Employee Terminated For Refusing to Work When He Wasn't Scheduled

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Emmy Pratt • Senior Editor
May 13, 2023 12:30 PM EDT

One of the best parts about being a salaried employee is that you don't get called in for random shifts on the weekend. At least I don't, but y'all stay safe out there. There's nothing worse than preparing for a nice long day of doing nothing, and receiving a doomed call from your manager asking you to cover for someone. When I worked at a dog bakery, I was always the person saying "yes" to picking up this one girls shifts. If it sounds like I was being a pushover, it's because I was a pushover. At the time, it was hard to leave any money on the table. However, I always had the option to say no when I was asked to take these shifts, and unfortunately, not everybody is given such an option. Redditor u/Liluzisquirt2x shared the story of his brother being fired for refusing to pick up a shift he wasn't scheduled for, and the injustice is almost unbelievable.

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    Human body - r/antiwork u/Liluzisquirt2x. 22h. i.redd.it Brother fired for not wanting to work when he wasn't scheduled.
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    Communication Device - So r u gonna work tonight or no O 4 Today 7:20 AM Ok well then don't bother ur fired for a no call no show A Today 9:03 AM Considering I already told my dad I wouldn't need a ride tonight because of incompetent scheduling, no I was not intending on it as there's already someone scheduled. I'm also going to be putting in my two weeks as of today. I'll work these next two Tuesdays and next Sunday but am done after that. Text Message Posted in r/antiwork Cash Okay reddit
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    Rectangle - Albionflux • 20h Proof of being fired, collect unemployment Reply 7.5k
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    Rectangle - thathastohurt. 18h Yup make their lives harder 42.3k 2.3k
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    Font - Nearby-Elevator-3825 17h I've heard that in my state, there's a cap on the amount of unemployment a business/ company has to pay after a while. Once they reach that max amount, they DGAF. ... 4910 910
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    Font - Nevermind04 • 16h Sounds like corporate welfare to me 944
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    Rectangle - windowswill. 13h They should pull themselves up by their bootstraps! 494
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    Font - Ketheres 5h The real welfare queens were the corporations all along! 4 149
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    Font - Nerdy_Squirrel • 13h I was fired for a no call, no show once (I had a flat tire and had to walk half way so was over an hour late). It's an automatic denial of unemployment. You have to fight to get it, so OP needs to make sure these texts are saved because it sounds like this employer is trying to screw him. 4293
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    Font - Ghost Hin. 12h at work It was not a no call no show when the OP wasn't scheduled. The manager asked OP to come in on their day off and they refused. 110% not a no call no show. 4171
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    Font - pretenderist. 10h It's not "no call" because OP told them in advance, and it's not "no show" because the shift hadn't even happened before he was fired for it. Total BS ... 99
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    Font - Few_Occasion1891 • 15h Technically everyone is a no call no show when you're not on the schedule 126
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    Font - Chefboyld420 . 14h I've missed so many appointments this way that I will never know about. 462
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    Font - British FoSho • 19h What is this (I'm assuming an American term) "to get unemployment"? I assume it would be some kind of benefit, however, do people who are not fired, and quit on their own free will then not entitled to help? Can someone explain it to me please ... 225
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    Font - Disastrous_Drive_764 • 19h Yeah unemployment is basically jobless benefits that we pay into & we're only eligible for if we're fired/laid off (and even then sometimes an employer will dispute it). If we up & quit a job you're generally not eligible. Although don't quote me on it, I haven't used the benefit in a long time. Don't remember all the rules. 4279 ...
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    Font - NarrowAd4973. 18h Each state has its own rules as well. In mine you pretty much have to quit, or be fired for something that could get you arrested (assault, theft, vandalism for example) to be denied unemployment. We were discussing this at my previous job.
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    Font - As an example of the employer disputing the claim, a job my mother worked at in the 90's started laying people off (not long before it went out of business). I know my mother was involved in payroll, but don't recall what else beyond that. They laid off the receptionist, and demanded my mother handle the phones. She refused, so they laid her off, then tried to claim her refusal to do the receptionist's job constituted quitting. Unemployment disagreed. ... 189
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    Font - silentbobdrummer. 21h "We're short staffed, can you come in?" "I'm not scheduled so no" "Ok you're fired for no show" Now the dumbass manager will be really understaffed then complain "no one wants to work" ... Reply 1.6k
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    Font - ordinaryuninformed. 17h I think there's just way too many people who don't understand unemployment at all. 193
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    Font - Nevermind04 16h The same people think that the health of "the economy" can be measured by how well the stock portfolios of the top 0.1% are performing. ... 99
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    Handwriting - lifth3avy84 20h How can he say he's a no call no show when he's no where on the schedule to begin with. Reply 447
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    Font - 5ManaAndADream 16h Also when he's literally informing the manager he won't be there right now via text. Seems to be fulfilling the "No call" claim as well. 196 凸
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    Font - Middle_Data_9563 21h 1 Award "your failure to plan ahead is not my emergency" Reply 3.5k ...
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    Font - MrPandaOverlord • 18h 1 Award Lol good one. Into my vault of "comebacks I'll probably never use cuz I forgot them" you go G 607
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    Font - dave_a86 18h You can tell the boss throws around the threat of "no call no show" so often that they've forgotten what the term actually means. No call no show means they didn't turn up to their shift (no show) and didn't advise that they weren't coming in (no call). The shift hasn't happened yet and they could still turn up, so no show doesn't apply. Their notice of termination was a direct reply to them saying they weren't coming in so the no call doesn't apply either. Reply 209
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    Font - ashymatina. 1h Also it wasn't even his shift to "no show" to. The manager is completely delusional. Vote
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    Font - NewEcho2940 • 20h I'm giving my two weeks. You're fired! Thanks? Reply 197
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    Rectangle - foonati 18h at work Right? Unemployment benefits while you look for a new job. ... 498
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    Font - stnkybuttfacejr . 20h When I was a kid I had 2 jobs I worked in the meat cutting department at a Shaw's with enough hours to give me some benefits and I worked part time at a McDonald's and I told them McDonald's manager that the 1st job was gonna be my priority because it gave me some benefits and she hired me because she was desperate for help and said OK. I think it was literally like not more than a month and a 1/2 she fired me over scheduling conflict lol. These people have no shame
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    Font - DrMike27 • 22h This is totally your brother's fault. You know that, right? He totally should be able to understand that a scheduling mishap by a manager is just 100% not the manager's fault and it's on your brother to check the schedule for errors in everyone's schedule... Sorry, I can't mental gymnastics my way into finding a reason your brother is at fault. If you can't treat your employees like human beings and blame them for your mistakes as a manager then you deserve all the shit sto
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