Fired without good cause in Florida

by Patricia
(Florida)

I worked with a woman who was very jealous of any new employees. She had been saying very vicious things about me.

I told my Supervisor and she said that she would take care of it. I went to work after being off for two days. When I went in she was not there. She did come in later and I did confront her as I had been told that morning she had again said some really bad things about me.

Please bear in mind that I really did not know this woman. When we worked together she was very foul mouth and offensive.

She denied that she had said anything and I simply said I did not believe her. It did cause an uncomfortable feeling and since she had been there longer than me I was asked to leave.

There was later a petition taken out to have her relieved of her duties or other patrons would leave as she is certainly not liked by the patrons.

I had nothing to do with the petition and was told of it later. I feel it was totally unfair the way things were handled and that I was not given a chance to tell my side of the story.

I had talked to Lanay {supervisor} and she herself said that the girl in question was very abrasive and that she did not want me to be uncomfortable at work, however, the bar manager felt she needed her as she herself was not sure of what to order correctly.

I was never warned of anything. In fact I was always praised for doing a good job. I was never late and I never once called in sick. The whole thing was handled very shabbily. I did not deserve to lose my job.

Hi Patricia,

Have you applied for unemployment?

Were you denied unemployment?

How long were you employed with this employer?

What exactly did the employer say was the reason you were being fired?