this will be a long post and i want to preface by stating i am not trying to make excuses, but i just need to know what i’m in for. im at senior at university who had been working a student office job for almost 3 years. i excelled at my job and was promoted to supervisor a few months ago. however, these past few months have also been the most difficult of my life. i suffered two losses in my family, was physically assaulted and left with injuries, and my mental health was at its absolute worst. i have trouble confiding in people and didn’t disclose my mental health struggles or what i was going through to anyone, let alone my boss. since we had been working remotely answering calls, during these months i found it difficult to function even working from home, and made the mistake of not taking all calls/going unavailable for long periods of time, but still logging the whole shift. it was a stupid mistake, i know. i don’t know what i was thinking. my boss met with me this morning telling me i will be terminated under the terms of “just cause” and i’m meeting with HR soon to learn if there will be repercussions besides being terminated. i’ve never been so terrified. i don’t want you all reading this thinking im a bad kid, this was completely out of character and i regret it. but i also would like to know more of what i am/could be getting into. how will this affect me as im applying for jobs as im approaching graduation? how/ if this will affect my law school applications? what will come up with background checks in the future? how should i approach my meeting with HR?
please help.