I (23F) worked for a real estate company. I worked there for seven months. I knew when I got hired that I wasn’t qualified for the job, but I really really tried hard to do my best. I showed up early every day, did what I was told, and never gave any grief about anything.
I knew my one boss (M26) didn’t really like me, I could just tell. He was 3 years older than me, and yes he was my boss, but he always talked to me like i was a fkn moron. I’m not a moron in any sense. I may make mistakes sometimes but I was learning the entire job on my own. I wasn’t really trained for long and I had to pick up everything as I went on. The job was extremely stressful. I was assisting two people with a caseload of about 30 jobs at one time. It really was a two-person position, but there was only one of me.
I went on vacation in July about 3 months in. When I came back, I had 238 unread emails, a few of which were “correction emails” from my bosses. Each email was stating something I did wrong that needed to be fixed. I also was sat down by my boss and told I was being put on a performance plan and I had about a month to get my shit together.
Every week after that, for another 4 months, I met with my older boss (M56) and we would go over my performance for that week. I didn’t mind that. What I minded was that I was being micromanaged CONSTANTLY, talked down to, treated like I was an idiot and more. I ended up making it past the month mark of needing to get my shit together, but it just got harder from there. I was constantly criticized and watched over for every single thing i did. I was never allowed to make mistakes and if I did, it was like it was the end of the world.
Fast forward to early November. I was scheduled to have my performance review with my two bosses and the VP of the company.
The entire two weeks before my review I was basically sick to my stomach because I knew something was going on. They started training another person to do some of my responsibilities and reworked my entire position to “take some of the stress off of me”. I knew the review wasn’t going to go well, but I had no idea just how bad it would be.
The morning of my review, I showed up to work a few minutes early. I put my stuff down and my boss asked me to step into the conference room with him. I knew immediately something was up. I sat down and he said “we’ve been discussing it and it’s just not working out. If you ever need a reference, let me know and i’m more than happy to help out. HR isn’t here yet but you’ll meet with her and then you can go home”. I met with HR, gave back my stuff, packed up my belongings and left. I left the building and immediately broke into tears. i knew my parents were gonna fkn kill me. They didn’t, but they were pissed I was fired and not even told why.
To say I was stunned was an understatement. I had no idea this was going to happen. I knew my review was gonna suck, but I never thought they were gonna fire me. They didn’t even give me a reason why. That’s what hurt the most. I knew i wasn’t perfect at the job, but I didn’t think that was means to fire me? I didn’t process it for about a week. I was in such shock.
It’s been three weeks since they fired me and i have yet to find another job. They turned my entire life upside down right before the fkn holidays. I have been applying for jobs left and right but not getting anywhere at all. I have experience and a college degree, but no bites on my resume or any applications I put through. I have no idea how i’m going to pay my car insurance or even pay for christmas presents for my family.
TL;DR: I got fired for my job and i have no idea why and it’s turned my entire life upside down.