Asda problem

gunman786

Hi in a nutshell could you tell me whether the employer has any right to shorten your employment before the duration of probation period has lapsed which i assume to be the contract terms. NB when no gross misconduct has been committed on your part.

pinkshoes

They can sack you for whatever reason they like in your first year of employment.

ckerrd

gunman786 wrote: »

Hi in a nutshell could you tell me whether the employer has any right to shorten your employment before the duration of probation period has lapsed which i assume to be the contract terms. NB when no gross misconduct has been committed on your part.

How the problem really initiated was like this: I was offered a job almost a month ago at Asda, but after a week later i rang them up to enquiry what was happening, they tell me that they sent me messages on my phone to say that i did not attend the 'best welcome session' when i know for a fact that they didnt send me any messages. Anyways they sought to rearrange another day for me to come in for that and i did. I was told that i was to start my shift on the past thursday and when i went in my dept manager looked confused as though he didnt even know that i was employed with them and they had not even got my uniform sorted out. He for the spur of the moment told me that i didnt start until next week like with all the other temps when i blatantly knew that was a lie to explain the situation cause i saw one of the applicants who was with me applying for the job almost a month ago doing his job in the store. I therefore now feel that i will be given another excuse in cutting off the probation period of my employment when all the proper starters finish theirs when i lost a months length if work so far.

I think all this was really down to me disclosing to them that i was a graduate and i think they really dont want to employ ''over qualified'' people for their general roles. I have heard one of the staff saying to a worker of the dept that i am to work in to watch out for her job cause he might make you lose it. A little bit of a joke maybe but i felt it had a serious undertone to it.

Hit the thanks instead of "quote" - no matter.

Not really sure what the question is from your post (not an English language graduate I assume?)

Are you suggesting that your probation period will be shorter but that you will still have a job?

terra_ferma

I'll be a bit less nasty than other people here....

My only thought is that they would have known from your application form that you are a graduate and if they thought you were overqualified they would have not offered you the job (plenty of people to choose from I expect...).

However, if you did not 'disclose' that you were a graduate until you had been offered the job, I would not be surprised if they were trying to get rid of you because you lied on the form.
It could also be that they don't believe you are a graduate (if English is your mother language, obviously).

Unfortunately I know that people graduate from bad universities without having learnt to write properly. A friend of mine who is a lecturer a few years ago showed me essays from students on a Cultural Studies or similar degree at a crxp uni.... and it was painful to read!

PS no point deleting part of your post now that it's been quoted all over. And with the subject ASDA, people who work there will open this post, and you never know who they may be...

passatrider

Why do people have to be so nasty to other posters?

ckerrd

To the OP - if your question, now much shortened, means can they get rid of you - then the answer is yes. As long as there are no grounds for discrimination then they can pretty much do what they like.

ckerrd

passatrider wrote: »

Why do people have to be so nasty to other posters?

Sometimes it is just too easy a target to avoid.
Human nature.

passatrider

ckerrd wrote: »

Sometimes it is just too easy a target to avoid.
Human nature.

Dosen't make it right though

ckerrd

passatrider wrote: »

Dosen't make it right though

Didn't say it was.