What is the name of your state? California. 2 days ago I was fired for insubordination. I asked my former manager exactly how I was insubordinate and he stated that it had to do with a conversation I had with another employee. I asked him how he knew about the conversation and why it was considered insubordinate. He stated that someone said I had a conversation with them in which I spoke poorly of management (him). He also stated that other team leads had made mention to him of issues which he did not clarify as to what they said. I took my final check and left the job site. Later I contacted the human resources department and spoke with the district manager who is currently investigating the issue. I was never verbally coached on any previous issues. I also never made any negative statements about my manager.
He never asked me if I made any such statements. Instead he just stated that he was thinking over the issue for a weekend and decided to terminate me immediately for subordination without asking if what someone said I had said was true. Does he have the right to take this person's hearsay and automatically turn it into truth? Shouldn't he have coached me previously if there were supposed issues concerning my conduct at work? I have always done what was asked of me and at the beginning of my employment my manager said that he had plans for me to move up into a higher position. Do I have the right to take any legal action? Was this a wrongful termination? If not why? This termination totally took me and other workers by suprise. My district manager said he felt awful about what happened and was going to look into it.
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He never asked me if I made any such statements. Instead he just stated that he was thinking over the issue for a weekend and decided to terminate me immediately for subordination without asking if what someone said I had said was true. Does he have the right to take this person's hearsay and automatically turn it into truth? Shouldn't he have coached me previously if there were supposed issues concerning my conduct at work? I have always done what was asked of me and at the beginning of my employment my manager said that he had plans for me to move up into a higher position. Do I have the right to take any legal action? Was this a wrongful termination? If not why? This termination totally took me and other workers by suprise. My district manager said he felt awful about what happened and was going to look into it.
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