I have been working without a contract for the past 6 months.
Friday evening my department has a meeting, after my boss meets with the VP of the Company, about concerns that we may have ideas for improving and stuff like that... my boss looks over at this one lady and asked if she had to do my job and her job does she think it would be to hard.... i was sitting right there.. thinking to myself what the heck..
so now i'm wondering ARE THEY ABOUT THE FIRE ME?... should I go ahead and start looking for work else where?
2007-06-16 15:40:27 · 14 answers · asked by march2283 3 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment ➔ Administrative and Office Support
I probably should have added this...
Monday(the 3days before the meeting) I took the day off, I was sick, the lady (she asked during the meeting) and the VP called me several times about how to do things, which turned from me taking the day off to me working from home... then we had the meeting and thats when he asked that question...
2007-06-18 06:12:26 · update #1
No, I think that might be a bit premature. Maybe they're thinking of promoting you or moving you into some other job to cut costs. It could be they're going to combine positions. I tend to doubt he would have said it right in front of you if you were about to get the ax.
If he's friendly and has an open-door policy, I might consider asking him straight out what his comment meant. If he is planning on firing you, you have nothing to lose, and if he's not I'm sure he'd be happy to ease your mind.
2007-06-16 15:44:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anne M 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Hi, keep an open mind about this. There are 2 different issues and they are not related.
1. You should continuously look for a job in view that you do not have a contract with your current.. "employer". You shouldn't wait until you're fired.
2. The boss asking the lady about doing your job could be for 3 reasons.
a) you could be fired and the lady has to do your job.
b) you could be reassigned or promoted to do another job within the company, so the lady has to do your current job.
c) the boss is trying to "overload" the lady, until she cannot take the workload anymore and resigns.
If I were you, I'd start looking for jobs not because for fear of getting fired, but because I want the contract or permanent position.
Permanent employees have alot of benefits such as medical, contribution to your retirement scheme and so on.
2007-06-16 15:53:18 · answer #2 · answered by lemongrass 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well I don't know for sure if your going to be fired...no body knows that answer except the big guy. But I truely believe in life that that no job is secure in todays world always be on the look out for the next great job,put some resumes out the worse that can happen is the others will contact you for an interview.
Or better yet just request to speak with your boss in private ask him straight out where do you stand with the company.
2007-06-16 15:56:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
As a manager I liked my dept to run in such a way that if I were out sick, vacation, whatever , I would not be missed.
I did not like to get calls at home on a day off, or return to a mess.
Also, I was furious if I called someplace and got the "Mr Jones is on vacation, he'll be out until Monday."
I felt, that's your problem, not mine.
So, I organized my staff, that if someone called and asked for me, the person would respond, " F----- is on vacation, but I can help you."
Staff flexibility doesn't mean firing you, it means, if you broke an arm and would be out two weeks, could someone fill in for you well enough so things don't suffer.
Relax.
2007-06-17 06:00:56 · answer #4 · answered by TedEx 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe they plan to give you a contract and move you into a permanent position. Don't quit unless you have solid proof that you are soon to be terminated you might miss out on a major opportunity.
2007-06-18 09:36:05 · answer #5 · answered by mrsknowitall 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your glass is half-empty. Maybe they are assigning you a new job with more responsibility. What you should be asking yourself is "did I do a good job" "did I screw off"? If you've been doing the best job you can, you should have no reason to worry.
2007-06-17 01:58:02 · answer #6 · answered by PariahMaterial 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This door could swing both ways... they could be asking her if she could do the work and have you work on another account and giving you a contract... or the other way yes they may be terminating your contract/employment...
2007-06-17 12:55:14 · answer #7 · answered by De 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You had your chance,
to speak up at the meeting.
Meetings over, maybe your job too.
So, go do, what ya gotta do.
Sometimes, when you need to
know about something, it's best
to just ask straight up. It sure beats
playing the waiting game.
2007-06-16 15:52:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
start looking for another job just in case
2007-06-16 15:50:54 · answer #9 · answered by Tarah T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would go right to your boss and express your concerns IMMEDIATELY!
2007-06-17 07:55:50 · answer #10 · answered by Tanya 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋