Current Events > I got fired yesterday cause of likely incorrect paper work.

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You work at McDonald's

So I could probably find a better straight up job money wise, but because of the time I have in the company, I have certain benefits that will be very hard to replaced.

Basically, my file says that Ive been in multiple meetings about my attendance and that I havent improved. But the actual meetings told me had nothing that needed immediate improvement on.

my files has 2, maybe 3 lates over the course of the month. With two of them being due to construction on the street that goes directly to my job that everyone got caught in.

The Real kicker is my file says Ive been coming back from lunch late, but under the grace period that management told me existed.

Turns out another manager says its no grace period, didnt ask any other manager to confirm if thats been said or not And reported it up To HR.

Lol wtf

Your set break time if your set break time, as outlined in the handbook. NEVER let some bozo tell you that you can take more, because they will deny they ever said it.

just for clarification it wouldnt be held against you if you left. But youd no longer get paid out for the day.

I literally just said its hardly a handbook in the first place and everything is head manager discretion and your like hurrrrr should of followed the rules.

and no manager denied that this happened a manager whos hasnt been involved with my discipline sent the information in, without actually verifying anything to completion.

I fail to believe a billion dollar company has no handbook.

As soon as he said billion dollar company
I was like MCDONALDS!

good luck on your job search

After the first late from construction, you shouldnt be late anymore. If there are ongoing delays, you leave early.

This. I have a new coworker who routinely shows up late and always blames traffic. As a result, I am running behind, and I am the one who looks bad. It isn't hard to be on time.

maybe this is the discount its not 2 back to back tardies it was 2 tardies over three weeks, Due to the exact same construction. When I said it feels random I genuinely mean it they genuinely might only work on that street two or three hours a day

maybe this is the disconnect its not 2 back to back tardies it was 2 tardies over three weeks, Due to the exact same construction. When I said it feels random I genuinely mean it they genuinely might only work on that street two or three hours a day.

I get people are like Hurrrr you shouldnt be late in the first place. But if I was never told there was an actual problem with my attendance why would I make actual changes.

No update? Must be five days by now right?

Even if your boss never brings up you being tardy as an issue, there isnt something inside of you that finds coming in late and coming back from lunch late uncomfortable?

Today is day 4.

For clarification, youre asking me do I feel disappointed in myself for coming in marginally late ?

I guess the military has instilled in me a sense of punctuality, responsibility and teamwork. If I have to be somewhere by a certain time, I feel bad about not being there. I hate making people wait and I hate waiting, especially when people are counting on me being at a certain place at a certain time.

dont get me wrong I take my attendance seriously when Im doing gigs like photography and djing as the early preparation time is key to being successful at that.

I just dont have the urge to feel bad about taking everything thats given to me from a job.

like obviously I feel frustrated when I get stuck in traffic and Im 15 mins late.

But Im not gonna feel bad cause I clocked in a 10:03 Vs 10:00 cause I took the time to make myself coffee before clocking in or cause I wanted to take an extra minute to finish the episode I was streaming.

Or hear me outGet the coffee earlier or start your show earlier.

Yeah, I felt marginally bad for TC before... Trying to justify his being late by saying he wanted to finish a show or make a coffee makes him a shitty employee.

Or hear me outGet the coffee earlier or start your show earlier.

Are yall like selective reading or something ?

I never justified being late, I justified taking advantage of the grace period that was (incorrectly ) given to me.
If Im Shitty employee for taking advantage of everything given to me under the rules. I rather be a shitty employee than a good one.

I could. But if Im still within the rules why does it doesnt matter.

dont get me wrong I take my attendance seriously when Im doing gigs like photography and djing as the early preparation time is key to being successful at that.

I just dont have the urge to feel bad about taking everything thats given to me from a job.

like obviously I feel frustrated when I get stuck in traffic and Im 15 mins late.

But Im not gonna feel bad cause I clocked in a 10:03 Vs 10:00 cause I took the time to make myself coffee before clocking in or cause I wanted to take an extra minute to finish the episode I was streaming.

Any grace period is for legitimate issues that may come up preventing you from coming in on time. Not because you wanted coffee or watch a show.

Any grace period is for legitimate issues that may come up preventing you from coming in on time. Not because you wanted coffee or watch a show.

A grace period is a grace period ?

Any grace period is for legitimate issues that may come up preventing you from coming in on time. Not because you wanted coffee or watch a show.

Well now we all see why you got fired.

This is a GF truism

The OP is only part of the story. People feel sympathy. As the thread continues, the truth comes out, and the TC loses all support from all but the most jaded of trolls.

Are you fucking with US TC. I am asking this honestly. You start off by saying your paper work was wrong so you got in trouble. But you keep showing that you are infact always late.

nothing about the story changed.

you just feel like I was wrong to use the grace period I was allow. that doesnt change any of the facts of the story.

You were wrong to be late because you wanted coffee and to finish a show.

A grace period is a grace period ?

I was still within the allotted window per my mangers statement

And there we go, the truth is revealed.

Not according the rules

what truth. None of the facts change.
I was given incorrect information by a manager, used it twice over the course of a month.
a second manager sent it to HR without verifying what was said by the first manager.

The reason I was late doesnt change that

As I said earlier district manager, and store managers have a great influence on the rules. The rule book isnt a 1 size fits all store situation.

You were taking advantage of the the leniency because you don't have your priorities straight apparently

No.

i was taking advantage of the leniency because I could, it also wasnt a frequent thing it was twice over month. I had no problem getting back on time from lunch.

The only issues I where actually having about attendance was struggling to adjust to influx living arrangements, which is something that I had documented, contacted the employee services about and stated to my manager I didnt receive timely help.

and just because you feel like I was wrong to decide to finish the last minutes of a show or make a coffee. Doesnt mean I broke any rules as told to me by manager.

Sure you were late only twice because you wanted to get coffee and watch tv instead of getting to work on time.

But when you combine that with your other attendance issues, it becomes a trend. And thats why you were fired.

1. Based on conversations that Ive already had corroborated, I had no trends and nothing about my attendance needed an immediate change. Which is something different than my paper work says.
2. The Manager who sent it up to HR, had never been involved with my discipline, and sent the paperwork in without actually discussing it with anyone, which has been confirmed.
3. The late Lunches, which was the Crux of the trend was the result of bad information given to me by management. Which has been confirmed

Dont call me a kid, I havent been disrespectful to anyone in here and I dont appreciate it and did you actually read the topic cause you guys are basically upset that I took advantage of the rules.

i was taking advantage of the leniency because I could,

cause you guys are basically upset that I took advantage of the rules.