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Illinois is a right to work state so I pretty much have no case against my former employers, despite how obviously unethical all this shit was. Never mind the fact that they triggered a panic attack by ambushing me and then fired me for having a panic attack. I’ve hardly slept all week, I’m so angry.
That said, I’ve had three really good interviews for one job and another really good interview for another, plus I’m going on vacation in two weeks so who’s really coming out on top here?
So, I got fired today?
(In continuation with my recent instagram post) I’ve been a fucking model employee this entire time and haven’t done anything wrong until my manager ambushed me at the beginning of my shift because I apparently wasn’t smiley enough to this awful customer I had and she complained. In spite of my perfect record and the fact that I had coworkers surrounding me who would’ve backed me up and told my manager that I wasn’t rude to the customer by ANY means, my manager continued to attack my character until I had a full-on panic attack. I was crying and couldn’t breathe so she let me go outside to try and calm down, but ultimately I decided to leave for the day (which she offered to let me do).
Today she calls, and over the phone, fires me for “insubordination”. I have never refused to do ANYTHING for her.
What’s especially fishy is that a couple of months ago after busy weekend in which she left us horribly understaffed, I sent her an email explaining (completely professionally) how much of a bind we were in all weekend with so few people working. The company supposedly has an open-door policy where all employees can voice their concerns like that without fear of retaliation.
In the time since then though, I’ve been passed up for multiple promotions that I was the most qualified for (and really passionate about) than other applicants, and my hours were cut from a consistent 40 to 20 to 3. THREE HOURS A WEEK.
I feel like this was personal and she was looking for a reason to get rid of me because I questioned her decisions as a manager, and this one complaint - my first one ever - was her excuse. I’m so worried that this is going to ruin my professional reputation. It’s definitely not ethical and I’m pretty sure it’s not legal but I feel so powerless.
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