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01-02-2013, 03:17 AM | #1 |
Living Legend
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Washington DC
Age: 38
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Unemployment
I am currently unemployed! Huzzah!
So I got laid off today for the first time in my life. I've been working since I was 16 so I guess it was bound to happen someday. My question is this, my employer (located in Virginia) cited "performance issues" as the reason they let me go. Which means getting anything from unemployment is probably out of the question. I haven't filed yet. I was also employed there for 6 months. But I do have issues with this, and I was wondering if it would matter that 2 things happened: 1) They never approached me SAYING they had an issue with my performance. Not even in passing. Earlier, maybe 2-3 months into the job they pulled my aside and said hey work on this, work on this, you gotta do this better. Not long after that, they had mentioned that I was doing a lot better. Since then, they never said a word about me under performing. 2) Since THEY never approached me, I always approached THEM to ask about my performance. The last time I did approach them to ask how I was doing (which was early in December) and if there was anything I could do better, I was told "No, you're doing just fine." Unfortunately, I don't have any documentation that those meetings happened. I wondered if any of this mattered if I ended up filing an appeal for unemployment. Or trying to file at all. I might not and just try to throw as many resumes out there as I can in a few days and see if anything sticks before the end of the month.
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