r/jobs • u/Whole_Relief8299 • 3d ago

Layoffs Just got laid off via text

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I’ve been crying so much over this. I genuinely can’t believe how heartless some people can be…

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u/doglovers2025 3d ago

That's unprofessional IMO to send thru a text. Should be a phone call if getting fired or email

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u/Recent-King3583 3d ago

But like others have said, it’s good to have it in writing

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u/doglovers2025 3d ago

Yeah that for sure, need proof for UI so guess just gotta keep texting. When I had layoff they tried to dispute saying I quit when they literally said they won't dispute. So B4 it came to the actual dispute part I'm glad got all back pay. The place has constant lawsuits so I told my friend yeah they trying to dispute to save yet they pay their multiple CEO millions each 😆. I had my last check and my letter layoff so my last paystub actually said layoff 😂. How dumb are they trying to dispute that, after proof, that was all. UI actually sent me a letter saying company lied 😆

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u/Consistent-Option827 1d ago

Damn I shoulda read my letter bc they gave me thirty days to find a new job so idk if I was laid off or fired.

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u/doglovers2025 1d ago

😂. Does it say layoff? If fired they'd fire immediately, most layoffs give some sorta severance

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u/Consistent-Option827 1d ago

Idk I didn’t even read it just threw it away 😂

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u/Consistent-Option827 1d ago

I kept saying I got fired and ppl kept saying did they say you were fired bc who gives you 30 days to find a new job. They never said whether I was fired or laid off, just gave me 30 days to find something else so I left early that day for an interview without saying a word to anyone and called them afterward saying I wouldn’t be back bc I got a new job lol c

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u/Consistent-Option827 1d ago

I think bc I could have sued them for firing me im almost positive, that was their way of protecting themselves. A few things had recently happened leading up to this that were illegal I had called them out on which led to a meeting saying we don’t want you here anymore

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u/Consistent-Option827 1d ago

I have never been fired or laid off at 37 so I have no clue lol. They just said I had thirty days to find a new job

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u/doglovers2025 1d ago

We had a formal voluntary layoff which I took, got couple months pay, place was awful so a way to get some extra money 😆

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u/Consistent-Option827 1d ago

I had no idea you got paid for a lay off. They laid off other people with my same job title at another office so I wonder if they got pay. One of the reasons they wrote me up was for taking too much time off. I looked up the days and one was MLK day. I was like how am I being punished for not working on a holiday when the office is closed? I was also wrote up for taking vacation that they approved. They said I needed to save up more vacation time. Then when I left I had one day of vacation that they didn’t even pay me for on my last check which pissed me off. Like ok yes lemme save a bunch of vacation so when you let me go you don’t have to pay it out

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u/Consistent-Option827 1d ago

Oh and the vacation, which was approved that I took off, everyone else took vacation at the same time too, so I was like did you want me to come to work and just sit here?

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u/Consistent-Option827 1d ago

Then they asked if I wanted to stay there, I said well I’m not gonna stay and then you fire me in a few months and I miss out on other jobs (I already had interviews lined up for rest of week) so idk wtf really happened. I got wrote up the week before for bs that is illegal and called them out on it. The next week this happened. I also discovered by accident they were possibly fraud insurance which I did report after I left. I brought it up in a meeting and then was wrote up afterward. Then let go