What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? New York
I was fired from my job two weeks ago. I was hired in Sept.03 as a Secretary/Receptionist in a parochial school. . I did my job as was asked and got along well with teachers and parents. The nun, who was principal, was very difficult to work for. This was not only me but for the teachrs as well. There was hardly ever a time you could speak up for yourself because she would insist on what you did or was missing was my fault when most of the time it was her incompetence. The secretary before me just up and quit after 5 years.
In the year and half I worked there she was many times verbally abusive or bullying in her words.
I took this low paying job because I was going through a divorce and was over 50. I needed a full time job and had to get back into the work force. She knew I needed this job to help supplement my alimony and support my two teenagers.
She fired me at the end of the day, with no warning. There had never been an annual review or performance discussion. She had given me a raise in Sept 04 so I thought I was doing OK and even though she complained about things.She gave me a flimsy excuse that the job was overwhelming at times.
Ironically she had given me less to do over the past two months.
She was never satisfied, even when I worked overtime to get a project done and cover her butt because she always did things the last minute, I never once received a thankyou. I even substituted in the classroom on ocassion for her. I have 6 hand writtne pages of incidents that have happened with her since I have worked there.
She also knew at my age, now 55, I would have a hard time findinga job. I do not have the computer skills of someone who has worked in offices for the past 20 years.
Do I have a case?
I was fired from my job two weeks ago. I was hired in Sept.03 as a Secretary/Receptionist in a parochial school. . I did my job as was asked and got along well with teachers and parents. The nun, who was principal, was very difficult to work for. This was not only me but for the teachrs as well. There was hardly ever a time you could speak up for yourself because she would insist on what you did or was missing was my fault when most of the time it was her incompetence. The secretary before me just up and quit after 5 years.
In the year and half I worked there she was many times verbally abusive or bullying in her words.
I took this low paying job because I was going through a divorce and was over 50. I needed a full time job and had to get back into the work force. She knew I needed this job to help supplement my alimony and support my two teenagers.
She fired me at the end of the day, with no warning. There had never been an annual review or performance discussion. She had given me a raise in Sept 04 so I thought I was doing OK and even though she complained about things.She gave me a flimsy excuse that the job was overwhelming at times.
Ironically she had given me less to do over the past two months.
She was never satisfied, even when I worked overtime to get a project done and cover her butt because she always did things the last minute, I never once received a thankyou. I even substituted in the classroom on ocassion for her. I have 6 hand writtne pages of incidents that have happened with her since I have worked there.
She also knew at my age, now 55, I would have a hard time findinga job. I do not have the computer skills of someone who has worked in offices for the past 20 years.
Do I have a case?