Pretty much what the title says, lol. I expressed curiosity and interest in other departments of the company. I had a conversation with someone (maybe 5-10 minutes) and because I did this during a rough period of the company’s recruiting hours, literally specific hours set aside during the day— completely disrupting the work flow that might be worked on— this led to being let go.
I’m not terribly upset because I knew that I hadn’t seen myself at the company for forever, but it still kinda sucks.
On top of telling me to get lost and clean out my desk, my manager told me ‘I’d be willing to consider keeping you if you get a contract in the next two weeks’ knowing full and well that I was placed in one of the most difficult and slowest teams of recruitment of our department and movement of the disciplines don’t happen that quickly. Basically, telling me ‘you can come in for the next two weeks to try to make the company more money, but I won’t guarantee that I’d be willing to keep you on, in fact I basically don’t think you can do you might as well clean out your desk now.’
If you wanted to give me that last opportunity to maintain my position, then would it not make sense to have me clear my desk at the end of the two weeks rather than tonight?
Also— while struggling during some of the toughest months of the year now, I COULD see myself in the company long term but found myself unhappy and struggling in the position that I landed, and sought within the company to maintain structure and to lessen the headache for both of us when filing later— so letting me go for seeking WITHIN THE COMPANY genuinely doesn’t make sense to me. Oh well.
My entire employment at this company was determined by one person seeing that I wasn’t willing to put in absurd overtime into a salaried position and wanted to find something that was better for me within the company. Lol
I have a better relationship with his boss than I do with him and have considered sending them an email regarding the situation and the immediate decision.
What’re they gunna do fire me?