recently fired

[praenin]

What is the name of your state? Pennsylvania

hi i was recently fired from my job for not performing a certain task correctly i was told 2 times to do it and i thought i was. now i was never trainined at all for this job i volunteered to do it 1 day a week so i could make a little for money, they did not show me anything they just assumed i new what to do and i thought i did but appearently not. so i was wondering can they fire me for something i was never trained to do in the first place

 

[cbg]

Yes, they can. It may or may not be fair but it is legal.

 

[Hot Topic]

They had every reason to believe that you volunteered because you knew how to do the job. After telling you twice what to do - and you not doing it - they decided to let you go. Nothing illegal there. Next time make sure you know how to perform the skill before you volunteer.

 

[praenin]

i asked him when i volunteered what all i need to do and the manager said ill learn, so when i started i was shown by the people i was working with what i had to do and from what they showed me i was doing, i asked the people i was working with at the time if i was doing it correctly and they all said i was doing good then the manager comes all tells me that im doing it wrong i told him that how i was told and he said o ok well let me show you (he showed me the same exact thing i was doing) so i start doing it again and again asked if im doing if correctly co-workers say yes and again he come to me saying im doing it wrong i ask him (nicely) what exactly am i doing wrong and he starts yelling at me i shrug it off he decides not to show me what im doing wrong so i ask my co-workers again and again they say im not doing anything wrong. on a side note i have been working there for 2 years and have never had any trouble doing my real job there

 

[praenin]

sorry about my punctuation

 

[>Charlotte<]

Your follow up doesn't change anything. They can fire you.