If you get sacked is that the end of your career

matt10001

Has anyone been sacked here? If so did you get another job quickly? Also want did you say to future employer? Also if you got sacked from the civil service could you try again with another department or do they talk to one another?

makeyourdaddyproud

Yes, but because my skills, at the time, were in very short supply, I secured a job the following week.

I was up front and honest - telling the interviewer I could not stand the boss, explained why, and told them I thought he was a pillock - those words exactly.

Dan

Mrs_Ryan

Yes- I got sacked at 9.30 am, and I started a new job within two days. The first time I was sacked I was about to go to uni so I wasn't too bothered (however it did make me laugh to hear later that the bloke who sacked me had been fired himself for er 'misuse of power' basically he had sacked loads of people and had no authority to I was glad. The bloke was a grade A idiot. I did get an apology after he accused me of lying that I looked after my Mum and Dad. He said that there was nothing wrong with them and if there was I wouldn't mind providing consultants letters and bank statements for them :mad: he got a letter alright- from my Dad's solicitor and he was forced to phone them and apologise! My Dad gave him a right old mouthful of abuse (polite abuse mind) but it's certainly not been the end of my career.

tomtontom

It depends on why you were sacked - must be something pretty bad to get dismissed from the CS.

(Have you actually started the CS job yet?)

lincroft1710

tomtontom wrote: »

It depends on why you were sacked - must be something pretty bad to get dismissed from the CS.

Long, long gone are the days when the CS would carry "passengers". Over 10 years ago non-performers and poor attendees were being dismissed from the CS.

I've worked with a least 4 people who had their employment with the CS terminated, none had their fingers in the till, fiddled expenses, swore at or were rude to members of the public.

tomtontom

lincroft1710 wrote: »

Long, long gone are the days when the CS would carry "passengers". Over 10 years ago non-performers and poor attendees were being dismissed from the CS.

I've worked with a least 4 people who had their employment with the CS terminated, none had their fingers in the till, fiddled expenses, swore at or were rude to members of the public.

My experiences are very different, and very recent. I guess it varies between departments

Parklife63

I have been dismissed twice in my working history and both for "Gross Misconduct" although the 2nd one I did dispute but lost my job anyway! I am working. In fact I am just about to make a post re my new job and NI contributions. Employers look at the quality of the person and not past misdemeaners (spell check), in fact, even if you need a reference from your previous employer they are not allowed to give you a bad one. No getting sacked isn't the end of your career.

globalds

I got sacked for jumping ship once ..

It didn't really affect me much ..just cost me a rather expensive plane ticket from Singapore ..

lincroft1710

tomtontom wrote: »

My experiences are very different, and very recent. I guess it varies between departments

Certainly up to about 15 years ago, it took a very, very long time (if ever) to dismiss someone from the CS. But after that time HMRC and its executive agencies showed no reluctance in terminating employment. One of these cases was only about 3 years ago (he would be the 5th I worked with)

monty-doggy

Parklife63 wrote: »

I have been dismissed twice in my working history and both for "Gross Misconduct" although the 2nd one I did dispute but lost my job anyway! I am working. In fact I am just about to make a post re my new job and NI contributions. Employers look at the quality of the person and not past misdemeaners (spell check), in fact, even if you need a reference from your previous employer they are not allowed to give you a bad one. No getting sacked isn't the end of your career.

This isn't true. They are allowed to give a factual reference. The future employer can read into this however they choose if you left because you were sacked for gross misconduct, they are allowed to state this under reason for leaving. If you left pending disciplinary action they can also state this.
Many employers choose to give a standard reference just stating yes you worked there for specific dates and don't give out any more information, but never rely on this.

I was dismissed for gross misconduct, I got a temping job over Xmas and then I was able to provide my new employer with the temp job as a reference, therefore easier to explain why I left my last job.

It's not the end of your career, unless you choose not to learn from it.

Takeaway_Addict

Parklife63 wrote: »

I have been dismissed twice in my working history and both for "Gross Misconduct" although the 2nd one I did dispute but lost my job anyway! I am working. In fact I am just about to make a post re my new job and NI contributions. Employers look at the quality of the person and not past misdemeaners (spell check), in fact, even if you need a reference from your previous employer they are not allowed to give you a bad one. No getting sacked isn't the end of your career.

I know someone has said this already but this is terrible advice, they CAN give a bad reference, it just needs to be factually true. So saying you got dismissed for Gross misconduct is a bad reference that is perfectly legal.