Unrightful Firing

[sizzerhappy]

Last week I was fired from a job for my attitude not my work performance. I was there for 2 wks and my manager said I did not pass the probation period. She said it was my attitude, I told her I didn't understand because I was constantly asking my co-workers if they needed help because I didn't have enough work to do. She said she knew that, my manager said it was my attitude when she tried to correct me. I said that I was upset with myself for making the same mistakes. My manager said that she didn't care about the mistakes she cared about my attitude, but then she proceeds to tells me when she asks my why I make the mistakes I always have an excuse for why I did something. This is where I get confused, she tells me I have an attitude when I make a mistake but then she tells me that I give her excuses when she asks for an explanation. Then she says that she doesn't care about my mistakes but in the next sentence tells me I really messed her up by making these mistakes. I was so confused about this firing and I was just wondering if I had any rights concerning this.

[cbg]

Nothing in either of your posts suggests that any laws were violated or that you have any legal recourse.

File for unemployment, look for other work and move on.

[ElleMD]

Agreed, nothing about this was illegal.

In the future I would be more careful about how you express frustration. If you get upset over little mistakes when you are first learning to do something and make excuses that blame someone or something else, it can be a red flag to an employer. Explaning why you made the mistake and what you are doing to correct or showing how you've fixed it is very different from giving an excuse and getting upset with yourself.

[sizzerhappy]

I may have had an attitude, I don't think I did;however, I don't think 2 wks is enough to give anyone a chance especially when I asked my co-workers if they needed help 2 to 3 times a day. My second day there I got a flat tire and called the company to see if someone could pick me up so I think that shows that I wanted to make a good impression with the company. I also took $2.50 less an hour that I originally requested to work for this company so I took a big leap of faith. Each day that I worked there I was done my work by early afternoon and I kept thinking to myself why did they hire me if they did not have enough work for me to do, so in the afternoons I was doing filing once all the filing was done, I was putting benefits packages together and 15 minutes after all the benefits packages were together they fired me. This to me seems too coincidental, but I may just be paranoid. Everyday I asked my manager if she knew when I would be getting my ID to use the system and I was constantly getting excuses. During the interview they told me they would be hiring 400 people within the month;however, while I was there I don't think those employees were hiring because I think a project may have fell through. I think that was the real reason they fired me.
Also during the interview, my manager ask me what my weakness was and I told her that I could get an attitude, so I feel if she knew that why did she hire me in the first place. It just also seem kind of coincidental that she brought that up when she fired me. The manager also said something to me about pursuing my degree(which I already have) when she fired me, I didn't understand that comment.

I am not to concerned about staying with the company because I had a feeling in the beginning that my personality was not compatible with my co-workers but I did try to communicate with them and I know I gave 100% with that job and every other job I have had, the only thing that upsets me is after a stable 17 year work history, my resumee has a blemish because of a 2 week job.

[ElleMD]

None of which makes this illegal. Whether you agree with them or not is irrelevant. A project falling through is also a perfectly valid reason to let you go.

[sizzerhappy]

I understand that, but I don't think it is right to fire me instead of explaining to me what happened and laying me off. Getting fired doesn't look good on the resumee and if I did get fired because of my attitude, Shame on me, but if I got fired because a job fell through then I should have some rights. Like I said before I don't care about working for the company, but I do care about have fired on my resumee if it wasn't warranted.

[cbg]

You don't have to write that you were fired on your resume, although if an employer asks you, you'd do well to tell the truth as they CAN ask your previous employer.

You may not understand what you did wrong, but that doesn't mean the employer's right to fire employees they are not happy with is limited. You do not have a guaranteed right to a job anywhere.

[sizzerhappy]

I understand that but if I had a drug or alcohol problem and I was fired I guarantee I could fight it.

[cbg]

That's got nothing to do with this situation.

Arguing with me is not going to change the legality of what happened.