In total, I was fired 3 times and each time the employer tried to save money. I'll tell you about all the stories in order.
Dismissal 1
It was an official job in a parastatal structure. I was in charge of applying for American visas. The work was not dusty, but with its own peculiarities: it was necessary to come strictly at 9 in the morning, wear a uniform and for some reason not take sick leave in the first six months of work. To be honest, I am not the most organized person and do not fit into such places. I could come at 9.05 am, or wear inappropriate earrings, or get sick in mid-February and not go to work. In general, in the eyes of the boss, I was a wild rebel.
One day, exactly a week before my vacation, the boss sat me down at her desk and asked me to sign my own. I was very green and didn't know what I needed to do. Plus, she began to scare me with the fact that there would be a dismissal entry in my book and they wouldn't take me anywhere else. Well, of course, I signed it, only after I learned that I was entitled to compensation, and my future employers didn't care what I did in this office.
Dismissal 2
This is probably the saddest and most insulting dismissal. It was my dream job, with a cozy office, business trips and fellow colleagues. The CEO, I thought, became a good friend of mine with whom we could discuss everyday personal issues and share lunch when someone was very hungry. But it was a startup with a small budget, I was not officially established and anything could happen.
What happened is that I was fired one day, arguing that I did not have enough money. My good friend didn't even give me a month's notice so that I could easily find a job. As a bonus, they decided to cheat me and pay me even less than the amount worked.
The thing is that I am a very principled person and I believe that everything that I have earned is mine by right. I started calling the CEO every day. In these conversations, he looked for reasons not to pay me, ranging from "I have no money" to "you went on business trips, consider this compensation." To all I answered "I don't care" and "no, I earned this money." I knew that they had the amount they owed me.
Soon, the CEO stopped responding and I started bombing the COO. Two weeks of hassle and arguments, and by some miracle I was able to get paid. Although they still did not pay me in addition, promising "I personally owe you and pay this money."
Dismissal 3
It happened quite recently. I was officially employed, in an average company, with a white and gray salary. They hunted me themselves, I worked for 3 projects. Every week I coordinated all my tasks and results with the head, product managers, and every month I reported to the CEO. I often generated my tasks myself, asked for more cases, but I was told “you have a lot, don't burn out”.
Once I expressed my concern to the manager, saying that I was afraid that I could be fired, but he assured me that everything was fine and I was great. That is why I was very surprised when the CEO called me this morning and said that they had to fire me. Like, no one was involved in my processes, everyone beat me a little and, drum roll, so they decided to take a new person in my place.
In the conversation, they hinted to me that it was useless for me to try to threaten with the labor commission, they say, everything is fair with them. And that, of course, there will be no compensation for 2 months, only 2 weeks. And sent to hr. I tried to raise the topic that I want to receive full compensation, but they made it clear to me that in this case, compensation would only be white. And if I agree to the "agreement of the parties", then they will pay my full salary.
I decided to dig further and wrote to my dismissed colleagues. One of the bottom said that they promised one amount, and then paid another, of course less. When asked why such a small amount, hr argued "oh wrong." Colleagues counted everything on white. I began to worry even more.
I several times asked hr to clarify the payment amount, wrote to the accountant and financier. As a result, I agreed that I would sign only after the money came. On this we agreed.
Now I am actively looking for a job, I hope that I will find it as soon as possible. I hope I will soon be able to compile a good and detailed guide on how to find a job in a crisis. Subscribe to my tg channel, there are a lot of my stories about the work t.me/podhodite
And I wish you all good luck. And even if you come across such situations, I wish to come out of them as winners.
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