Boss fired me after submitting his resignation. I have no idea what to do now.

LOL. Guess he hated you.

I don't know, but that's pretty cold-blooded.

Unless after he resigned, his boss asked if he could get rid of the stupid kid as a favor before he left, so no one else had to talk to him.

That's probably it.

You said yourself that the resignation was effective at 5pm. Why would he not have all the abilities associated with his position until that time?

sure he did wrote:

You said yourself that the resignation was effective at 5pm. Why would he not have all the abilities associated with his position until that time?

This is correct but why wouldn't you ask him why he was firing you?

Ouch.

It would be a good idea to contact your boss's superior to find out what is going on. On the one hand, your boss might have just been a jerk and tried to wreck the place before he quit and went to work for a competitor. On the other hand, it is not unheard of for a company to task an outgoing manager with making staffing cuts. The higher ups can avoid moral problems when the new manager comes in and does not have to fire people the first week on the job. But if you do not do anything, your employer might think you are a no show and quit your job. That will keep you from getting unemployment benefits. Call HR or the VP or whoever runs the place and confirm your employment status.

Nobody gets fired without asking why they were fired. 2/10

Was it in writing?

Back to the basement for you!

Precious Roy wrote:

It would be a good idea to contact your boss's superior to find out what is going on. On the one hand, your boss might have just been a jerk and tried to wreck the place before he quit and went to work for a competitor. On the other hand, it is not unheard of for a company to task an outgoing manager with making staffing cuts. The higher ups can avoid moral problems when the new manager comes in and does not have to fire people the first week on the job. But if you do not do anything, your employer might think you are a no show and quit your job. That will keep you from getting unemployment benefits. Call HR or the VP or whoever runs the place and confirm your employment status.

Thanks, I'll make sure to do this sometime today.

asker of questions? wrote:

sure he did wrote:

You said yourself that the resignation was effective at 5pm. Why would he not have all the abilities associated with his position until that time?

This is correct but why wouldn't you ask him why he was firing you?

He told me it was because my sales were down, although they were still some what high up compared to the rest of my coworkers.

Oftentimes a boss can't make termination decisions unilaterally unless he owns the company. They have to involve the HR department which likes to build a case before terminating someone (several warnings, coaching, etc) . You need to contact HR or your boss's boss immediately for some clarity. You might mention that you were very upset when your boss terminated you so you immediately left for the day and didn't think you had any options. Act innocent and confused and mention you heard your boss left that same day so you are checking to see if the termination was legitimate. They should provide you some sort of termination letter.

Let us know what happens.

I wish I could say, "Expect his call any minute to join him in his new business", but yeah, it won't hurt to contact your former boss's boss to get more info.

for what it's not worth wrote:

Oftentimes a boss can't make termination decisions unilaterally unless he owns the company. They have to involve the HR department which likes to build a case before terminating someone (several warnings, coaching, etc) . You need to contact HR or your boss's boss immediately for some clarity. You might mention that you were very upset when your boss terminated you so you immediately left for the day and didn't think you had any options. Act innocent and confused and mention you heard your boss left that same day so you are checking to see if the termination was legitimate. They should provide you some sort of termination letter.

Let us know what happens.

i agree with this. it takes us months to fire someone. and we aren't even that large of a firm, the larger the firm, the longer it takes. there has to be a well documented case.

i would contact HR. Further, if they do maintain your firing, i would push for more severance.

You must work in the public sector because firing on the spot is not unheard of.

Ended up calling HR. They told me they had heard of the incident and are currently investigating it, telling me they haven't heard of his plans to fire me, but they were conducting interviews with my co-workers to see if my termination had a legitimate reason behind it.

If you got fired you just have more time to RIP vapes

Maybe he re-signed rather than resigned?

Why would you want to go to work at a place that doesn't want you?

Reallyconfusedman.jpeg wrote:

Ended up calling HR. They told me they had heard of the incident and are currently investigating it, telling me they haven't heard of his plans to fire me, but they were conducting interviews with my co-workers to see if my termination had a legitimate reason behind it.

Call a lawyer.