let go from job

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Anyone ever had that happen? I know many have. I never expected to have it happen to me. I started a new job not even 2 months ago, and when they let me go, they didn’t even give me specific reasons besides “not a good fit”. They mentioned the whole 90 day period thing most employers have, but they didn’t even give me a full 90 days.

What bothers me is that they must have known ALL DAY and chose to tell me 20 minutes before close. To me that is rude. I worked there all day alongside them, being out of the loop to the knowledge that they already planned to “let me go” at the end of the day.

I could also tell the past week or so one of the providers acts very cold towards me. How am I supposed to improve or know what I need to work on if no one communicates? I tried my best to communicate and do what I needed to do but I don’t feel that communication was reciprocated. And as nurses we all know how integral communication is in our field. I’d try to be friendly. I didn’t get that back. The provider would literally talk to everyone but me...it was kind of awkward but I decided to pay no mind to it and just do my job. But he was very rude and now the vibes I got have come into full play, since he obviously wanted to let me go.

I worked for a smaller private clinic so you basically worked with the same 2 or 3 people all the time. The main provider I worked with seems to have held all the “power” in the decision , which I don’t find fair. It’s as if I didn’t jive with this provider well enough, and he just didn’t like me. I got along fine with all the other providers... no one else made me nervous but I can look back now and see that I felt nervous around that particular one.

I’m kind of crushed and I don’t think this was fair. I feel like it would’ve gone down a lot different were it not a private small clinic. I suppose just one or two people hold all the power in smaller places.

anyways, just looking for encouragement. Obviously at the moment at least, my confidence is temporarily shot.

On 7/23/2019 at 7:54 AM, Jedrnurse said:

FYI, "at will" and "right to work" are completely different things. I believe the "at will" premise applies in this case...

Yeah, I don’t know what the difference is between the two. LOL.

3 hours ago, T-Bird78 said:

Yeah, I don’t know what the difference is between the two. LOL.

At-Will:

Employee or employer can severe their work relationship at any time for any legal reason.

Right-to-work:

Employee's right to work without being forced to join a labor union. In some union states you must join and pay dues to the third party union, regardless if you support it or not, in order to work at certain employers.

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