Hi, worked at a photocopier company but on friday got sacked.
It was always a filler job no matter what, as i can't stand the work they do, but anyways;
Basically, on friday i had another thing to attend, for another company i was looking to work for. This company needed me to be at an event from 10-2pm to which i said yes.
However, on the thursday night, (the event was on friday) i completely forgot that day to tell work that i wouldn't be in for whatever reason, so on thursdays work always gets a tab at our local bar, to which we go to. I was driving as always to make it easier to go home etc. However, when out, around 10:40pm i text my boss, as i forgot earlier that day to say i wasn't going to be in, an excuse, yes it's a crap excuse but i used the "i've got a funeral tomorrow" i couldn't think of anything else at the time and obviously didn't want to say about another job prospect.
Anyways, go into work around 3pm after the other thing, 10 minutes later get brought into the boardroom, i could instantly tell he wasn't happy and the office was tense anyways, he basically just swore at me etc. He thinks i went out drinking and was hung over so i was late, but even when i am hungover, i still go in at 9am, why would i bother to go in at 3pm on a friday. So yeah, i was high on caffeine and when pressured into was i actually at a funeral i just said no i wasn't in the end, to which he said "get your stuff and **** off"
Do i have any grounds?! All my friends keep saying it's unfair dismissal as companies can't just sack you there and then now? Is this true, and the way the company worked, i was technically "self-employed".
It was always a filler job no matter what, as i can't stand the work they do, but anyways;
Basically, on friday i had another thing to attend, for another company i was looking to work for. This company needed me to be at an event from 10-2pm to which i said yes.
However, on the thursday night, (the event was on friday) i completely forgot that day to tell work that i wouldn't be in for whatever reason, so on thursdays work always gets a tab at our local bar, to which we go to. I was driving as always to make it easier to go home etc. However, when out, around 10:40pm i text my boss, as i forgot earlier that day to say i wasn't going to be in, an excuse, yes it's a crap excuse but i used the "i've got a funeral tomorrow" i couldn't think of anything else at the time and obviously didn't want to say about another job prospect.
Anyways, go into work around 3pm after the other thing, 10 minutes later get brought into the boardroom, i could instantly tell he wasn't happy and the office was tense anyways, he basically just swore at me etc. He thinks i went out drinking and was hung over so i was late, but even when i am hungover, i still go in at 9am, why would i bother to go in at 3pm on a friday. So yeah, i was high on caffeine and when pressured into was i actually at a funeral i just said no i wasn't in the end, to which he said "get your stuff and **** off"
Do i have any grounds?! All my friends keep saying it's unfair dismissal as companies can't just sack you there and then now? Is this true, and the way the company worked, i was technically "self-employed".
