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Yourwedding dayis supposed to be one of the most beautiful and memorable moments of your life.
Content creator Ben Askins is on a mission to set new standards for business, careers, and management.
Recently, he was contacted by a woman who got fired just half an hour after her ceremony.
Im here with Amanda.
Amanda, c’mon do tell me your story.
I got married last week on Wednesday in Cyprus.
Youre fired on your wedding day?
And she started the message with I hope your wedding went well.
And that you had a nice time away.
No, she knew as well?
So it wasnt like, oh my god, that was just the worst timing ever.
She actually knew it was your wedding day?
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Oh my god.
I mean, I just dont know what to say to it.
And theyve done that.
I didnt keep my phone on me at all during the wedding.
And it wasnt until I was on my last couple of drinks.
I sat down I thought Ive got a lot of well wishes to go through.
And the first thing I noticed that I was blocked and removed from all the WhatsApp groups.
I was like, whats going on here?
And then I saw her message and all my friends are sat around me and I just gasped.
So then, of course, the next thing you do is go check your emails.
On your wedding day?
On your wedding evening?
And this happened last week?
Yeah, last week, on Wednesday.
Im so sorry, Amanda.
Its not even remotely.
I hope your wedding went well, you had a good time today.
This email is to inform you that your employment will be terminated effective the 20th of May, 2024.
Youre entitled to one weeks notice.
We will not require for you to work during the notice period.
Your final payment will be made on the 24th.
We wish you all the best in the future.
How long have you been at the company?
So, legally, they could terminate my employment at any point for any reason.
I wished that I checked this companys reviews on Glassdoor because one of the reviews said run.
And during my time there, they fired three people out of the blue.
All within their probation period.
I should explain to everyone.
When you join a company, theres often a period of time, which is called your probation period.
And it can be 3, 4, 6 months, depends on the business.
Which sounds like something they do a lot.
I mean, they fired three people in their notice period plus you, thats just wild.
I wasnt gonna let it go.
What they did, I was really angry at them.
You have every right to be absolutely livid with them.
So your probation period.
Was it like coming to an end of probation and they had to sort of get it done?
Do you think that was the logic?
I think it was a bit of a cowards way out of doing it.
They had the opportunity to do it in person, everyone was let go in person except for me.
And they would express, you know, dont get married, its a terrible idea.
Regrettably, I said yes.
And she was then due to start on the first day I was not in for my holiday.
So I think in my kind of theory, its like great, weve got a great team.
We get along a lot better with this person.
We dont need it now.
Because in the email, they mentioned sort of performance.
Did they say anything to you up until then?
Did you have any idea that there were areas they werent happy with?
Well, the first thing we did was query every point they gave off.
I volunteered to do it all myself manually, and they were fine with it.
I had no indication whatsoever of these performance issues.
Basically, whats happened is theyve scrambled around to find anything that they could use to justify this.
Genuinely, I dont use this word very often, evil decision.
But what theyve done is utterly despicable.
I cant believe it.
And their reply to that is that theyve refused at this point.
Which is not allowed.
So I did reply that there is because I signed a form saying this, and theyve ignored it.
The reasons that have been laid out, were not doing anything.
They didnt even say sorry, just put Regards.
Oh, my god.
How big is this company?
30-35 members of staff.
Its a quickly growing business.
They supply workplace products.
Have you got support?
Going through this process?
One particular thing that they said was, Youve got a potential case for discrimination.
I just laughed it off.
And I noted this in an email to the director.
Thats actually a really inappropriate thing to say.
And he called me a liar.
The fact they were asking you about whether youre planning to have kids and all that sort of thing.
Theres definitely weight there as well.
The culture sounds beyond awful.
The fact that so many new joiners are leaving, the fact that theyre just essentially inventing stuff.
The fact that they did that on your wedding day is one of the worst things Ive ever heard.
No one deserves that.
Ive kept myself busy.
If youd like to speak to one of them, youre very welcome to.
Well, I mean, God, its the least I can do.
The fact that they just ruined it.
I think thats the worst.
Because obviously, they dont deserve you, this company is awful.
Its just, I mean, its so awful.
Who the hell do these people think they are?
Sorry, I know.
Im just getting annoyed now.
But who the hell do they think they are that they can get away with doing that?
Its one of lifes great moments, and theyve taken that moment away from you.
Its just beyond ridiculous.
Id love to interview one of them and just find out exactly what went through their heads.
As you stated, as an organization, we take seriously the welfare and wellbeing of all our employees.
This question has not been answered.
And I would like to understand more.
‘This email was sent three days ago.
Hes ignoring me now.
Yeah, I just cant get my head around the decision-making here, Amanda.
When shes getting married?
The fact that they put a kiss at the end of the text.
I just think its just so remotely unacceptable.
So whats your plan now?
I keep making jokes of, Im a housewife now, looking for a job.
So yeah, thats it.
All Ive been doing is applying for jobs.
Ive signed on to job seekers allowance for the first time in my life.
Never been in this position.
Ive decided not to even put this other job on my CV, because its a joke.
You cant keep treating people like that and get away with it, especially not a small company.
I promise there are a lot of amazing companies who will quite rightly value someone like you.
So you do not want to be associated with people like that.
So whatever happens do not let this experience knock you.
They are just an awful company, they will bottom out.
Therell be a funny story in five years time.
Glassdoor gets found out eventually.
If youve got an awful Glassdoor, you get caught out eventually.
I still need to add my review on to Glassdoor.
Shall I add one?
Send me your CV as well and Ill see if I can help out there.
You deserve a lot better than what they did to you, Im so very sorry.
But he hasnt noticed that one is better or worse than the other.
That might explain why so many people are unmotivated to make an effort.
For example, just 1 in 3 Americans is engaged at work, according toresearchconducted by Gallup in 2023.
Surprisingly,some studiessuggest that employees end up working longer for toxic bosses than for nontoxic ones.
Emotional exhaustion also strips people of the ability to envision a more positive experience and hopelessness ensues.
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