What would you pay for four minis?

[Darkson]

Yeah, Asda are great. Brother hurts his back loading a home delivery van, and gets the sack for "to much absence".

[SillySod]

I know well the tyranny of Morrison's, I got fired with an added police escort! All that for just 'acting suspiciously', no actual losses or signs of shoplifting from my department just me bein' creepy. Lovely company.

Wait, what?

Presumably you had been working there for less than three months? Or else they would require evidence.

GW were worse.

I can believe that.

I get the impression that, amongst other things, they expect employees to work far more hours than they are actually paid for. This works out ok for a fair number of their staff because they are fanatical about the hobby. However, if you are merely keen or maybe have something else important in your life then the demands are too high and the abusive relationship is revealed for what it is. Things can turn quite nasty at that stage, based on what I've seen in the past.

Now for a small anecdote: a friend of mine worked there and got injured at a GW work do. They were not sympathetic and gave him an awful lot of grief about what was a relatively small amount of time off, given the injury.

[inkpwn]

Morrison's Yeovil has fired people for stupider things, I wasn't the first and I won't be the last. I was there for a year!

[SillySod]

Morrison's Yeovil has fired people for stupider things, I wasn't the first and I won't be the last. I was there for a year!

Honestly its hard not to consider that as wrongful dismissal.

They are lucky you didn't sue them.... assuming that they had no evidence of theft (they would need proof that stands up in court) and that there isn't more to the story. To fire someone you pretty much have to be able to demonstrate that they behaved entirely inappropriately or routinely failed to do the work as specified in their contract (and that workload has to be deemed as fair by the court). In other words, it is pretty difficult. Companies have to keep logs, obey their own disciplinary policies, and give you at least one written warning although its typical to have several stages of verbal warning, first written warning, final written warning, etc. This is all information that should be readily available to you as an employee.

Swearing, violence, consumption of alcohol/drugs, or some sort of gross and dangerous negligence are pretty much the only ways to get yourself fired really swiftly. You didn't swear at the nice policemen did you?

[inkpwn]

Nope but I was much younger and to scared to do anything about it. :/

[spubbbba]

Swearing, violence, consumption of alcohol/drugs, or some sort of gross and dangerous negligence are pretty much the only ways to get yourself fired really swiftly. You didn't swear at the nice policemen did you?

They probably found out he was into wargaming, we all know where that leads.

[Digger Goreman]

Georgia (USA) is a "right to work" state... sounds good, huh? What it legally means is anyone can be fired/quit for no reason and without grounds.... In ultimate reality, you can get canned for nothing, have no recourse, and if you leave of your own accord (without at least 2 wk notice) you'll have nearly no chance to work again (unless you are in white collar or ultimately critical skills).... Good ol' GA even ignores constitutional rights to collective bargaining....

I would leave, but then the State IQ average goes below the poverty level....

[SillySod]

Nope but I was much younger and to scared to do anything about it. :/

These things happen, I guess

If its any comfort I have had several occasions where I was given a job (explicitly, and after interview) but where the company later denied all knowledge of contact. Worst one was where a deputy manager of McDonalds hid in the back end of the kitchen and kept peeping round as if I couldn't see him.

[Shteve0]

Nope but I was much younger and to scared to do anything about it. :/

If it's within the last six years, you have a case. Speak to CAB asap.

[Darkson]

Yep, we had video evidence of a member of staff scratching off lottery scratch cards, then hiding the non-winning ones (which we also had), and the HR dept. were unsure if we had enough evidence(!).
Looking "suspicious" might mean I'd have watched the CCTV more, but if I didn't have actual proof you'd done something, I'd have not even called you in for a informal discussion.

But I heard of other stores within our group that fired staff at the drop of the hat - guess some managers just assumed those they'd fired wouldn't complain.

[Heff]

You can be sacked for swearing! I am so in trouble.