Found out my employer lied to me about the reason I lost my job.

chocolatechipcookies

I was laid off because my boss could not afford to keep me on. She made sure I understood it wasn't me and that the company just could not afford me. Fair enough. But I did find it strange that even though I am being made redundant, she didn't put in writing that I was made redundant. I found out why. She's hired someone else. My last day is tomorrow, she starts Monday. I'm so mad. I'm only mad because she lied to my face. If she told me the company was going in another direction and she wants someone with more experience, then fair enough. But when she looks me in the eye going on about how she cannot afford me and then hires someone else, who starts not even a two days after I leave, I'm a bit insulted. :mad: :mad: :mad:

Just proves to me there is no point in being loyal to an employer.

tigtag02

There is a difference between being made redundant and being laid off.

You have to agree to be laid of and agree to the period of time.

How long did you work there?

chocolatechipcookies

tigtag02 wrote: »

There is a difference between being made redundant and being laid off.

You have to agree to be laid of and agree to the period of time.

How long did you work there?

10 months. The whole thing was very strange. We had a meeting and what she said in the meeting was very different from what was in writing.

maninthestreet

If someone has been taken on to do the work/job you are doing, then you are not being made redundant or laid off, you have been sacked. How long have you worked for this employer?

chocolatechipcookies

Al_Mac wrote: »

Redundant? Are you getting redundancy? Or haven't you been there very long?

She told me the company couldn't afford me anymore, but the letter I got was very different. It didn't say redundancy at all.. So she's telling me one thing and what goes in writing is another.

ohreally

chocolatechipcookies wrote: »

She told me the company couldn't afford me anymore, but the letter I got was very different. It didn't say redundancy at all.. So she's telling me one thing and what goes in writing is another.

What does the letter say?

tigtag02

chocolatechipcookies wrote: »

10 months. The whole thing was very strange. We had a meeting and what she said in the meeting was very different from what was in writing.

Unfortunately 10 months doesnt give you any redundancy rights at all

ceebeeby

10 months is not enough to do anything about it! You don't want to work for them anyway if they're not straight with you. Ask her for a fab reference before you go, keep smiling and stay professional until you walk out the door. You're the better one for behaving that way.

LittleVoice

ceebeeby wrote: »

10 months is not enough to do anything about it! You don't want to work for them anyway if they're not straight with you. Ask her for a fab reference before you go, keep smiling and stay professional until you walk out the door. You're the better one for behaving that way.

Well it does depend on the reason given and the procedure used. That's likely to be one reason why ohreally asked what the letter received actually said.

Oldernotwiser

Perhaps your boss thought it was kinder to tell you that she can't afford you rather than telling you that you're unsuitable/incompetent in the role. I'm sure it must have come as a shock but I don't think that you can complain about someone's tact, even if you think it's misplaced. Go graciously and hope for a good reference.

standupguy

Oldernotwiser is spot on - needs to change name to olderandwiser?

10 months is a testing time for employer and employee.

Usually you have got through any 3 or 6 month probabtion period but after a few months more the employer may feel the employee unsuitable in the role?

With possibly a months notice in the contract of employment the employer has to make a decison by 11 months at the latest - otherwise it is a difficult route to get rid of someone after 12 months.

It sounds like this employer had decided that someone else was required with perhaps different skills or as you say, more experience, and was doing what she could to soften the blow.

Unfortunately Employers do not get it right all the time and it is obvious you were mature enough to be given the full picture.

Best of luck finding something else!