I work at an event venue, i'm a shift/location manager, I basically handle day to day business. Was supposed to habe a shift today, boss wanted to see me before. He told me apparently coworkers saw me take 50 bucks out of the register and they would have that on camera and I was fired.
Fair, except for… I did not steal any money, 100%.
What could have happened was that I took money out of the register to exchange it for change money in the office, something that we do all the time. But if it was that, wouldn't he have checked the cameras there before accusing me? He seemed 1000% certain that there was no explanation for what he saw, didn't want to show me the footage or even tell me what day it was on tho, I get to do that and talk about it tomorrow.
First, I was shocked. Then, immediately, the change money explanation came to mind but as I have been sitting here devastated thinking about it… he would habe checked that, wouldn't he? So would I be in this situation? Did I take money to chsnge it, forget about doing so AND somehow lose the money bill? Because I. Do. Not. Have. That. Money.
I'm so scared of going there tomorrow and for some reason being unable to defend myseld and prove my innocence? I love working there, I gave them my all, everyone seems to like me, too, so it makes little sense for others to conspire against me. I do not want to lose that job out of thin air for something I haven't done.
I have my struggles with depression and anxiety, and while I wont score any antiwork points for that, that job helps me be stable, find a reason to get up and do something where I feel valuable and productive… if I'm really going to be fired I am scared to death to fall into another dangerous down spiral.
Disclaimer: If considering work laws in your replies, I live in Germany so US stuff will probably be off.
Thank you for reading, just needed to get this out if my system and will now continue having my panic attack.