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I cannot believe I have no job to go to today. Yesterday, my boss told me it wasn't working out. I was near the end of my three-months probation. He then went on and on about the procedures of signing off and packing, almost like he didn't want to give me a chance to respond. When I finally was able to ask why, he said he didn't want to go into it and that wasn't the point of it. I did ask again before we were leaving the boardroom and he said he had previously talked to me about that. Maybe he thought that was a "serious talk", but to me, he just wanted to find out in what areas I needed additional training as he saw some mistakes in my work. I definitely didn't take that as a "warning" or anything. After that day, I got a little bit more training but there were still lots that I hadn't been taught and didn't know how to do properly. Then yesterday, he decided to fire me. I honestly don't understand why he didn't have another talk with me and get to the bottom of the training issue. To him, firing was a quick fix (before my probation was up); to me, it wouldn't resolve anything as my replacement would probably make the same mistakes if this boss still doesn't realize that the lack of training is the issue.
But, as with everything else, I have to evaluate myself and know that there were things I could've done better. I don't want to place the blame entirely on someone else. I know there were times when I let my personal issues affect my work performance (especially when I lost a man briefly in my life recently; it affected me a lot as previously I didn't have someone like that). Yes, I didn't have enough training for my job, but with the training I got, I admit there were a few occurrences where I could've been more focused.
Just wondering if anyone here has been fired shockingly, where your boss almost didn't want to tell you why, and when he briefly said "I already talked to you about this before" you didn't feel justified. How were you able to comfort yourself? Also, normally when something sudden like this happens for me, I believe God is behind the scenes and about to do something big. From your experience, did you feel God was behind the scenes when you lost your job and what did God end up doing for you?
And please pray for me! Now I have to deal with being abandoned by that guy briefly in my life, and now being fired. I have never had to deal with either situation and both are very new to me. I was getting better recovering from the issue with that guy and now I'm afraid that being fired would cause a relapse.
But, as with everything else, I have to evaluate myself and know that there were things I could've done better. I don't want to place the blame entirely on someone else. I know there were times when I let my personal issues affect my work performance (especially when I lost a man briefly in my life recently; it affected me a lot as previously I didn't have someone like that). Yes, I didn't have enough training for my job, but with the training I got, I admit there were a few occurrences where I could've been more focused.
Just wondering if anyone here has been fired shockingly, where your boss almost didn't want to tell you why, and when he briefly said "I already talked to you about this before" you didn't feel justified. How were you able to comfort yourself? Also, normally when something sudden like this happens for me, I believe God is behind the scenes and about to do something big. From your experience, did you feel God was behind the scenes when you lost your job and what did God end up doing for you?
And please pray for me! Now I have to deal with being abandoned by that guy briefly in my life, and now being fired. I have never had to deal with either situation and both are very new to me. I was getting better recovering from the issue with that guy and now I'm afraid that being fired would cause a relapse.