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fired after two weeks for “not fulfilling expectations”

Rheinschrift, a German localisation company, hired me from June onwards. We made video calls so that I could watch another employee execute the company's processes, and I repeated these processes twice on my own while being observed. While doing so, the person training me asked me “But didn't you do this in your previous job?”, to which I replied that the previous employer had totally different procedures (and platforms to do them on). Strangely, in an informal conversation with HR, I asked if they were expecting me to have everything in my memory at such short notice, to which they responded with “No, please, you've just joined… that's not what is expected”. I also agreed with those “training” me that they would give me access to more work, through other accounts that the company managed (up to that point they had only shared two with me). On one occasion the…


Rheinschrift, a German localisation company, hired me from June onwards.

We made video calls so that I could watch another employee execute the company's processes, and I repeated these processes twice on my own while being observed. While doing so, the person training me asked me “But didn't you do this in your previous job?”, to which I replied that the previous employer had totally different procedures (and platforms to do them on). Strangely, in an informal conversation with HR, I asked if they were expecting me to have everything in my memory at such short notice, to which they responded with “No, please, you've just joined… that's not what is expected”. I also agreed with those “training” me that they would give me access to more work, through other accounts that the company managed (up to that point they had only shared two with me).

On one occasion the CEO himself had a video call with me where he told me about his plans regarding my position and responsibilities, with a lot of enthusiasm.

After that, communication with these so-called “trainers” became less and less, although they would send me work to input into the system, which I did without a problem.

In the middle of the third week, they decided to fire me, without facing me or explaining in any way. I immediately demanded to speak to HR who ridiculously stated that “my performance did not demonstrate the seniority they expected, and I had not passed my probationary period”. TWO F*K*G WEEKS.

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