WTF, lost my job before i even started!

PaRaDoX · #1 05-03-2007, 08:42 AM

Hey, just wondering if anyone had this happen to them,

i started work for a new job, a wrecking yard to be exact..
went thru alot of bull**** to get the job (a ****ing drug test)
and got all of my referee's called.. (before the drug test)

anyway they all said good things about me... so yeah cool i get a call saying "we need you to start as soon as possible"

so i said to her "ok well i MIGHT beable to come in friday morning, i have tafe commitments so i cant gaurntee it"

so she told me that i wasnt required to contact them before i went in, just to go in and if i couldnt make it in friday to go in saturday and/or sunday(it was training)

just so happens i had to go in friday morning before class to sort out some crap because i changed class and had to re-enroll in some subjects

so i went in saturday morning... worked from 8-12, then checked my email last night to discover a email from her on friday "you failed to show on friday, we can no longer continue your employment"

to me this whole experiance has been unprofessional and disrespectful... more the fact that they just left a ****y email that i didnt check for a few days so i didnt know till after i went in, a phonecall would of been nice... even a sms...

i replyed with im sorry for this miss understanding, explained what had happened

i got a responce back after replying to the email "we are a small buisness, we cant handel un-reliable people" and a load of crap hanging **** on me..

i dont care about the job, i didnt need it as i have a well paying job at a large petrol company headoffice,

i had explained to her, im still studying and working a fulltime job... the only reason i went for the job is because my friends old man owns it and needed more staff... and i enjoy cars so why not??

im just ****ed off at that employer

_Mukas_ · #2 05-03-2007, 08:57 AM

ide be straight onto the blower to the boss, be nice at first, and just ask politely for an explaination as you feel you were hard done by, and no matter what his response is, say "sorry, not good enough"....and rip through him.

PaRaDoX · #3 05-03-2007, 09:00 AM

1st she is the boss, not the owner..
2nd i dont care or want the job anymore, they're wankers to deal with

not worth the time of the phone call to be honost

VRSS · #4 05-03-2007, 09:02 AM

what a bitch... atleast you still have 1 job though

PaRaDoX · #5 05-03-2007, 09:10 AM

lol yeah, i mean i still get alot of money per week... but i didnt take the job for the money... oh well atleast i get my weekends... i can get sloshed everyweekend now.. but, i mean a drug test? and a full medical ?? thats a bit far out.. i have a feeling they'll try and charge me for the medical, if i am, im not paying.. class it as unfair dismissal :P

beeks · #6 05-03-2007, 09:40 AM

Any employer wants any potential employee to be commited 100%,this is magnified by the fact that it was a small buisness.
You showed you were un-reliable and in your own words''did'nt need the job''so you were going in with the wrong attitude anyway.
The boss obviously recognised you were going to be a liability risk and subsequently gave you the ass.
Sounds to me like you were wasting not only her time,but your own as well.

Mack · #7 05-03-2007, 09:45 AM

Wow man, thats really ****ed up. To make you go through that drug test and not understand that you have study commitments...what a ****ed up business. Your better then that and you know it, stick with the petrol company.

PaRaDoX · #8 05-03-2007, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by beeks

Any empoyer wants any potential employee to be commited 100%,this is magnified by the fact that it was a small buisness.
You showed you were un-reliable and in your own words''did'nt need the job''so you were going in with the wrong attitude anyway.
The boss obviously recognised you were going to be a liability risk and subsequently gave you the arse.
Sounds to me like you were wasting not only her time,but your own as well.

mate i was %100 commited, just because i didnt need the job didnt mean i didnt want it, like i said earlier i enjoy cars.. another reason i was worthing there was for a few reasons, 1. bit of side cash, cheap parts, i told her i was a student and wasnt sure if i could make it in that day...just because your a employer dosnt give u the right to treat someone like ****. and about the small buisness.. my ass, they have like 2 yards, a LPG installer + kit maker, a scrap metal yard... little more than a "small buisness"

beeks · #9 05-03-2007, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by PaRaDoX616

mate i was %100 commited, just because i didnt need the job didnt mean i didnt want it, like i said earlier i enjoy cars.. another reason i was worthing there was for a few reasons, 1. bit of side cash, cheap parts, i told her i was a student and wasnt sure if i could make it in that day...just because your a employer dosnt give u the right to treat someone like ****. and about the small buisness.. my ass, they have like 2 yards, a LPG installer + kit maker, a scrap metal yard... little more than a "small buisness"

What would you call a large buisness?.Most buisnesses are small in AUST the ones that are'nt are owned by big multi-nationals.
I'd say she wants someone more mature and more focused on the job at hand,not someone thats looking for a hobby.

beeks · #10 05-03-2007, 10:23 AM

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PaRaDoX · #11 05-03-2007, 10:37 AM

if that were true she should of ended it at the interview,

why the dots???

drewins · #12 05-03-2007, 04:16 PM

But didnt they say you could make it in on Saturday or Sunday if you couldnt make it Friday? If they said this to you then you were very hard done by.

cxcxcxvcvcvc · #13 05-03-2007, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by PaRaDoX616

mate i was %100 commited, just because i didnt need the job didnt mean i didnt want it, like i said earlier i enjoy cars.. another reason i was worthing there was for a few reasons, 1. bit of side cash, cheap parts, i told her i was a student and wasnt sure if i could make it in that day...just because your a employer dosnt give u the right to treat someone like ****. and about the small buisness.. my ass, they have like 2 yards, a LPG installer + kit maker, a scrap metal yard... little more than a "small buisness"

just because your a employer dosnt give u the right to treat someone like ****.
sorry my good man but it does now!

thanks to mister johny howard and the new ir laws

an employer can do anything they want short of spitting on you and its tough luck! and all the unions are now pretty much dead in the water! i know i used to work 4 a window company with all the benifits of holiday and sick pay ect but every1 was warned not to have time off because if you did you got fired! we couldnt even take the time off because 2 guys got fired for takeing time off who were regular guys