So, needed some employment to get some money in obviously so a friend recommended me to where he was working, got the job etc mainly sales, printing etc.
Started in the 13th of January, and was dismissed on 24th of January.
So basically, the industry I was in was dieing out severely, and made even worse when a national news story broke out about the industry ripping off some school for over £700,000 worth of lease agreement and such, so to do our job was made even harder now, booking meetings alone. It's safe to say, the WHOLE office was struggling with selling etc. The office was 8 people, and 3 more girls in accounting. No one was doing well with booking meetings alone as it was January, no one has money to spend etc etc. Now here's what happened;
Now, tuesday around 10:30am, the director came in the office and basically gave EVERYONE an ultimatum of 30 days to "buck their ideas up" or he's going to have to let people go. Now, this wasn't motivational at all, and I felt even worse for the 3 women in sales, who had children etc basically told we have 30 days (I couldn't see anything changing in the industry within that time to make our lifes easier). Come lunch time, I popped into town and went into Reed recruitment just to see about other work (being told we had 30 days didn't put me in a good mindset) had a meeting then came out go back to the office and ate my lunch. Then, got called to the directors office, and basically sat me down and said, one of the managers has just seen you in Reed recruitment, 2 hours after i told you to buck your ideas up kinda thing, I havn't been performing that well (NO ONE had been performing well, even the top sales guys) also baring in mind this is the first time he's mentioned i've been slacking and said he's going to have to let me go?! I think it's safe to say it's based on the fact he heard of me going into Reed recruitment but surely that's not sufficient?! Especially to let go straight away ... ?
Just received a letter in the post from the company about my dismissal and it states "As stated at our meeting, you have failed to meet the targets set for telephone calls (NO specific target was set for telephone calls either) and made no appointments. We did discuss this with you when you were given time to improve your performance but you have shown no improvement and no desire to improve", ermmm so I was given 2 hours to improve as that morning was the FIRST time i was told about performance?!
What to do?! I know I was only there for 2 weeks but still ...
Started in the 13th of January, and was dismissed on 24th of January.
So basically, the industry I was in was dieing out severely, and made even worse when a national news story broke out about the industry ripping off some school for over £700,000 worth of lease agreement and such, so to do our job was made even harder now, booking meetings alone. It's safe to say, the WHOLE office was struggling with selling etc. The office was 8 people, and 3 more girls in accounting. No one was doing well with booking meetings alone as it was January, no one has money to spend etc etc. Now here's what happened;
Now, tuesday around 10:30am, the director came in the office and basically gave EVERYONE an ultimatum of 30 days to "buck their ideas up" or he's going to have to let people go. Now, this wasn't motivational at all, and I felt even worse for the 3 women in sales, who had children etc basically told we have 30 days (I couldn't see anything changing in the industry within that time to make our lifes easier). Come lunch time, I popped into town and went into Reed recruitment just to see about other work (being told we had 30 days didn't put me in a good mindset) had a meeting then came out go back to the office and ate my lunch. Then, got called to the directors office, and basically sat me down and said, one of the managers has just seen you in Reed recruitment, 2 hours after i told you to buck your ideas up kinda thing, I havn't been performing that well (NO ONE had been performing well, even the top sales guys) also baring in mind this is the first time he's mentioned i've been slacking and said he's going to have to let me go?! I think it's safe to say it's based on the fact he heard of me going into Reed recruitment but surely that's not sufficient?! Especially to let go straight away ... ?
Just received a letter in the post from the company about my dismissal and it states "As stated at our meeting, you have failed to meet the targets set for telephone calls (NO specific target was set for telephone calls either) and made no appointments. We did discuss this with you when you were given time to improve your performance but you have shown no improvement and no desire to improve", ermmm so I was given 2 hours to improve as that morning was the FIRST time i was told about performance?!
What to do?! I know I was only there for 2 weeks but still ...
