fired from the job

anonymous52511

hi
When I was a student 10 years ago I worked in a call centre of one of the largest companies in the world, due to some reason I just left the job and never told them. (i.e. stopped going to work as I was immature and not so serious about that job at that time). They sent some letters to comeback but I did not reply and they finally sacked me.
After 10 years will this comeback to haunt me as I have interviewed there for a very good position. Though its a completely different department and city same country), but I think the HR data must be shared as its the same company.
I have a professional work record for last 10 years and I have cleared a lot of interview round to get this job. I know what I did was wrong, but I was immature and never knew the consequences.
Can someone advice me what to do? Should I tell their HR before joining or does it matter as it was just a call centre work which was part time! ? Will I be black listed from the company.
Please advice.
Thanks

1974Stephen

Hi. I am a bit surprised "one of the largest companies in the world" directly recruit people to work in their telephone centres. Usually this is all outsourced via a "partner"

You seem to have went AWOL and your contract may have been terminated. Who knows. You could have been posted as a leaver or resigner. It depends what the supervisor told the HR/Payroll.

When you say it was "just" a call centre job, that is your starter for ten. You can't dismiss a role as a"just" as they are all important in the organisation.

That said, I would just go for it. If they say no, then you will learn from it. I have left jobs twice by simply not returning and got taken back by both. This was in the 1990's.

Good luck.

anonymous52511

thanks for the reply
when you say go for it..do u mean that I tell the HR about it first before signing the contract. As I don't want to start work and then get pulled in the meeting room after a month when they find out that I absconded 10 years ago when I was a student?
And I know for sure that I was terminated as I read the letter that was sent.

JReacher1

1974Stephen wrote: »

Hi. I am a bit surprised "one of the largest companies in the world" directly recruit people to work in their telephone centres. Usually this is all outsourced via a "partner"
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Some of the partners that telephone call centres are outsourced to are very large companies e.g. teleperformance employs around 250,000 people. I assume these companies directly recruit people to work in their call centres.

TELLIT01

"Who knows" is the honest answer. How far back are they requesting a work history for? If it's less than 10 years I wouldn't be offering the information as it hasn't been requested. Some organisations have a policy of not re-employing irrespective of the timescale.
If it is raised you could try the 'young and foolish' response as it is the truth. Alternatively BS by saying you did hand your notice in and were told to leave. It's unlikely that you would be remembered from 10 years ago even if the manager involved is still there. Call centre turn over is very high anyway.
I'm not recommending the BS route :-)

MEM62

Just my opinion but I cannot see it as being relevant now. If the company keeps records of call centre workers going back 10 years then they will have huge database so I suspect that this is not the case. (Unless, of course, you know differently)

Your recent work history should be what you prospective employer is interested in.

Smodlet

In the grand scheme of things it is irrelevant. The company's policy may differ but really, I would just focus on your most recent employment history and on doing well in your new job. Head held high, look 'em straight in the eye and just let them know they cannot do without you, right? You got this job ahead of who knows how many others but I'll bet it was dozens if not hundreds.

Congrats and good luck. Please let us know how you get on.

Me2you

No don’t mention it, they’ve spent hours and time recruiting. If you get the job you will most likely have to do an Experian application for employment, so if you do quit this job without the proper notice period it will be picked up on.

Don’t stress.

[Deleted User]

I personally think you'll likely get away with it and would be another definitely interested in the outcome. Although I can't say call centre management is high turn over, the agents may come and go apparently at our place, but much of the management hold 10 year/long service award plaques on their desk, another company I applied to 5 years ago it was pretty easy these days to check who is in charge on the floor even if HR have changed. :cool: Couldn't you have a gander at the likes of LinkedIn to see if you spot any known names at this stage.

What made you go AWOL first time? It may be best to practise what you are going to say if someone does recognise you but other then that it could be worse - the CEO could still be the same! (I've always wanted to pick up the phone to the company I went AWOL with years ago now but I don't imagine it would be easy so always lose the bottle so fair play to you)

seatbeltnoob

unless it's a company where staff come in and leave all the time (such as a callcentre) they wont be looking up your NI number to see if you worked there before and what the performance was.

anonymous52511

Thanks for the reply guys.

I digged in my emails and found my appointment letter in the email. Tried to send emails to a couple of people mentioned in the email and all bounced back.
Experian or work reference is not my issue as I never mention that job on my CV. (as it was unskilled job and a parttime when I was a student)
Also the two departments have a huge gap in terms of experities. This role is software architect! so nothing related to call centre.
My only concern is that when they enter my details for eg my NI number in their payrol system ..it will obviously pop up with my details or I don't know how long they keep my data for!