What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? Florida
8 months ago I was terminated. I was joking around with the guy in receiving and took a printer and put it across the hall on the floor. Unbeknownst to me, he came back from lunch while I was at lunch and thought the printer had been "stolen". He proceded to make a HUGE deal of it, and contacted the owner, and director of operations. In the mean time, I freaked out having come back from lunch to find half the company in an uproar over the missing printer, in the meantime, they found the printer-(only about 50 ft. from where it started out at), and in MY panic, someone asked if I had taken it, and I said, "no", without thinking-as I was freaking out at this point. Everything was blown way out of proportion very fast. They took a look at the video tape, and lo and behold there I am picking up the printer and carrying it off to a room out of view of the tape! Now, I know the camera is there, I didn't take the printer but 50 ft. and set it down in plain view, but the bottom line is, I took it. I have worked for the company for 11 years, with excellent reviews, but I was terminated. I was never told exactly "the reason" for termination. I was and still am in shock, I just left, and haven't spoken to anyone in months. I filed for unemployment, but was denied, mainly because I couldn't go through with the phone conversation between my employer and the unemployment agency. I am too embarassed! I have never done anything wrong in my life, and this is so embarassing. I still can't believe they terminated me! The director and everyone were great friends, and I can't even think of talking to any of them. My question, now I am looking for a job, and am at a quandry over what to put on my application regarding why I left my last job. It's been 8 months, and I want to go back to work, but I don't know what to do. I think if they really thought I was going to "steal" the $38 printer, they would have had me arrested. I just don't know what to do with regards to getting another job. Does anyone have any suggestions? Do I tell future employers the whole story, and hope they too don't think I was "going" to steal the printer, or do I just say I quit, and leave it at that? Do I dare put down my supervisor for a reference? Can he legally say that I was fired for "stealing"? After all, I never took anything off the premises nor did they have any reason to even think that I would! All they do have is a video tape of me picking up the printer and walking into the other room with it. Help me.....
8 months ago I was terminated. I was joking around with the guy in receiving and took a printer and put it across the hall on the floor. Unbeknownst to me, he came back from lunch while I was at lunch and thought the printer had been "stolen". He proceded to make a HUGE deal of it, and contacted the owner, and director of operations. In the mean time, I freaked out having come back from lunch to find half the company in an uproar over the missing printer, in the meantime, they found the printer-(only about 50 ft. from where it started out at), and in MY panic, someone asked if I had taken it, and I said, "no", without thinking-as I was freaking out at this point. Everything was blown way out of proportion very fast. They took a look at the video tape, and lo and behold there I am picking up the printer and carrying it off to a room out of view of the tape! Now, I know the camera is there, I didn't take the printer but 50 ft. and set it down in plain view, but the bottom line is, I took it. I have worked for the company for 11 years, with excellent reviews, but I was terminated. I was never told exactly "the reason" for termination. I was and still am in shock, I just left, and haven't spoken to anyone in months. I filed for unemployment, but was denied, mainly because I couldn't go through with the phone conversation between my employer and the unemployment agency. I am too embarassed! I have never done anything wrong in my life, and this is so embarassing. I still can't believe they terminated me! The director and everyone were great friends, and I can't even think of talking to any of them. My question, now I am looking for a job, and am at a quandry over what to put on my application regarding why I left my last job. It's been 8 months, and I want to go back to work, but I don't know what to do. I think if they really thought I was going to "steal" the $38 printer, they would have had me arrested. I just don't know what to do with regards to getting another job. Does anyone have any suggestions? Do I tell future employers the whole story, and hope they too don't think I was "going" to steal the printer, or do I just say I quit, and leave it at that? Do I dare put down my supervisor for a reference? Can he legally say that I was fired for "stealing"? After all, I never took anything off the premises nor did they have any reason to even think that I would! All they do have is a video tape of me picking up the printer and walking into the other room with it. Help me.....