if i was sacked for gross misconduct but my work was nothing to do with it,what can i say to any future employ

Answer 1

Gross misconduct sounds pretty bad.

I picture you spray painting tags on the office walls, or murdering the boss's wife, or stealing and wrecking the company car ...

If it had nothing to do with your work performance, it's not an issue, and you can simply say that you and the employer parted ways over creative differences.

However, as an employer, I'd want to know the details of your misconduct, so I could judge whether you were a powder keg ready to explode at any moment.

Answer 2

As a Human Resources professional, I must say that employers usually try to make the split as non-contensious as possible. So the fact that they stuck with the "Gross Misconduct", rather than, say, something like "attendance problems", shows that they pretty much had you dead to rights on some very serious conduct. I'd be surprized that this sort of behavior didn't involve the police.

Some infractions are so unacceptable that no matter where they actually occur, they impact your employment situation. This sounds like one of them.

I would actually consult a counselor of some sort. I would look at the possibility of entering a rehab program, inpatient or outpatient. That way you may be able to actually improve your insite as to why your behavior is so offensive. Nobody will want to hire you until you come clean and accept responsibility. The way you can prove this to potential future employers, is to get some counseling and rehabilitation.

A letter from an MD, Counselor, Therapist, etc. following your completion of the "program" would be your best start in showing that you have accepted responsibility and have taken solid steps to learn from your mistakes. Most employers are willing to give people a chance to demonstrate that they are reformed and trustworthy. They just need some assurance from someone other than the person that actually committed the "Gross" behavior.

No sense in lying about it, either. Chronically unemployed people tend to move toward more crime and more "gross" behavior, besides having no place to live.

Basically, take some solid steps to get some insight, get some help, work very hard on "fixing" yourself, get references from the counselors, MD's, and Therapists.

I do wish you well, honestly.

Ricky

Answer 3

Say that while your old company let you go, they never had any issues with your work while you were there. Focus more on the fact that they were happy with your work rather than you were fired. I wouldn't mention the gross misconduct unless they ask you to go into details or if you're using your old company as a reference (or if you suspect the new company will call to find out more about you).

And above all, DON'T LIE!

Answer 4

If your work was good, but you were fire for gross misconduct, I'm going to assume your temper got the better of you. And that's what a potential employer might assume too. So you need to be able to fully explain what happened on any job interview. Hope it's good.