Told to go home from work - HELP

eco21

Hi,

Im not sure if this is the correct forum, if not can Mods move it and accept my apologies.

I work for a well known Pizza Chain and on Friday I was on my way to work a nightshift at 6pm.

At around 5pm I recieved a phone call from a collegue who had an arguement with Boss A at work and resulted in him saying that he couldnt be bothered with her and that enoough was enough and too go home.

I went into work at 6pm and I went through to the managers office and ask BOss A, why did you make send my collegue home, meaning my shift was going to be made considerably harder.

He said that she was moaning about work and that he could only take so much off her and enough was enough.

I said to him that you have made a hard shift worse by not dealing with this collegue in the best interest of the whole team - rather you have done what is best for you.

I said that sometimes us guys in the kitchen think enoughs enough, he said well you can go.

I went out and said to teh other staff that i have been told to go, and went back to collect my uniform. He then entered into the staff room, and said, sorry for making your shift harder, nothign personal, then said, oh your going

I said yeah, Im going,

He said ok then, ill do your shift, bye.

I dont know where I stand, I havnet recieved any information as to where I stand or what I can do just now.

There was another mmeber of staff (new member) who heard the first part of the discussion.

Just want to know where I stand, as I believe that I havent done anything wrong by questioning managemnt about their decisions and not enought o warrant being sent home.

I dont know if im sacked/suspended/or what?

Bit worried as I need this job as its my main source of income,

Thanks for listening

David

hjb123

Right. From the what you have said I get the idea that you walked out on work and this may put you in a difficult position! Are you in a supervisory position? When are you next meant to be in at work?

I realise that in some situations you question the decisions made by management but this may not have been one of them! This person that had been sent home - there may have been more to it than they told you? You say they had an argument with the boss? Well to be honest you dont really argue with a boss?! What if this person had just called in ill? You would have been a person down anyway?

Think what you need to do is speak to your manager and see what they say your position is - and how they interpreted the situation of you walking out on the job. You should still have a job but probably get warning or similar!

mrcow

From what you have written, I too would say that it reads that you have walked out of work. It was not your position to question your managers decision over what happened with your colleague.

If you are understaffed, then that is a problem that the manager needs to sort out and you should go through proper channels if you wish to raise a grievance, not just leave at the start of the shift (even if he has said that you can go). To him, you're just another employee who can always be replaced, so he probably didn't care whether you left or not.

Not trying to sound harsh here, but by your own admission, you really need this job and you need to get this sorted not least for your peace of mind.

If it were me, I'd call and apologise....and take it from there. Sorry to say it, but your colleague's problems are her own, and not yours.

Wishing you the best of luck with this. I hope that it all goes well.

eco21

I wasnt going to go, until he said; well you can go aswell.

Was a bit shocked - dont have any supervisory position, just slave really lol

No, the person was on shift, was halfway through their shift when old to go home, it wasnt like we were overstaffed and said people can go home, or that the person was ill and had to go home, the person said they didnt want to go home, and he said no, your going home.

I didnt just leave as I was unhappy that someone had been sent home from my shift; I was told to go.

eco21

mrcow: thanks for the prompt reply; but I dont understand how walked out on shift. I thought that walking out, would be me going in a huff halfway through a shift and walking out. I was told to go - I dont constitute how that means I walked out?? I was willing to work, but he told me to leave, he prompted me, I didnt give him an ultimtium and he said well you can go.

The problem of staffing had been put throuhg 'correct' channels previouisly, this is why I raised it with him at the start of shift.

Thanks

looby75

I think the fact that the manager saw his mistake and then tried to apologise (therefore retracting his order for you to leave) but you left anyway would be classed as you walking out.

BTW I've btdt in the past too so I'm not having a go at you, just telling you how it appears.

Spendless

eco21 wrote:

Hi,

Im not sure if this is the correct forum, if not can Mods move it and accept my apologies.

I work for a well known Pizza Chain and on Friday I was on my way to work a nightshift at 6pm.

At around 5pm I recieved a phone call from a collegue who had an arguement with Boss A at work and resulted in him saying that he couldnt be bothered with her and that enoough was enough and too go home.

I went into work at 6pm and I went through to the managers office and ask BOss A, why did you make send my collegue home, meaning my shift was going to be made considerably harder.

He said that she was moaning about work and that he could only take so much off her and enough was enough.

I said to him that you have made a hard shift worse by not dealing with this collegue in the best interest of the whole team - rather you have done what is best for you.

I said that sometimes us guys in the kitchen think enoughs enough, he said well you can go.

I went out and said to teh other staff that i have been told to go, and went back to collect my uniform. He then entered into the staff room, and said, sorry for making your shift harder, nothign personal, then said, oh your going

I said yeah, Im going,

He said ok then, ill do your shift, bye.

I dont know where I stand, I havnet recieved any information as to where I stand or what I can do just now.

There was another mmeber of staff (new member) who heard the first part of the discussion.

Just want to know where I stand, as I believe that I havent done anything wrong by questioning managemnt about their decisions and not enought o warrant being sent home.

I dont know if im sacked/suspended/or what?

Bit worried as I need this job as its my main source of income,

Thanks for listening

David

It wasn't up to you to question your superiors decision about letting your colleague go. It sounded like he said you can go in the heat of the moment, when he said well you could go you could have answered I have no wish to do so.
He then came in and apologised for you being short-staffed and was surprised to see you actually going and when he asked you've said yes I'm going. Again you could have said I thought that was what you'd just asked me to do.

i agre with the other member who suggested ringing up and apologising, especially since it sounds like you need the money.

Good Luck

Murtle

I said that sometimes us guys in the kitchen think enoughs enough, he said well you can go.

This may have meant - you can go, as in you can leave my office, go back to work, conversation over.

I went out and said to teh other staff that i have been told to go, and went back to collect my uniform. He then entered into the staff room, and said, sorry for making your shift harder, nothign personal, then said, oh your going

Following on from previous comment, he may have been surprised you were going, therefore you have walked out of work if his inital comment was about you going back to work and not leaving.

You need to speak to your manager to understand the situation.

x

Fran

I don't read it like that. It sounds to me as though you have been told to leave which was not your choice. The apology was to the others, not you wasn't it?

Even though you perhaps were out of order questioning his decision, he was well out of order telling you to leave, he didn't deal with it well in my opinion.

Yes, clarify your position with the manager as soon as you can.

How long have you been working there?

margaretclare

I seem to remember, when I used to go to CAB as a trainee volunteer: in employment law there is such a thing as 'in the heat of the moment'.

In other words, things can be said, situations can develop, that in the cold light of day everyone regrets. If you want your job back the best thing to do is to go back and apologise.

Margaret Clare

eco21

** Read it back, and didnt make sense after reading comment below, so tidied it up **

Hi,

In the post Ive wrote a shorthand account of what happened, just to save time and my wrists.

I didnt just enter and ask 'why you sent Employee A home,' and demanded an answer- I said to manager:

I went in and asked what has happnened with Employee A? as I spoke to shift members and they said Employee A was sent home? I asked is someone covering her shift?

He said that enough was enough, I couldnt take her anymore, which I then said, sometimes us guys in the kitchen think that aswell.

He said: we'll you can go then

When he was saying, well you can go then, he had his hands raised at his sides; he wasnt saying this in the heat of the moment, as he was very cool and wasnt flustered or heated when we were speaking he was very matter of fact.

I left because he told me to do so, when he came back in ans said to the staffroom that sorry for making your shift harder it wasnt solely to me, as their was the new member of staff there aswell.

I had every intention of working, when he said you can go thats when I changed and decided to leave. I wasnt going to fight to stay, by saying I dont want to go. He said you can go, why should I plead to stay?

I was doing what here said (saying you can go), if he hadnt said I can go, this situation would never had esculated- to me leaving.

If I hadnt went back to get my uniforms from the staffroom; there would have been no second quick conversation - he still would have told me I could go - I was carrying out the instructions he gave me. Only we he saw he getting my stuff then did he seem concerned that I was leaving - that I was doing what he said.

The thing is I dont want my job back, as I know I will get retailliation in some form (worse shifts or less hours etc)

Ive been there for three years.