What is the name of your state? Indiana
I worked for a small law office in Indiana for about four months. When interviewed I informed them that I had no experience in the law field and that I had little office experience. I had been a Nail Technician for 5 years and had just recently had gotten back into the professional world. I was hired anyway and started the next week. I was trained for four days by the previous secretary who informed me that she did alot of the work and her 2 bosses did not know how to do alot on their own. At first I did very well with a small work load but after just a couple of weeks my work load got to be too much from one of the attorneys which made it hard to get to any of the work for the other attorney. They both practiced two totally different types of law and it was hard to learn both especially when trained mostly on one. I then would get daily talks on how much I was messing things up and how ANY mistake was a huge mistake and that I was not allowed to make any mistakes. I received a 3 month review and of course was told again everything I was doing wrong and I tried my best to do everything correctly. I was told in my review I would have until December 19 to prove myself or I was to be let go. Well in October all of my resposibilities were taken away from me by the attorney who overloaded me and for three weeks I sat with absolutley nothing to do. SO, after three weeks of being unable to prove myself I was then let go. I was in a room by myself with one of my bosses when I was let go and so now it is his word against mine on the reasons I was let go. He told me he needed someone with more experience and that my personality was not one for someone who works in a law office. He also mentioned my pregnancy in being a small factor. I filed for unemployment 2 weeks later because my husband left me and I have 2 children and one on the way. I have no job because I am of course having a hard time finding something being 5 months pregnant. I have no other source of income right now. My boss told another employee there that he was going to pull out the big guns now. I guess meaning applealing my unemployment. I am scared to death I am going to lose because it is my word against his and because he is an attorney and knows how to work the system. I feel I did everything I could to do that job to the best of my ability, but being told everyday that you are doing a horrible job does not help. Do I have a chance to even win this appeal?
I worked for a small law office in Indiana for about four months. When interviewed I informed them that I had no experience in the law field and that I had little office experience. I had been a Nail Technician for 5 years and had just recently had gotten back into the professional world. I was hired anyway and started the next week. I was trained for four days by the previous secretary who informed me that she did alot of the work and her 2 bosses did not know how to do alot on their own. At first I did very well with a small work load but after just a couple of weeks my work load got to be too much from one of the attorneys which made it hard to get to any of the work for the other attorney. They both practiced two totally different types of law and it was hard to learn both especially when trained mostly on one. I then would get daily talks on how much I was messing things up and how ANY mistake was a huge mistake and that I was not allowed to make any mistakes. I received a 3 month review and of course was told again everything I was doing wrong and I tried my best to do everything correctly. I was told in my review I would have until December 19 to prove myself or I was to be let go. Well in October all of my resposibilities were taken away from me by the attorney who overloaded me and for three weeks I sat with absolutley nothing to do. SO, after three weeks of being unable to prove myself I was then let go. I was in a room by myself with one of my bosses when I was let go and so now it is his word against mine on the reasons I was let go. He told me he needed someone with more experience and that my personality was not one for someone who works in a law office. He also mentioned my pregnancy in being a small factor. I filed for unemployment 2 weeks later because my husband left me and I have 2 children and one on the way. I have no job because I am of course having a hard time finding something being 5 months pregnant. I have no other source of income right now. My boss told another employee there that he was going to pull out the big guns now. I guess meaning applealing my unemployment. I am scared to death I am going to lose because it is my word against his and because he is an attorney and knows how to work the system. I feel I did everything I could to do that job to the best of my ability, but being told everyday that you are doing a horrible job does not help. Do I have a chance to even win this appeal?