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So, long story short, I got fired today from a job I loved. I was there more than five years.
I live in NY so whether the reasoning behind the firing was just/unjust fair/unfair, etc. has no bearing. My immediate supervisor hired a female and they began a relationship outside of work. It began to effect team morale and everyone felt pretty on edge about the whole situation. Me having seniority on the shift led people to come to me to go to our department manager to do something.
It was a mess. He said, she said and then I took the fall.
I had never been disciplined and I'm a good worker. My manager and the head of HR excused themselves in the middle of firing me, and offered to accept my resignation instead, effective immediately. Apparently they waited to see if I would accept my fate professionally, which I did. They also said they would authorize unemployment benefits and my manager wrote me a recommendation letter and said any calls he received he would give me a good reference, explaining that he would tell them 'he wasn't sure why I left'.
I was the defacto supervisor on the shift, as our actual supervisor was off with this co-worker. I was respected among my peers and I'm feeling really upset but I've shoved all those bad emotions into a neat compartment in my brain and I am ready to get to work first thing in the morning finding a new job.
My wife had a baby four months ago. She's freaking out. I'm trying my best to comfort her. I told her I wouldn't be out of work long and I will find something quickly.
In all honesty I'm freaking out inside but I'm trying to hold it together.
Any suggestions/tips/encouragement for a less-then-24-hour fired/forced resignation worker?
Next time tell the employees to report it themselves. Don't be the martyr unless you are near 100% sure HR is not for management only.
So, long story short, I got fired today from a job I loved. I was there more than five years.
I live in NY so whether the reasoning behind the firing was just/unjust fair/unfair, etc. has no bearing. My immediate supervisor hired a female and they began a relationship outside of work. It began to effect team morale and everyone felt pretty on edge about the whole situation. Me having seniority on the shift led people to come to me to go to our department manager to do something.
It was a mess. He said, she said and then I took the fall.
I had never been disciplined and I'm a good worker. My manager and the head of HR excused themselves in the middle of firing me, and offered to accept my resignation instead, effective immediately. Apparently they waited to see if I would accept my fate professionally, which I did. They also said they would authorize unemployment benefits and my manager wrote me a recommendation letter and said any calls he received he would give me a good reference, explaining that he would tell them 'he wasn't sure why I left'.
I was the defacto supervisor on the shift, as our actual supervisor was off with this co-worker. I was respected among my peers and I'm feeling really upset but I've shoved all those bad emotions into a neat compartment in my brain and I am ready to get to work first thing in the morning finding a new job.
My wife had a baby four months ago. She's freaking out. I'm trying my best to comfort her. I told her I wouldn't be out of work long and I will find something quickly.
In all honesty I'm freaking out inside but I'm trying to hold it together.
Any suggestions/tips/encouragement for a less-then-24-hour fired/forced resignation worker?
I would have advised you to work a deal when it happened. Deal should be -- ok you'll go quietly, but, they need to tell people who call that you resigned, AND, you can apply for unemployment and they will not contest it. I've seen people do that deal just so they won't sue the place for wrongful dismissal.
FWIW, I was allowed to "resign" from a job and was promised that my unemployment claim would not be contested. Lo and behold, this company kept its promise and I was able to collect benefits. But this was in 1999. Things have certainly changed seemingly for the worse for employees in two decades.
Last edited by propexpert; 01-20-2017 at 05:54 PM..
FWIW, I was allowed to "resign" from a job and was promised that my unemployment claim would not be contested. Lo and behold, this company kept its promise and I was able to collect benefits. But this was in 1998. Things have certainly changed seemingly for the worse for employees in two decades.
why do you let these companies walk all over you.
i believe your the same guy who said you have to put in 2 weeks when leaving, yet companies can treat guys like the op like they arnt human.
In my state, you can't get UI benefits if you resign. Sometimes managers will trick someone into "resigning" from their job, so they can deny them benefits.
Am I the only person that doesn't have a problem with at-will employment? We don't own our jobs.
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Originally Posted by vikings2903
why do you let these companies walk all over you.
i believe your the same guy who said you have to put in 2 weeks when leaving, yet companies can treat guys like the op like they arnt human.
Companies aren't walking over people. People are making choices. Seriously, giving notice makes someone a chump?
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