fired after 2 days on the job

[broadway]

I started a new job on Monday.
Clerical position in an e-commerce company of two people locally.

I get a call on my cell phone after I left work today telling me to not come back.

Apparently, the owner who is in Florida and had hired me sight unseen did not care for my demeanor/attitude from what he saw on the office camera.

This is a first!

 

[euro]

I started a new job on Monday.
Clerical position in an e-commerce company of two people locally.

I get a call on my cell phone after I left work today telling me to not come back.

Apparently, the owner who is in Florida and had hired me sight unseen did not care for my demeanor/attitude from what he saw on the office camera.

This is a first!

whaaat? seriously?

 

[Nemo2]

Obviously this calls for pics before any kind of determination/evaluation can be arrived at.

 

[RobbieB]

That's better than showing up and then getting fired.

 

[socca]

Apparently, the owner who is in Florida and had hired me sight unseen did not care for my demeanor/attitude from what he saw on the office camera.

After 10 years of self-employment, I wouldn't have lasted a day, especially under those working conditions. Congrats on lasting two days!

 

[explanade]

Job?

What is that?

 

[target2019]

Need to learn technique of dropping something on floor, then take swig from Geritol bottle before getting up.
[emoji1]

Nailed by the office peeping Tom camera. Good that you found out on first day.!

 

[broadway]

I should say the office camera was not hidden.

But I didn't think too much of it until the office manager told me that factored into the decision to fire me.

The other person in the office was the shipping manager. I was suppose to learn from him.

 

[Just_Steve]

What were you doing? Making funny faces behind the other person.
How can they tell attitude from a video?

 

[Rustward]

That's better than showing up and then getting fired.

I know somebody that this almost happened to. He was interviewed and hired by a director of a 15 person company. On his first day the company owner (a miserable little dictator) decided to informally interview him and told the director to fire the guy. Director talked El-Diablo out of it.

 

[easysurfer]

Hope you don't end up on one of those hidden camera episodes on TV.

 

[Philliefan33]

What were you doing? Making funny faces behind the other person.
How can they tell attitude from a video?

Yes, inquiring minds want to know!

 

[broadway]

Yes, inquiring minds want to know!

He caught me very tired after a long day. I was trying hard to stay interested, but I was worn out.

It may also be that you are expected to work 8 hours without taking lunch.
That's what the other two does. They eat at their desks.

 

[rodi]

What were you doing? Making funny faces behind the other person.
How can they tell attitude from a video?

This really is the burning question we all want to know the answer to.

Sounds like it's good it didn't last... kind of a creepy place to work.

 

[HFWR]

I was fired from a small printing shop at lunch, day one...

 

[bingybear]

I keep getting asked to go back to work @ a tech startup... do you think they want me back so they can fire me too?

 

[splitwdw]

He caught me very tired after a long day. I was trying hard to stay interested, but I was worn out.

It may also be that you are expected to work 8 hours without taking lunch.
That's what the other two does. They eat at their desks.

Uh-oh, what does that mean exactly, sleeping on your desk, complaining about working through lunch. A lot of people where I work eat at their desks and work.
This is a shame, is it your first job or just going back after being out of work for years.

 

[ChiliPepr]

I started a new job on Monday.
Clerical position in an e-commerce company of two people locally.

I get a call on my cell phone after I left work today telling me to not come back.

Apparently, the owner who is in Florida and had hired me sight unseen did not care for my demeanor/attitude from what he saw on the office camera.

This is a first!

look at the bright side.. you are now eligible for unemployment.

 

[COcheesehead]

Taking the employer's perspective, if you are not excited, active and eager in your first couple of days, you're not excited, active or eager.

 

[aaronc879]

look at the bright side.. you are now eligible for unemployment.

I don't think you can get UE after just 2 days of work. Isn't it more like 90 days?

 

[Corporateburnout]

I don't think you can get UE after just 2 days of work. Isn't it more like 90 days?

Not if he was working a job before this one. Most states go by quarterly earning records.

 

[broadway]

The person who was in the job before me was also fired, although I got the impression she lasted weeks instead of days. She left behind a notebook of notes.

 

[Corporateburnout]

I think you should omit this experience from your resume

 

[broadway]

Taking the employer's perspective, if you are not excited, active and eager in your first couple of days, you're not excited, active or eager.

I was excited.

He didn't think I was.

And apparently the previous employee wasn't "excited", "active", or "eager" either. LOL.

I am not sure anyone would come away looking "excited", "active", or "eager" 24/7 or in this case every minute of every 480 minutes that he/she is in the office being observed.

The more I think about it the more the idea of a video camera is rather creepy.

 

[Lakewood90712]

And just what sort of severance package was offered ?

Where did you find this gem of an employer ? Monster.com ?

Did they have a check waiting for you ?

Good thing you found out early about the bat-excrement-crazy owner.