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OK, so today i lost my job. If you want to read another boring story about my life, read on:

So last Thursday i'm really hungry, i have no lunch with me, and i had no cash in me wallet, so, i go to the company kitchen, i take a sandwich, and have that for lunch. In the afternoon i'm pulled into the office of the Financial Director who tells me i'm being suspended under accusation of a theft. So i go home for 3 days (had 3 great days of skating!) went to the meeting today and they tell me they're dismissing me for theft.

I went to a job agency, they tell me i might be able to take them to court for unfiar dismissal...i mean no warning or anythign...just gone.

WTF? This is unfair. They call it a theft? You shouldn't die of hunger... that would have been worse, can't they think with their brains?

Man wtf. File a complaint. Don't let them do that to you. Did you see any signs that taking a sandwich would be seen as theft? Was there anything about that in your contract? Don't fucking take this bullshit, it's a steaming pile and they probably know it. Fight the decision, fight them. You have rights, use them.

Well the company was downsizing, and theyhave been making people redundant, i reckon this was an excuse to get rid of another person. I'm gonna phone tomorrow and ask if they can change it from a dismissal to a resignation, as it would look a little better on my record!

But i'm still gonna get em for it.

I'm sorry to hear that...
But, does anything good happen to you? Maybe you are cursed...

that's so unfair. seems like this is the way companies work today in times of "globalization". I'm so sorry for you. Hopefully you'll find a way to get back - or find a new job.

Fuck neo-liberalism!!

I'm sorry to hear that. I hope you can get your job back. Just do everything you can, but, yes these days economic times are hard all over the world. I may be unemployed too soon--the temps got laid off a couple weeks ago&the next ones are the part-time permanets, which I am a part of. So, about Summer I'll be joining you. BUT, I hope you can fight this--it sounds like they were just using their explanation as an excuse. btw, my factory has been known to fire people for taking home an ink pen lying around, so its the system, man.

I'm sorry, man. You should take them to the justice.

Sorry to hear that. Maybe you should try to ask for justice indeed! That's really unfair.

Was it a good job? I'd say, don't think much of it, file a complaint with...uh...whatever 3rd party business regulating company is prevalent in England, and just go on your merry way and find a more suitable workplace.

Oh yeah, did i mention, take a dump in the company kitchen first?

htcdude wrote:OK, so today i lost my job. If you want to read another boring story about my life, read on:

So last Thursday i'm really hungry, i have no lunch with me, and i had no cash in me wallet, so, i go to the company kitchen, i take a sandwich, and have that for lunch. In the afternoon i'm pulled into the office of the Financial Director who tells me i'm being suspended under accusation of a theft. So i go home for 3 days (had 3 great days of skating!) went to the meeting today and they tell me they're dismissing me for theft.

I went to a job agency, they tell me i might be able to take them to court for unfiar dismissal...i mean no warning or anythign...just gone.

I am sorry... A hug.

The people sometimes are a bastar**. I wish you good luck, you can find other job

HvyMtlClickWitch wrote:Was it a good job? I'd say, don't think much of it, file a complaint with...uh...whatever 3rd party business regulating company is prevalent in England, and just go on your merry way and find a more suitable workplace.

Oh yeah, did i mention, take a dump in the company kitchen first?

Heh well i need to get some stuff form my office, so that option is still open

It was an ok job with absolute crap pay, so im glad to be gone, as i was looking to leave, but just not in that way...bloody sandwiches.

htcdude wrote:OK, so today i lost my job. If you want to read another boring story about my life, read on:

So last Thursday i'm really hungry, i have no lunch with me, and i had no cash in me wallet, so, i go to the company kitchen, i take a sandwich, and have that for lunch. In the afternoon i'm pulled into the office of the Financial Director who tells me i'm being suspended under accusation of a theft. So i go home for 3 days (had 3 great days of skating!) went to the meeting today and they tell me they're dismissing me for theft.

I went to a job agency, they tell me i might be able to take them to court for unfiar dismissal...i mean no warning or anythign...just gone.

that suck my friend, but, theft of what?
do not take this to the court, need, it is way easier if you go and kick them in the nuts, thus you'll be more than satisfied
See it this way, the dismiss can be compared to a kick in the nuts, so you'll get even

Heh sounds good. It was a tuna and sweetcorn roll....and it was good..i'm glad.

Good! Now get to the nut-kicking and dump-taking!! \m/

HvyMtlClickWitch wrote:Good! Now get to the nut-kicking and dump-taking!! \m/

heh.. that reminds me..
have any of you read Trainspotting? (please nobody say "I've seen the movie" because this character wasn't in the film... but yes, it was a good movie!)... there's this character who's a waitress. some drunk assholes in a bar are being all sleazy and tasteless, so she pees in their beer... then one of them order some chocolate somethingerather and.. well i'm sure you can figure out the rest.

fuck that was unrelated.

@ topic & htcdude: get them sorted out. i hope at least you can change the reason for leaving to a resignation; part of the point of having shit jobs is so you can have references for the next (shit?) job...Ha i'm just being an ass. seriously though, i hope it works out.

Yeah! Trainspotting is one of my favourite books. I tip my hat to Danny Boyle for daring to attempt to make it a film. I love the film almost as much as the book, which is saying something.

I'm sorry dude, that sucks. I hope you'll find a better job.. That company had a really strict rules.. It's like in Matrix "You choose either to come to work in time or find another job"

Wanderer wrote:I'm sorry dude, that sucks. I hope you'll find a better job.. That company had a really strict rules.. It's like in Matrix "You choose either to come to work in time or find another job"

That's not even too strict. It's the responsibility of the employee to honour his contract and do his job by turning up to work in a timely fashion. Perfectly understandable. Eating a sandwich in the corporate kitchen that wasn't marked as 'PROPERTY OF xxxxx EATING OF WHICH WILL RESULT IN DISCIPLINARY ACTION' on the other hand is not reasonable.

Today I've known that I'll be dismissed in 2 month...

Sucks man, seems that everyone on this forum is losing their jobs!

Not me!

I'm voluntarily quitting!!

Me neither, I don't have a job atm. I'm a good-for-nothing parasite student

NeonVomit wrote:Me neither, I don't have a job atm. I'm a good-for-nothing parasite student

that's th attitude

NeonVomit wrote:Me neither, I don't have a job atm. I'm a good-for-nothing parasite student

Same here.

Though I must start applying for a job sooner or later...

IceBreaker wrote:

NeonVomit wrote:Me neither, I don't have a job atm. I'm a good-for-nothing parasite student

Same here.

Though I must start applying for a job sooner or later...

nah, if you can you better enjoy your parasite status

IceBreaker wrote:

NeonVomit wrote:Me neither, I don't have a job atm. I'm a good-for-nothing parasite student

Same here.

Though I must start applying for a job sooner or later...

Me too! but I'm getting a job in the next 3 weeks.

Equinox wrote:

IceBreaker wrote:

NeonVomit wrote:Me neither, I don't have a job atm. I'm a good-for-nothing parasite student

Same here.

Though I must start applying for a job sooner or later...

Me too! but I'm getting a job in the next 3 weeks.

Doing what?

I'm a parasite for 6 days of the week, but I still have a job on Fridays. That's the reason why I mostly post on Fridays

However, my contract is running out next month, and my boss isn't there right now. Hope I don't lose my job, coz I would really get in financial trouble then...

htcdude wrote:Sucks man, seems that everyone on this forum is losing their jobs!

First of all, I'm really sorry to hear that you've been fired

It's obvious to me that this "thief" thing was just an excuse to get separated of "redondant" workers (the economic problems that you mentionned).
If I was You, I'd suit the company right away. It's really not normal that such a company can act like that!!! If you don't suit them, then you can expect that this company will do the same thing again, just like other companies.
And think of it, you're from UK, most of those "you're just a spot in the company, I fire you whenever I want for whatever reason and you have nothing to say!" happens only in high corrupted or low developped countries like Thailand or Russia.

One friend of mine, she used to work for Lufthansa. She had an horrible working time table (had to work two days during the days, the next two days during the evenings and the 2 next days during the night), she had to work in several aeroport (one day in Cologne, the next day in Frankfurt, the next day in Munchen...), and got quite a bad salary.
But one day, the CEO decided that the company had to save money, so they asked to the workers "do you accept to work more, and get a lower salary". Of course, my friend said "no! never!!!", and then she got a letter "you didn't accept the offer that we made to you. Due to economic issues, we have no other choice but dismiss you. blabla...".
That's a good example of what is the "job market" nowadays.
Companies asks people to work more and more for a lower and lower salary and try to pay lower and lower taxes. They look more and more for students (sometimes from abroad, like Romania or Singapore) to work for their training period and actually work like a normal worker, and everything of course free of charge! Many of the companies nowadays move their offices to low-cost countries (like Maroc or China), or delocalise some of their services (most of the call-centers are based in low cost countries. ask HP, Acer or Dell), so they can pay less taxes, and have employers that they can pay only 100€ a month.

I will always remember my experience in a start-up internet company.
We didn't get any salary for more than 3 months (which is totally illegal). Most of the workers had a family, some children and it was Christmas time. None of us suited the company to get our money, because of that "(whatever) I like my company" spirit. Finally, the company got money. The same day, they annonced that they had to fire the "non-essential" workers of the company (which means, of course the ones who are paid 1000€ a month, not those stupid wankers in their brand new office who earned 6000€ a month!!!). I personally couldn't stand this situation and because I had an opportunity to work in a better company, I quit. I guess I'm just too human to stand that kind of jungle full of sharks !!

The job market situation is really bad and sad in my opinion. It seems to me that everything in this world is based on money. Companies want to be the richest they can.
Wonderful, in about 30 years, there will be only ATM and robots everywhere, with a unemployment rate up to 60% in Europe and USA, and most of the job opportunities in China, for 80€ a month. Ah, I like that...