Can i be dismissed?

james_roberts_32934

hi

i am currently in a job that i love and have been doing for 2 and a half years. A new person has started who worked at the last place i worked. When i was at my last job i was accused of orderering myself a mobile phone and not returning my old one(it was a mobile phone comapny i worked for). This wasnt the case but as i felt i couldnt go back due to the damage to my reputation(i was in quite a high role and was a very gossip driven culture) i resigned from the company during the investigation. the company accepted this and that was that. i then started my current job which i love and i litterally live and breath .

This person who is starting at my company is aware of what happend with the accusations(though they where not true)at my previous job.

If she was to tell my current employer what "happened" at my previous job, would they have any grounds to investigate and potentially sack me even though i resigned from the company and there was never a formal outcome to the matter from my previous employee.

I am just worried my past could hinder the best job i have ever had and i didnt do anything wrong.

Can any one advise...Thanks

marie2000

You are a complete worrier. I thought I was bad. What are they going to do? Sack you for What? What is the person going to say?

Jarndyce

The only reason you would have anything to worry about is if you lied to your current employer during the recruitment/appointment process - eg if they asked you at any point something like 'Were you the subject of any disciplinary proceedings at your previous employer?' and you said no.

The answer to any question that starts 'Can they....' is always yes. But you need to think of the likelihood of 'them' doing the thing and what your remedies would be. So, if you haven't lied you should be fine.

If you did lie, however, you're f**ked.

Edit: By the way if your username is your real name I would be changing it asap.

pinkshoes

If you're good at your job, then I don't think they're really going to care what some newbie says.

james_roberts_32934

thanks all...also if they did want to query it with my previous employer could they? i dont have my letter anymore which confirmed my resignation had been accepted. the company i worked for where very underhand and i wouldnt put it past them to lie and say i was dismissed just to spite me...

Jarndyce-Thanks for your response. No questions such as the above came up in my recruitment process so i havent lied to current employer

anamenottaken

Presumably your current employer contacted your previous one and obtained a reference at the time of your recruitment. So the reference must have been satisfactory at that time and there is no reason to think it would have changed.

wynnvegas

Jarndyce wrote: »

The only reason you would have anything to worry about is if you lied to your current employer during the recruitment/appointment process - eg if they asked you at any point something like 'Were you the subject of any disciplinary proceedings at your previous employer?' and you said no.

The answer to any question that starts 'Can they....' is always yes. But you need to think of the likelihood of 'them' doing the thing and what your remedies would be. So, if you haven't lied you should be fine.

If you did lie, however, you're f**ked.

Edit: By the way if your username is your real name I would be changing it asap.

Jarndyce,

Having read a few of your posts, you need to be careful as your approach is very black and white and your views are generally pretty il-informed.

In this instance, for example, there is no threat to the OP. The previous employer had not commenced any disciplinary proceedings so there only exists a small risk of introducing doubt in the new employer's mind if (and it's a big if) the new employee raised the alleged past indiscretion. Hopefully the OP has established themselves enough for this not to be any issue.

jem16

wynnvegas wrote: »

Jarndyce,

Having read a few of your posts, you need to be careful as your approach is very black and white and your views are generally pretty il-informed.

It doesn't appear to be Jarndyce that's being ill-informed here.

In this instance, for example, there is no threat to the OP. The previous employer had not commenced any disciplinary proceedings

The OP said that he had resigned during an investigation.

james_roberts_32934 wrote: »

i resigned from the company during the investigation.

Jarndyce

wynnvegas wrote: »

Jarndyce,

Having read a few of your posts, you need to be careful as your approach is very black and white and your views are generally pretty il-informed.

And what qualifies you to be so bloody patronising?

Would you like to give me some examples of where my views have been 'generally pretty il-informed'? Whatever that means.

In this case, I merely used the question and answer I gave as an example. Even then, I would stand by my post, but the intention was to point out to the OP that if he had lied about the incident in question then he might be in trouble - what is wrong with that?

CFC

Wynnevegas, Jarndyce is correct - an employer can do anything they like, however irrational or unlawful, providing they are willing to pay the price it will cost them if it goes to tribunal and goes against them!

Sambucus_Nigra

wynnvegas wrote: »

In this instance, for example, there is no threat to the OP.

Erm.....so an ex-colleague that knows that the OP was being investigated for alleged theft coming to the OP's new company is no threat? I think they may well be a threat, if that's the sort of person they are. A few whispered comments and who knows?

You don't know either company, the OP or the ex-colleague but you happily advise that there is no threat. On what grounds?