Fired for no reason
I worked 9 years for a reputable and wealthy Cosmetic Surgery Clinic, one day at lunchtime they had an attorney come in and terminate my employment. When I asked why, I was told that they were not giving me a reason, that they did not have to give me a reason and that I was an at-will employee in the State of Michigan. Then I thought at least I would find out when they responded to my unemployment claim, but they put down "Employer's Business Decision" as there reason. I got six weeks severance pay and was allowed to collect unemployment. Prior to being "terminated" I had perfect annual reviews and received raises twice and sometimes even 3 times a year due to my excellent performance. It is 2 years almost and I cannot forget or forgive or even understand why they did this to me. I have gone over and over it in my head and I try to give them a reason, but I cannot. I have resolved that they just decided to cut costs. My salary and profit sharing and benefits amounted to close to $50,000. Now, they have "replaced" me with part time hourly workers with no benefits or profit sharing. They have replaced me 2 or 3 times by more than one employee simultaneously, so I hope they are feeling their mistake. It takes 2 part time people to replace me, also they have no commitment to the job and the first bad day they quit. I can only get satisfaction from that and believe that they know they have made a mistake trying to save a little money at the expense of their reputation.
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sh*thooks! What is America coming to? Ppl are ALWAYS getting fired. Why is nothing be done about this?
You got lucky by getting six weeks severance pay and been allowed to collect unemployment. I only got unemployemt, I think I was fired for several reasons one of them been that my boss was envious because I managed to buy 3 houses in 5 years while earning less then 30 thousand dollars a year while she earned triple and could not scrape enough for a down payment for a condo she had to ask her parents to lend it to her.
I know by one of my friend who still works there that she said that I didn't need to work because I had over 300 hundred thousand dollars in the bank.
Actually all my money was invested in the properties and I had to sell one of the houses to survive.
"It is 2 years almost and I cannot forget or forgive or even understand why they did this to me."
Believe me, this is exactly how I feel too. It's been two years and three months since I quit a job I'd had for 12 years because I was afraid I was about to be fired. A disagreement with a co-worker spiraled out of control and I lost my temper, saying some things I should not have said. Nothing violent, obscene or threatening, just rude. She sent the boss a 4-page email of complaints against me that she'd obviously been documenting for some time. He called me into his office and told me he wanted to meet with both of us on Monday morning (this was on Thursday). I asked him for a copy of the email and he refused to show it to me. He said "she's made some very strong accusations against you and I want to meet with you both to see if perhaps she perceived some of these things wrong." I knew we'd had some problems stemming from the fact that she was never in her office and I caught the backlash from it. She came in late, left early, and didn't answer her pager or cell. I was also positive that she'd cheated on her time sheets but I had no proof of that. Unfortunately I never documented any of the problems I'd had with her. I did occasionally snipe at her because of her unavailability, and once I suggested that her attire was not suitable for the workplace. That was a mistake, I should have gone to the boss with these concerns and not tried to deal with her myself. I asked the boss if we were going to try to work things out on Monday, the two of us, and he said "no, it's gone beyond that now. I don't know what's going to happen." I decided that I was not going to allow this woman to bring me down. True, I had made mistakes in how I dealt with her and I said some things that were wrong. The next day, I turned in my letter of resignation, packed up and left. I realize now what a mistake that was. I should have stayed and fought for my job instead of allowing this woman to run me off. I threw away vested retirement, insurance, and 12 years at a job that I now realize was a very good job. I can't forgive myself for the way things turned out. I cannot help but feel that her email was not entirely truthful and she had trouble writing. She always used a lot of big words when a few short ones would do just as well. It hurt so much when no one from that office called me to see what had happened and was I all right. I hope things turn out ok for you.