolsOut4Harambe
Eye for an eye. Have to go frick up some shite of equal value to them.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 11:06 am to RolltidePA
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What was your request for them? Financial compensation? Replacement? An apology? Were you explicit about your expectations?
“I would like to discuss possible reimbursement for my damaged property.”
Posted on 7/29/26 at 11:08 am to VolsOut4Harambe
I didn’t read all this cause it’s long and I’m lazy but your employer seems like asshoe
Posted on 7/29/26 at 11:09 am to VolsOut4Harambe
I'd document everything with photos of the damage and save the packaging, create an itemized list of the damaged items and estimated replacement costs and send a certified letter & Email to HR asking for reimbursement of the costs within a set deadline (14 days or something like that).
Do you know who the carrier was that they shipped the items with? Could it be possible they were damaged in transit? Carrier could be liable if the company used someone like fedex or UPS or someone like that.
Ultimately, they may just ignore you, but you will have it documented. If you wanted, you'd have grounds to go to small claims court, but unless these were highly expensive items, you'll end up costing yourself more than you'd get back.
Do you know who the carrier was that they shipped the items with? Could it be possible they were damaged in transit? Carrier could be liable if the company used someone like fedex or UPS or someone like that.
Ultimately, they may just ignore you, but you will have it documented. If you wanted, you'd have grounds to go to small claims court, but unless these were highly expensive items, you'll end up costing yourself more than you'd get back.
This post was edited on 7/29/26 at 11:10 am
Posted on 7/29/26 at 11:10 am to VolsOut4Harambe
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I was laid off from my job. I was allowed to grab what I could carry from my office and was then escorted out of the building.
you sure you were laid off?
Posted on 7/29/26 at 11:11 am to VolsOut4Harambe
Framed desk picture is all you should have in an office, if that much. Sends message that you could up and leave anytime
Posted on 7/29/26 at 11:11 am to VolsOut4Harambe
You might want to make sure your unemployment claim and other transition paperwork (health insurance, severance, etc) are set in stone before you go scorched earth on HR over damaged bobbleheads.
These are crazy women you're dealing with.
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