I have had my position for coming up on 3 years now. about a year ago I finally got to start collage, eveything was cool. I worked my class schedule around my work and let my bosses know what my school classes were weeks before they started.
Owners change half a year ago with no conflict on my end school wise. I sign up for my therd term with a 4.0GPA and let them know. a week after that they sind me a change of work schedule that 100% conflicts with my school on the most important days. I tell them I cannot work that and all he says is "That's Unfortunate."
can they truly get away with that? granted this is Texas and is hire at will fire at will, but is there legal recorse for their actions I should probably presue?
Thanks for you advice ahead of time guys
2007-03-21 23:00:33 · 5 answers · asked by siloseven 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
Your new owner can. Your old owner had agreed to your timings, so that you can attend Collage. Now he has sold it to a new person. Normally, when a person sells his Business establishment to a new one, the buyer puts lot of conditions, before arriving to an amicable settlement. One common clause is power of firing the old employees. As an employee you will not be aware about the "terms & conditions"agreed between your old and new owner. As per information given by you. The new owner is reluctant to your request. Hence I feel all doors are closed. Now only option left to you is, either your job or your Collage.
2007-03-21 23:20:49 · answer #1 · answered by manjunath_empeetech 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Manjunat is correct. You do not have recourse. I suggest you quietly contact the company's competitors and look for another job. You certainly have a good reason to give why you are looking for another job, especially if you tell the prospective employer your college training is giving you more stills in that field and that in ten years you hope to be in management in that new company.
Another thing you can do to speed up your college work is to see what online courses the college offers and to take CLEP exams where you read the books on your own time and take the exam for college credit. It's also much cheaper. http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/clep/about.html
2007-03-22 10:50:54 · answer #2 · answered by kadel 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmmm. "at will" means both of you can terminate any time for any reason....of course they cannot discriminate any employees but I dont think your situation would fall under this. I would get a B plan if I were you. I must tell you that I learned more on the internet in 1 year than I did in my 4 years of college. And the pay is better too.
good luck my friend.
2007-03-22 06:10:39 · answer #3 · answered by HonestBizPro 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Legal recourse always involves time and money which is not to your advantage at this time. Your circumstances are immediate.
Ask them if there is a way around the problem.
You always have the recourse of finding another job.
Good luck and go hustle!
2007-03-22 06:19:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you went to College they probably couldn't but since your in collage they probably can.
2007-03-22 06:04:42 · answer #5 · answered by hockey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋