rmw8855 said:
QC -
You do have the right to see your employment file & you can take copies of anything you were required to sign (i.e. previous reviews). Call HR and speak with them directly - at this point you don't even need to talk to your manager. Explain to HR your concerns and see what they say
There is no paper trail. I was never given a review. All I ever knew was that...
my work was getting done on time [early in almost all cases],
customers were coming into the department complimenting me and calling complimenting me,
there were not mistakes behind my work,
I got along with co-workers and they liked me,
I never made any off-color or race-based comments,
I was at work every day [never called out, etc],
I didn't talk about God at work,
and I put my whole being into it.
I even went and read Route 33, where there were 280 meter locations in the commercial area. I hand-wrote a location for each meter, since they were hard to find, and inputted all 280 meter locations into the computer so that the next time the route was read, the person would not have all these problems finding the water meters.
I did a lot of quality work like this.
To the person who said "I've never seen a situation where the employee was totally innocent", you define "totally innocent". I mean, give me a break. If you lay your pencil on the desk the wrong way, are you seriously saying that the employer is justified in firing you?
From my point of view, everyone makes mistakes, and this is what the training / probationary period is for in the first place. When I trained meter readers [10 or 12 of them when I worked in NC], I didn't tell the boss about their little mistakes which had nothing to do with performance of the job.
It's not like I was there for 3 years and coming to work 30 minutes late every day.
I had only been there 6 months, and any "fault" as you wish to call it, was nothing that was new to them or that they had not done themselves.
That's WHY you have probation -- so people can learn a job.
It's not so you can rake them over the coals for not knowing.
My performance was far above average, and I have no regrets.
All my work got done in a timely [early] manner, with proficiency, courtesy, diligence, and focus.
There was no reason for them to fire me, regardless of what some may care to insinuate.
I walk away from them with a clear conscience.