Finding it very difficult to find a job - nearly 26yo graduate with little experience

sevva888

IAmWales wrote: »

What legal action are you looking into? You're long past the time limit for a tribunal claim (and any employment law rights would be severely limited due to your short employment). If you're looking at breach of contract then on what grounds would this be based and what would you hope to achieve?

Sounds like you'd be better to focus your efforts on making yourself more employable.

I am not sharing this information on here.

Also, it is not about damage control anymore since they have (imo) ruined my career.

Tiddlywinks

sevva888 wrote: »

It is not bullying if they also antagonized me repeatedly, that is a dispute. Such as clearly turning direction and walking off away from me in front of everyone when I said hello ... thats bullying, from the person in question. It really depends which side you choose.

No - it depends on what can be evidenced - and you were sacked because of an inappropriate email. That FACT can be reflected in any future reference from this company.

sevva888 wrote: »

Also, regarding the retaining of information, I believe it is legal now at this time. Whether I will share it is another matter given that it really does not seem to matter and won't actually help.

Really?

custardy

sevva888 wrote: »

I am not sharing this information on here.

Also, it is not about damage control anymore since they have (imo) ruined my career.

Come on now. Be a grown up.
You are young enough to surely be IT litterate and know the dangers of the written word?
We all make mistakes at work,learn from it.
However sending that type of email always runs a risk.
Some stuff I email,some stuff I use communicator and some stuff I phone people with.
Depending on its content and 'gossip' level.

sevva888

Tiddlywinks wrote: »

No - it depends on what can be evidenced - and you were sacked because of an inappropriate email. That FACT can be reflected in any future reference from this company.



Really?

"on what can be evidenced" You are clearly trying to troll me. I am going to rise above your baiting.

happyandcontented

sevva888 wrote: »

I am not sure you are interested in hearing about how they were bullying me, what can I do as a junior?

Also , I am not sharing confidential aspects of the arrangement (i.e. on non disclosure agreements) with you on here.

What you don't do is retaliate in the manner you chose. You follow procedures, you keep notes, you go through due process.

I would expect any NDA worth anything to cover the fact that you should hand over any commercially sensitive information you hold or anything your former employer could deem so. It would certainly cover not disemminating it further or to anyone in the industry. All it takes is for the interviewer to have contacts at your former firm and pass on what was said by you and your ND is breached.

Tiddlywinks

sevva888 wrote: »

"on what can be evidenced" You are clearly trying to troll me. I am going to rise above your baiting.

No 'trolling' here - just decades of experience have demonstrated that if you can't evidence an event (or even the reporting of an event) then it is very unlikely to be considered in any grievance.

Your former employer sacked you because of inappropriate behaviour - with tangible products to support that line. You've responded on this thread with a 'yes but they were mean to me too'... well, you should have used internal processes to address your experiences of mistreatment.

My responses aren't intended to 'bait' you; they are intended to get you thinking like a professional employee rather than a student in sixth form.

IAmWales

sevva888 wrote: »

I am not sharing this information on here.

Also, it is not about damage control anymore since they have (imo) ruined my career.

So you've identified no grounds to sue Balfour Beatty, yes?

They've not ruined your career. The majority of people who get dismissed go on to quickly find other employment. They don't waste the next year on matched betting - that gap in your cv is going to do much more harm.

sevva888

IAmWales wrote: »

So you've identified no grounds to sue Balfour Beatty, yes?

They've not ruined your career. The majority of people who get dismissed go on to quickly find other employment. They don't waste the next year on matched betting - that gap in your cv is going to do much more harm.

I disagree. Many in this thread have tried to troll me and bait me, like people do on other threads. The moderators really need to get a handle on who is just out to insult someone and who actually helps.

lincroft1710

Disagreeing with a poster is not trolling. You are 26 and have less than a year's work experience. Many who have replied are twice your age and more and have literally decades of work experience and know a few things about basic employment law and what employers are looking for.

Agreeing with someone who does not appear to be doing the right thing is not helping them!

jobbingmusician

You do know to describe your year matched betting as 'self employed sports trader', or simply 'financial trader', right? The way to describe this to potential employers is that you identified sports teams where prices were out of line, and then hedged these investments (following advice from a friend, if you want to avoid coming across as a trading expert.) Alternatively you could say that you used arbitrage techniques. Where possible, avoid the word 'betting'. It's extremely unlikely that your potential employer will understand what you were doing, unless they are in the financial sector - in which case they will understand arbitrage