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Have you ever been fired? and Why
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It happend to me once. When I was a student I cleaned offices, And I wasn't good enough.
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But at the end of the three month trial period I was let go and the cheaper candidate was kept on, and was blatantly told that it was because I was more expensive.
You beat me to it.
I would think it's pretty much impossible for someone to be incapable of being good enough at cleaning offices.
Presumably you really mean you couldn't be arsed?
... on religious grounds?
Had he been on the communion sprouts?
It didn't end well..
Why didn't you smack him one? :eek:
Because it is not in my nature to be violent or aggressive.
that too and I'm a lousy cleaner
The company offered me a different job straight after sacking me, though.
My hubby is a cleaner and you'd be surprised at the "Gold Standard" he is expected to clean to, plus they keep cutting his hours and expect the same work. It may be different in offices, but the state of the toilets where he works leave a lot to be desired. The loos may not be in full working order but the men still use them again and again. People throw things on the floor instead of using the bin that is right at their feet, claiming that my other half wouldn't have a job if they used their bins!!
The kitchen is a right mess everyday, don't know how some of these people live at home! I did work in an office where the cleaners job would have been a doddle, but it's the not same everywhere!
When I was fired it was the day of the Xmas holidays, me and my colleagues where gearing up to go out after work, the manager pulled me aside and told me that my contract was only temporary and they didn't need me back in the New Year.
And no doubt you always checked your sources after that! AT least you're honest enough to say you got it wrong and the company obviously saw something in you that was of value to them for them to offer you another position.
That's better than my attempt. Very good!
Couple of days later I got another job which paid three times what i'd been earning in the Hotel, and for half the weekly hours too!