My manager just casually gave me my resignation papers.

[jnevin]

Guys, I need help answering one important question when I'm asked to come in for an interview.

To those who have experience with this:

What do I answer when they ask: Why did they let you go at your old job?

All help is appreciated.

When I was hiring people I'd just want the most straightforward answer that didn't try to blame anyone. Just saying it was time to move on is fine as long as you don't have a history of bouncing from job to job every six months.

 

[the_alcatraz]

When I was hiring people I'd just want the most straightforward answer that didn't try to blame anyone. Just saying it was time to move on is fine as long as you don't have a history of bouncing from job to job every six months.

hmm....that's good to know bro thnx

I'll keep that in mind. If you have any more advice for me, please do share.

 

[heavy_duty]

Don't know Canadien employment laws but ina "right to work" state in the US an employee can be terminated for any reason, without cause as long as the termination is not prejudicial on a legally protected status. A business that loses a big client with a 10% decrease in revenue may very well let 10% of the staff go for no fault of their own.

Yes sir, in Ontario I do not have to give a person any reason what so ever as to why I am letting them go. (Of course I'm talking about a non union shop)

 

[the_alcatraz]

Yes sir, in Ontario I do not have to give a person any reason what so ever as to why I am letting them go. (Of course I'm talking about a non union shop)

sadly, that's true.

 

[heavy_duty]

Hey man go work for my bro's at Rabba they love Lebanese dudes
you want the owners number?

 

[the_alcatraz]

Hey man go work for my bro's at Rabba they love Lebanese dudes
you want the owners number?

dude, I worked at convenience stores through highschool when I didn't have my degree yet. After two university degrees and 3 years of business experience, I can't accept working in a convenience store...no offense, but I have a lot of diff. options I could take if I wanted a quick buck...

 

[Thandie]

I'm sorry you lost your job! However, look at it as an opportunity to go after the job you want. That's why we have doors closing on us or we wind up being unhappy in a place we don't want to be to begin with. I wish you the best of luck in finding what you want, Alcatraz!

 

[roadwarrior]

Man, does a story like this piss me off. It upset them that they had to pay you commission, a percentage that they orginally agreed on, just for the simple fact that someone was getting alot of money, even though it was just a reflection of the huge amount of money that your work had just made them. If you agree to pay someone x% of every dollar they make you, then what the fuck difference does it make if you're paying that % on $100 or $5,000,000?? That meeting should've been to congratulate you and your boss on a job well done and to inform you both that an extra bonus was being included for the record setting deal, especially since that the fact that it was the most money that they had ever paid someone at once translated to the fact that it was the most money that they had ever made themselves at once!! You just can't make some people happy.

It's like buisness owners get threatened by the fact that someone else might enjoy financial success, especially when they have to write the check for it.... even if that person's work has just made them filthy ass rich 20 times fold!!

I've seen several situations like this myself. Working by the hour and get a shitload of overtime in a pay period, and even though you know that because of the overtime you put in, the person you're working for really cashed in on the job, it still pisses them off to have to cut you that big check. Like, if it was the same amount of money being paid out, just divided over say more people or something, for their same amount of profit being made on whatever work that was done, then it wouldn't bother them one bit.... but having to see someone else be rewarded largely just upsets them.

I swear I've worked for and with people who, if given the option to net 10k a week after payroll the payroll been 5k, or to net 5k a week after payroll but only have to pay their help 1k..... they would choose to make half as much just to save themselves from having to witness others being rewarded with good money!!

I'm glad that your boss didn't sign that stupid, greed laiden fucking contract, and I'm glad he won the lawsuit. If that company didn't decide to do away with those contracts and that entire idea, then I hope they fucking go bankrupt... because that's what assholes with that type of greed and hatred for other's success deserve.

Not all business owners feel this way. My partners and I are ecstatic when an account manager brings in a big deal. We've had quarters where some of them out earned us. At the end of the year though, our asset value of the company has gone up and we get the big bonus checks.

 

[the_alcatraz]

I'm sorry you lost your job! However, look at it as an opportunity to go after the job you want. That's why we have doors closing on us or we wind up being unhappy in a place we don't want to be to begin with. I wish you the best of luck in finding what you want, Alcatraz!

Gracias thandie

 

[Thandie]

Gracias thandie

De Nada!!