HR: You’re suspended for 14 days without pay starting tomorrow.
Gen Z: Cool. Written notice?
HR: Already in your email.
Gen Z: Perfect.
HR: Do not report to work, do not contact clients, and do not access any company systems.
Gen Z: Got it.
Fourteen days later the phone rings at 8:47 a.m.
HR: We need you back tomorrow. The client presentation is in two days and you’re the only one who knows the deck.
Gen Z: I’m still suspended.
HR: We’re lifting it early.
Gen Z: Send the written recall.
HR: Just come in.
Gen Z: The email you sent says 14 days. I’m following the email.