I got fired
I told a story in one of my last entries here which I had two interviews at the same week and I was really excited about it. The first one was at a really cool startup, the salary was amazing and the philosophy too. I'd work with sell there. But being completely realistic, I knew that it was out of my league, since I am not able to speak English with fluency yet, but I've decided faced it as a challenge when I received the e-mail saying that my resumé was selected for the interview.
While this all was happening I was also figuring out a job in a restaurant. I went to the interview there and it was really better than the last interview that I had - I was much more relaxed since I knew they didn't have a lot of requirement for the job and my English was just enough for the role - although the manager who interviewed me asked some hard/cliché questions such as: "tell me a little about yourself", "tell me about your last work experiences",... He also asked about my availability and I responded that I was fully available, which was totally true. However I have a trip booked since last month for the Christmas weekend, more specific, from the 20th to 26th of December. Well, I don't know why I assumed that the restaurant would not open at the Christmas day, and I knew I would have two days off in the week. I still would be able to work on 20th morning and evening, since my flight will be at night and on the 26th I would be able to work as well. At the end I would need to ask maybe 23th and 24th off. It was what I thought, but I didn't tell him about that.
At the next day called me and told that I would start to work in the next afternoon. I went there and I filled up all the paperwork. He walked me around the office area when he showed me a calendar with the shift time of the employees and it was when he said that the restaurant would open on the 25th and everyone would be require to work. I freeze. I don't know why I just felt like "I need to be sure about my flights times to know exactly how many days off I am going need to ask" and I choose to do it later.
I went to my work spot, at the reception of the restaurant and I saw a post it with "we will be close at dez 26". The exactly day that I would be back and able to work.
I came home and confirmed my flights times with my husband and in the next day I talked with the manager .
He got really upset, and just kept repeating", "You should told me at the interview" ,... I got really uncomfortable.
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Please read my article, and one day I will be fire may be.
https://www.italki.com/notebook/628576/entry/856613
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I am sympathetic in Boston. but also empathic that you will have a nice Christmas holidays. Me too, My start day is next week but I am puzzled the new job which I didn't work before. whatever I should choose the job.
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I dont know why I enjoyed so much reading your text, but Im sorry for your situation :(
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