"I always did my work, yes sometimes I was late in but I had to rely on public transport."

Being a person who manages people and businesses for a living. That little seemingly insignificate statement made my ears ring.
It sounds like there might be more to the story than what we are being told. I have fired people for reasons like that.
But I always warn them first.
Think back about the things that happened prior to the termination. You might not have known their true feelings about your work performance.
Poor people management skills are very common.

Usually people get fired after they have been under some level of scrutinization for a period of time. The typical business manager doesn't usually take the time to council employees because they are like everyone else and try to avoid confrontations. So when the employee does something to piss off the manager/owner. They usually get fired because the manager/owner has been secretly hiding his or her feelings about your work performance.

People still run their companies with emmotions.
Sometimes that's good. Most times it's bad.
I've had a lot of trouble trying to keep owners from making bad emmotional decisions myself.
Owning a business does not make you good at running one.
That's why so many companies go out of business.

-ScottA

Message edited on: 04/26/2005 20:29