Stiill do not know why I was fired

[tdd0474]

I live in California and over 2 and 1/2 years ago I was terminated but was never given a reason why nor was I fired face to face. Let me explain. I was an opening manager for a video store and part of my duties was tyo take paychecks and put them under one of the registers and dole them out as employees showed up to get their checks. One morning they screwed up and I had two checks. I called my boss to find out why and was told If I hung out after my shift when she got there she would discuss it. Never did she say I was not fired and I did not wait and did not return. I received a check that paid me for hours I did not work but still do not know if I was fired or because I did not show up for scheduled shifts if it was self termination. Any advice on the situation would be helpful.

[Isis1]

Originally Posted by tdd0474

I live in California and over 2 and 1/2 years ago I was terminated but was never given a reason why nor was I fired face to face. Let me explain. I was an opening manager for a video store and part of my duties was tyo take paychecks and put them under one of the registers and dole them out as employees showed up to get their checks. One morning they screwed up and I had two checks. I called my boss to find out why and was told If I hung out after my shift when she got there she would discuss it. Never did she say I was not fired and I did not wait and did not return. I received a check that paid me for hours I did not work but still do not know if I was fired or because I did not show up for scheduled shifts if it was self termination. Any advice on the situation would be helpful.

did you hang out as she asked so she can discuss it with you?

[Zigner]

Originally Posted by tdd0474

I live in California and over 2 and 1/2 years ago I was terminated but was never given a reason why nor was I fired face to face. Let me explain. I was an opening manager for a video store and part of my duties was tyo take paychecks and put them under one of the registers and dole them out as employees showed up to get their checks. One morning they screwed up and I had two checks. I called my boss to find out why and was told If I hung out after my shift when she got there she would discuss it. Never did she say I was not fired and I did not wait and did not return. I received a check that paid me for hours I did not work but still do not know if I was fired or because I did not show up for scheduled shifts if it was self termination. Any advice on the situation would be helpful.

So, you abandoned your job. You quit.

[Isis1]

Originally Posted by Zigner

So, you abandoned your job. You quit.

bleh. i missed that run on sentence.

[cbg]

You want advice on the situation? Move on.

In your state, and in most others, the employer is not required to give you a reason. But if you want to know why you were fired, I'll tell you why you were fired.

You were fired because you did not show up for work.

Nothing in the law says that if x happens, it is a firing and if y happens, it's a quit. You didn't show up for work; you're no longer employed there. It's a moot point what you call it.

[Antigone*of*Greece]

Dude...have you been stewing on this for two years already

Little late to be asking now, don't ya think

[eerelations]

OP, why is it so important for you to know this now, more than two years after the fact? What's suddenly come up in your life that makes it necessary for you to know why your were fired?

[Beth3]

You didn't wait to see the manager and you never showed up for work again. Um, there's no big mystery here.