Rudest dismissal letter you've ever seen or read ? Here's mine:

[ToffeeNotCoffee]

Dear TNC,
It is with regret that we have to advise you of the termination of your employment as of the end of September.

In this current economic climate we require more experienced and self motivated staff to achieve market share in our very competitive field, and feel that your personal and academic skills would be more suited to the career you trained for.

I would like to thank you for your efforts during recent weeks, and will assist you as much as possible during this month to gain new employment.

We wish you every success in the future.

Yours sincerely,

What's the job and what are you trained in?

I received this little missive over thirty years ago whilst doing administrative work for an electronics company in Britain. I had left the catering industry three years previously.

I had forgotten all about it until I came across this letter during a clear out yesterday. On re-reading it, I'm blown away by how rude it is. Also, I've just noticed how much of a character assassination it is too.

It’s not rude at all, neither is it a character assssination!

It reads as if you’d only been there for a few weeks, and you weren’t very motivated. If that’s right, it’s not terrible at all.

Looks ok to me. It's being honest in the reasons for terminating your contract

It does read a bit: "Get back in the kitchen, woman" doesn't it?

I think it's very politely phrased.

What did you want them to say?

it read as polite and factual to me
not rude at all.

In what way? Okay

It isn’t rude, quite the contrary. In the absence of any other information I read that as a polite way of saying you were absolutely rubbish at the job and they were dismissing you at the earliest opportunity while trying to say something positive ie that you have other, possibly moreover suitable, options.

Did the company succeed in achieving market share in its "very competitive field"?

How on earth did you interpret it as that?! I read it as "you had a chance but you're a bit shit at it and you are a bit lazy so we don't think we want you to work for us anymore "

In that they suggest that the OP returns to the career she trained for - catering.

I wasn't sacked, I resigned, but around a month before my notice ran out my then employers sent me on gardening leave alleging they were going to take legal action because they claimed I was poaching staff and customers. That was just a tad rude.

Neither claim was true, so I wasn't too concerned, in fact I welcomed the paid holiday whilst I prepared for my new job. Needless to say, they never made good on their threat, and in fact the company concerned subsequently went out of business. I've always felt the whole episode shows that karma is a thing.

I've never received one. I've sent plenty out but they'd not read like that and these days would simply be a written confirmation of an outcome discussed at a formal investigation or disciplinary hearing etc. It wouldn't be a surprise to the recipient as they'd have already had a meeting and notice and wouldn't give any comments about what the person would be better suited to etc, no way. Not because it's rude, just because it isn't necessary or anything to do with why they were let go so doesn't form part of the process.

I'm shocked you've still got it after 30 years OP. Bin it off and let it go. Keeping things around that you feel negatively about seems an unnecessary thing to do to oneself.

It sounds like they think your heart wasn't in it and they're saying go find a job you care about

I agree with you OP - it's a ham-fisted way of saying they don't have the resources to train you. Saying you aren't self-motivated suggests something different about your attitude/work ethic than they may have intended.

Ouch it is kind of rude, reading between the lines of what they are saying.
You'd never get anything like that these days, unless you were being taken down the disciplinary route.
Never had anything in writing like that, only verbally sacked from crappy waitressing and bar work jobs (crappy as in awful employer, not the role).

Well I think it is rude, the wording would be unusual now, when a formal process would surely have to be followed to provide evidence to back it up.

We don't know the facts, or that OP was not self motivated. I was managed out of a job I was perfectly good at once. I am sure my manager persuaded himself otherwise. It's happened to loads of people I know by companies wanting to reorganise or get rid of expensive staff in favour of graduates.

The wording would be unusual now but at least the letter is honest. These days you just have to say how absolutely brilliant someone is at their job whilst making up a reason for getting rid of them.

Interesting, I wonder if there is a link between falling mental health and the demise of honesty, stating facts and making out everyone is a winner! Great! Be your authentic self! Size 26, you look fab babe!

Well I hate to break it to you, but if you train to work in catering, you will almost inevitably find yourself in a kitchen at some point.

It doesn't seem particularly rude to me, but maybe if I was the one who had received it and was therefore in possession of all the facts about how I had performed in the job etc, I might read something into it. But on the surface, it's a fairly polite letter telling you that you weren't meeting expectations. My boss once told me, in no uncertain terms and to my face, that I wasn't suited to the job I was doing (his PA). He was right though! He didn't, however, have the power to sack me (local government).

There are so many people here carrying a huge freight of offence that they are eager to put down anywhere they can find.

I mean it isn't how it'd be dien today but "we need someone self motivated and you're not but I'm sure you were much better in your trained-for job" isn't the worse letter, as well as the offer to help you find new work

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