I got FIRED today

You will land on your feet, and you appear to be a well spoken person. Seriously, let it blow by. Give yourself a couple of days ( if you can afford to) to clear your mind, and then look for another form of employment.

I've lost a couple jobs myself, 2 were terminations, another 2 were layoffs. I thought I had pretty horrible luck. (Ironically, I called up my former boss that fired me and now I work at the same job with a higher position)

Give yourself a few days to process it and then be ready to move on.

It is a red flag to employers if you lose your job (especially repeatedly) due to termination based off performance. That being said, it is not an end all be all. You can explain the circumstances on a job application or in the actual interview. Do not lie, be honest and open.

You were late, perhaps the other side of the story says different (managers keep track of punctuality), regardless of what the reason was, it's not the same thing as if you no-called no-showed or went off on a customer.

In your case, I wouldn't worry too much, indeed losing a job is stressful, especially if you are on your own. Check out US jobs if you need a fast option, or check out your local mall, retail stores are always looking for at least seasonal positions this time of year.

maybe I deserved it but want to vent wrote:

I worked a retail job.

Then they did you a favour

Learn from this. Let it toughen you up a bit. And make a habit of always being on time.

Good luck!

Any boss can fire you without cause, but they then have to pay you severance in lieu of notice. Being that late once would not be just cause where I live and they couldn’t use it as a reason to fire you for cause. They would have to pay you severance - and it’s an entirely different situation than being fired for cause for benefits etc. Stand up for yourself.

That’s not cause wrote:Any boss can fire you without cause, but they then have to pay you severance in lieu of notice. Being that late once would not be just cause where I live and they couldn’t use it as a reason to fire you for cause. They would have to pay you severance - and it’s an entirely different situation than being fired for cause for benefits etc. Stand up for yourself.

Yes in theory this kid ought to be paid some kind of severance, although in a retail job which I imagine is minimum wage and maybe part time, the amount legitimately owed would probably be pretty small, too small to justify getting a lawyer involved anyway.

My advice is to ignore the impulse to feel entitled, own up to mistakes, learn from this and move on. Every mistake is an opportunity to learn. Learning is, imho, a more valuable outcome in this case than any possible benefit from fighting the man.

Good luck, OP.

Apply for unemployment and consider it a paid vacation. Assuming you worked enough quarters to qualify.

Find a better job and you’ll be doing great.

Ohhh man, this is the part where you start doing coke and bangin hookers!

You deserved it. Just remember that. Sink or swim, biatch

Hopefully you've dumped that girlfriend that lives so far away. Find somebody closer, and get a real job.

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A lot of people are saying take the firing to build character. I say fight the firing to build character. Call the HR department, leverage how unfairly you were treated and fired without warning. Continue to ask for people’s bosses when they don’t help you.

When you get back in, graciously thank them after they’ve been drug through the mud by HR. Then QUIT and find a bettter job.

Way more satisfying

#metoo

Sounds like you will be better off with a new position elsewhere. Keep your head up and your stick on the ice, you are not alone in this situation. I've just been laid off of a job of over 30 years as technology became so sophisticated that I became redundant. I was told 5 months ago that I'll be gone before the end of the year and realize the stress is starting to take a toll. The stress for me is coming from fear and I realized that bravery and courage where the only ways to be 'free' and so I try to keep this in mind. Perhaps you might ponder this a bit, perhaps it might help. Being 53 can suck, it's like I'm too young to be old and too old to be young....

Call and file a complaint with your states Labor Board.

Or file a grievance with your Union.

Or call a wrongful termination attorney.

""We going riding on the freeway of love

Wind's against our back

We going riding on the freeway of love

In my pink Cadillac

We going riding on the freeway of love

Wind's against our back

We riding on the freeway of love

In my pink Cadillac."

Aretha Franklin - Freeway of Love, 1985

I'm trying to get a job and applying at a lot of retail places, and it's pretty hard, retail people seem to be such uptight buttholes. They don't really care about your work ethic or skills, they want some kind of puppet with a jeff seid looking face and smile that customers feel comfortable approaching easily, and someone that will be there everyday early and stay late and do everything and beyond what's asked so the manager doesn't have to do any more work than they want to, and they'd prefer someone really entertaining too to help cope with their miserable lives so if you don't have jokes or laugh at your manager's crappy jokes then they won't like you no matter how good you do your job.

I've been there, it's a pretty lifeless feeling. Remember it like it just happened. I was let go via EMAIL. In hindsight, the whole situation for me was never meant to be, but it happened, nothing I can do to change that. The whole ordeal was so puzzling because my boss engaged me in on an account the week before, we talked on the phone for close to half hour, strategizing and it was one of those moments where you just thought, my boss believes in me. I gathered as much info as I could the next 2 days, was OOO on Friday for family travel. Back in office on Monday, all good, nothing out of ordinary. Tuesday afternoon, had a call delayed last minute with my teammate, went on a half hour run around my neighborhood, sat down for lunch, got the email "Last day on Job." When I first saw the email pop up, I thought, omg my boss is selling the company, farthest thing from my mind was me being let go. I opened the email, and the rest is history. It was emotional, but I accepted it and began the rebuilding process. Almost 3 years later, it was exactly what was supposed to happen, still doesn't take away the sting when I think about it at times, but truthfully, I am at a peace with it. Keep yourself healthy and active, work on your resume and reaching out to companies and contacts on a daily basis. Something will fall into place. Best of luck.

This happens to me alot. Everyone laughs at me in Trader Joe's because of my aspergers. I work hard and have so many brains but they still don't respect and not appreciate my work skills. I hope I become manager someday and just fire everyone. All the girls coming in for food shopping will admire me if I was the manager instead of feeling sorry for me, busting myself trying to keep the aisles perfect. Anytime I do attempt jokes they just act all serious and dumb but maybe they have issues. I have tried other ways of impressing them. There is a speedometer on the road outside the shop which measures the speed of how fast cars go. When I go for a run at lunch I purposely sprint as fast as possible so the speedometer reads something fast like 15 mph and they will think I am literally running 4 min miles on my lunch run. I know they have looked out the window at me when I've done this and nobody has changed on me yet. They just say that I can't run away from my work.

You entire post reeks of one of those people who is full of excuses all the time. Learn to take accountibility for your mistakes.

At the end of the day, it was just a retail job. Shouldn't be hard to find something better.