I worked for my company for 2 years. My job was to help people that are injured get back to work. I put 6 people back in the past 2 months- all of them earning the same or more as before they got hurt. Sounds like great performance, right? Well, I was told it was "commendable" then let go because the company does not have enough cases and I can file for unemployment. I was then told he was going to have to aske me for my key, which is normal albeit humiliating but then he deactivated me from the company website before I was done with the day's reports(today was my last day) knowing that I still had to do them and walked me to my car(!!!!) to get the company cell phone back- which I could just as easily have brought back upstairs. He made me feel like I was not even human. Has anyone else had an experience like this where you are treated like s--t for no good reason?
2006-10-13 17:55:09 · 8 answers · asked by Wildfire 3 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
Definitely time to find the positive in a bad situation.
1) You have a witness that you turned in everything asked of you.
2) It was communicated to you that your employment was terminated.
3) The company's failure to keep up with your pace of work demonstrates your ability to meet the supply of cases.
4) Steady employment for 2 yrs with sensitive issues demonstrates your strengths in this field.
5) The deactivation from the company's website indicates poor time management on their part. Someone had to finish the job they prevented you from finishing.
Do not delay in finding a new job. Contact companies directly for available opening. Do not rely on internet job posting boards for your next job.
Get all your unemployment paperwork in order. And write down everything you remember about those last few days. You never know when it can come back to haunt you.
In the event, the company posts an opening for your previous position, do not apply. Move on professionally and personally...
Good luck..
2006-10-14 04:07:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like your boss was just trying to tie up lose ends prior to the weekend. The sooner it is done, the sooner he can forget about it. Cold? Yeah. It is cold. Some of them can be very insensitive. But . . . on the other hand, sometimes they have a reason for doing things that way (I am not agreeing with his actions unless he has cause by yours). Perhaps prior employees stole the phones and did crazy stuff on the computer when they knew they were being let go.
Believe me, I have had my share of cold moments in the work place without cause, but fortunately, the majority of my experiences have been human.
2006-10-14 01:11:01 · answer #2 · answered by joyann 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow, 2 years and they treated you as if you were a security threat. Unbelieveable. Yeah, that's happened to me before (few times actually). They key is not to take it personally, I know it's hard not to. Companies like that are void and impersonal, maybe they did you a favor so you can get a better job and get treated with respect. In the long run, you'll find out that was a blessing in disguise.
2006-10-14 01:10:08 · answer #3 · answered by infernal_seamonkey 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is common for companies to treat employees like this when the employees are let go. They are paranoid that the employees will try to steal or get back at the employer in revenge - and I'm sure some people would do something like that, too, if they had the chance.
2006-10-14 01:05:40 · answer #4 · answered by picopico 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've never had the experience, but my work has the same policy. When you are let go you are immediately "escorted" from the office. You are also not allowed to remove any of your personal items from your desk except for of course your necessities. If you have pictures and personal items, they will box them up and mail them to you. I know our reasons for doing this is that we work with allot of top M&A firms and some of the information we have access to as employees is confidential. But if I were ever to be fired, I would take my stuff with me. They would have to call the cops to get me out of the building before I would leave my belongings. They can stand there and watch me pack, but I wouldn't leave without my stuff. Don't take it personally, some places just have to go along with policy. Good luck to you and your job hunt.
2006-10-14 01:08:10 · answer #5 · answered by gymfreak 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to work in a place where a woman who had been there about 3 - 5 years was told DURING LUNCH HOUR that she would be laid off at 5 p.m. This same place also laid off a guy - but told him only after 5 p.m. before he left for the day and only after most of us had left. No class.
2006-10-14 01:05:59 · answer #6 · answered by Ron D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I once worked for an art gallery. The owner of the gallery fired me after two weeks because he said " I don't like your personality. I need a cheerleader type." I was young so I shrugged it off and left. I'm sure that the whole thing was not legal. He made me feel like a rotten sack of... It was really hard for me to go to my 2nd job bartending at a rowdy sports bar later that night. Cheerleader type, hmmm...imagine that.
2006-10-14 01:10:34 · answer #7 · answered by stargirl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As unpleasant as the situation was, it has actually become the norm when people are discharged. Too may people have gone “postal” or simply become vengeful, costing the company more money. To people who would never do anything like that, it can be very confusing and even disorienting. Please don’t take it personal. Consider it a learning experience and be stronger for it. Take care.
2006-10-14 01:07:06 · answer #8 · answered by R_SHARP 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋