‘Per our conversation... Your employment is terminated’: Employee receives immediate termination email in the middle of a meeting with boss, leading to a dispute on the job

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Aug 23, 2024 7:00 AM EDT

Every unemployment period reaches its peak when an unemployed individual feels like they cannot let another day go by without them finding a job. Perhaps because of financial reasons, perhaps because they cannot stand another day at home, probably both. Either way, when one reaches that period of unemployment, they would do anything to simply find a job, and would probably accept a job no matter what. This means that they are willing to ignore a lot of red flags just so they would get to be employed again.

I don't know if that was the case for the OP (original poster) in this Reddit story, but they definitely ignored a lot of red flags when they started their job. From high turnover to unreasonable commission laws, there were many things wrong with this job. But the biggest red flag was when OP got a termination email from their boss while they were in the midst of a conversation, then immediately got blocked by said boss to ensure no further contact happened.

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    "Your employment has been terminated effective immediately"
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    Got fired LITERALLY during my conversation with my manager
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    Apparently I got fired because of a late day-off request. Kind of expected this result anyways. Just some background info for my short employment with this
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    place. This store that I've been working at has always made me uncomfortable anyways. When I got hired, they granted me a full time position but right
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    after training, they only scheduled me 3 days per week for barely 18 hours for the whole week. Not to mention that there were several weeks that they just sent me home right after the
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    peak hours, so I had to take the bus to get there and stay there for only 3 hours and then go home......... Secondly, they have a huge turnout rate, I only worked there
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    for about 4 months and we already fired so many people, at least 3 from what I saw. There are constant interviews, constant terminations and so many staff changes every week.
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    Lastly, it might be my fault but I did not read the contract correctly. The bonus and commissions are only provided after 90 days of trial period meaning that for all the
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    products/packages that I sold, I DO NOT get any commission from them. And, apparently I'm still in the 90 days period which literally lasts forever until I got fired today.
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    Another thing that really p d me off is my manager. I know she's a fake lady from the first day I work there. But today is just ridiculous, I was texting her that none of my coworkers can cover
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    my shift for next week but I already booked my hotel. I was sincerely trying to find a solution and try to find someone to cover my shift. LITERALLY! During our conversation, I suddenly got an
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    email from her saying that I got fired. RIGHT AFTER THIS EMAIL, my text message failed to send out, I guess I am blocked by her. THIS IS JUST RIDICULOUS.
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    Personally I think this is a very disrespectful way of ending an employment and this is definitely a very humiliating way of telling me that I got fired.
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    Honestly, I already have the feeling that they wanted to fire me and my late day off request just gave them a wonderful chance to get rid of me. BUT ITS STILL SOO VERY DISRESPECTFUL.
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    Per our discussion, your employment at has been terminated effective immediately (8/21/24) due to the previously discussed reasons below. -Not following proper time off request protocol -Refusal to come into your scheduled shift We thank you for your time. Received and understood. Thank you for informing me. ← Reply < Reply all → Forward
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    • Mec26 12h ago They probably have high turnover so they never have to pay out any commissions. It's likely intentional. That said, if you were there for 4 months, might be worth fighting it (to get the commissions).
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    The_4ngry_5quid • 13h ago How is this allowed. I don't understand how employment possibly works outside of Europe.
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    xpacean ⚫10h ago If they routinely fire people before hitting 90 days then you should talk to a plaintiff-side employment lawyer (for free) about a class action lawsuit.
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    PM_ME_YOUR_NEE-SAN 9h ago You will never convince me that regular employees should be responsible for finding their shift replacements. If managers make the schedule then managers can solve the scheduling issues.
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    . ChutzpahQ 12h ago Soulless corporations > Human Lives
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    Fit-Traffic5103 • 8h ago We've all been there, done that. Take it as a lesson learned. In hindsight, you'll probably notice all the red flags. You'll be better prepared for this next time. And never accept a commissioned base pay job that has restriction periods.
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    Jddr8 • 10h ago Suggested responses sound like an offence at this point. Sorry you lost your job. Hope you can find something better soon.
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