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re: Former employer returned my personal items completely destroyed. What recourse do I have?
Posted on 7/29/26 at 12:09 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
Posted on 7/29/26 at 12:09 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
Did you sign before you were escorted out? You may have waived any actions against them, and they may have waived anything against you. Better review it before you go any further.
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Posted on 7/29/26 at 12:11 pm to Shorts Guy
Burning down the building is an option. I suggest you do it at night when no one is there.
You could also create some type of sign that they won't like and stand our on public land near the entrance for a few hours and see what they do.
You could also create some type of sign that they won't like and stand our on public land near the entrance for a few hours and see what they do.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 12:12 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
I hate that happened to your stuff, but I had a business professor when I was in college that told me one time, “don’t have more personal items in your office that you can’t put in a box in 2 minutes if your get walked out” and I have been like that my whole career. Which I know your situation was different and to this date I have never been fired or laid off, but every job I have ever resigned from, I had the small amount of personal items removed from the office before I gave them my signed notice. Most jobs I have worked out my notice but the last job I left I was thanked for my time but was paid out my two weeks notice and told I could leave immediately which was awesome.
This post was edited on 7/29/26 at 12:14 pm
Posted on 7/29/26 at 12:15 pm to Reagan80
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Did you sign before you were escorted out? You may have waived any actions against them, and they may have waived anything against you. Better review it before you go any further.
Generally this would only pertain to action around the actual termination. I'm not aware of anything you could sign that would enforceably waive your ability to take action against a company for damaging your personal property or wiaving your rights to have it returned.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 12:29 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
Take pictures for documentation and get replacement value on everything. They will ultimately blame it on the shipper…maybe rightfully so. Wait a month or so for your emotions to settle before doing anything rash.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 12:59 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
I received some good advice from a colonel years ago. Never keep more personal items in your office than can fit into a small box. Never keep anything precious at work.
Sorry for the destruction of your personal items.
Sorry for the destruction of your personal items.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 1:04 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
One week severance and they destroyed your stuff? Damn I guess my former employer are angels compared to that.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 1:08 pm to TheWalrus
Return to said office, break as much as you can before being escorted out or an attempted arrest, and smile ear to ear. If they press charges, you have your broken items to press charges for too. There will be a deal done for both sides to avoid punishment.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 1:12 pm to Rex Feral
OP did not say if they kept his stapler or returned it?
Posted on 7/29/26 at 1:16 pm to Deep Purple Haze
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put a price tag on ur shite and send them a bill
with a business card from the lawyer you hired
Posted on 7/29/26 at 1:33 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
As you said, lesson learned about personal items in your office. Sounds like you did the right thing, you contacted HR. That's about all you can and should do. Even if they respond, what can we expect them to do? Your best hope is they actually hear your thoughts and try to tell the bosses to stop this in the future. Unfortunately, it will do nothing for you.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 1:33 pm to Zendog
There was an old baw on here who gave his work shirts to a homeless bum and paid him to stand around outside the company. Do that
Posted on 7/29/26 at 1:34 pm to LsuNav
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Never keep more personal items in your office than can fit into a small box.
This. I spent most of my career following this code except my box is a shoulder/laptop pack. All my job moves have been on my terms so pulling the plug has been easy, but my last job, I was let go in a downsizing that caught me off guard about 8 months ago. Probably let go like OP. My boss called me on Teams and gave me the we are letting you go and appreciate your service BS. HR walked in when the Teams call started and I was walked out of the building. Luckily it was so painless it took me about 45 seconds to pack my shite. They gave me a manila folder on the way out with my severance terms and said review and have back to HR in 5 days.
Downside is I am breaking my own rules with my new job. I brought a bunch of pictures that were sitting on the floor in my closet at home that I hung in my new office. Major breaking of my code.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 1:34 pm to greenbean
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This is for others, never put items of value (sentimental or monetary) in someone else's space. I've been in the same office since 2003, I have very little personal here.
This is silly.
It does not matter whether you do or don't. It's a personal preference. I like people walking into a warmer environment.
My wife lightly decorated my office with some family black and white photos on the walls, a big snake plant in a nice pot and a couple desk photos of my kids. My co-workers have similar.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 1:35 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
Sorry they broke your sports dolls baw
Posted on 7/29/26 at 1:37 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
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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 have some 90s Kathy Ireland posters that you can have for your next office.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 1:42 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
1. remind HR that they can make a claim with FedEx or whoever shipped the box, so they should pay you first, and then they can be compensated by the FedEx claim.
2. Write a meaningful, heartfelt letter to the CEO, telling him how important these items were to you and sked to be compensated.
3. if #1 & 2 don't work, tell the HR director that you are prepared to post some very honest and negative thoughts about your company to Glassdoor, Indeed or any other job search website. These are always anonymous posts, by the way.
2. Write a meaningful, heartfelt letter to the CEO, telling him how important these items were to you and sked to be compensated.
3. if #1 & 2 don't work, tell the HR director that you are prepared to post some very honest and negative thoughts about your company to Glassdoor, Indeed or any other job search website. These are always anonymous posts, by the way.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 1:46 pm to Zendog
Make sure all 100% of your separation issues are complete prior to creating a ruckus. Clearance of expense accounts, cobra insurance, final paycheck, return of issued equipment etc. Just avoid working with an adversary at this point.
When you no longer need help send the company hr, fn mgr, accounting reps each a certified letter request for a specific amount described valuation with an expected response date that is reasonable {2 weeks}. With an unfavorable reply/no reply,,, you can now start a small claims court action against the company. Most difficult part is getting the corp address of record to have judge send documents to. As you are an amateur , you are allowed to over communicate early when they might decide to just pay the bill. Further into the process questions/answers flowing through the judge become more formalized, judges Clerk will explain a bit, but hey your time is free. The corporate response will cost several hours of 1000/hr lawyers and pay for your bobbleheads will seem cheap
When you no longer need help send the company hr, fn mgr, accounting reps each a certified letter request for a specific amount described valuation with an expected response date that is reasonable {2 weeks}. With an unfavorable reply/no reply,,, you can now start a small claims court action against the company. Most difficult part is getting the corp address of record to have judge send documents to. As you are an amateur , you are allowed to over communicate early when they might decide to just pay the bill. Further into the process questions/answers flowing through the judge become more formalized, judges Clerk will explain a bit, but hey your time is free. The corporate response will cost several hours of 1000/hr lawyers and pay for your bobbleheads will seem cheap
Posted on 7/29/26 at 1:52 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
Find out if anyone else had their stuff destroyed as well and join forces. Remember alone we beg together we negotiate.
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