DD wasn't kept on after probationary period so refused to stay for rest of shift!?

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AIBU to think DD shouldn't have done this?

Dd not sad

Ffs I give up

She will lose money for that shift. Ok.
It was a probationary period, fair enough , but at age 17 still useful to have as a reference. Especially if only reason was, she wasn't 18.
Silly and short sighted in my view.

You should be proud of her confidence not to be treated like a mug!

They said they don't need her in 2 weeks.

So why so they need her now?

I'm assumption is to interview and employ those of 18+ years.

Well if that's what they wanted they should have employed someone meeting the job spec.

Unless she's swimming in job offers, she's foolish to have walked out because they definitely won't give her a thought if something else comes up in the near future. Selling alcohol, it's either retail or food service that she's walked away from, and both of those have roles that don't involve sitting on a till/the bar all the time.

didn't think you could leave school until18 unless you had a job, why take on someone who is 17 if they need some one who is 18

I'm surprised they would have let her finish her shift! In my experience, you are asked to leave as soon as you've had the meeting and been told your probation is being suspended. People don't tend to take too well to being told their work is ending without notice, so being asked to leave immediatelu reduces the risk of any kind of retaliation from the ex-staff member

I would have stayed. It's always possible she would have been considered first for future vacancies, assuming her work was satisfactory and she's been trained, and she's blown that now.
The money would have come in useful as well, even if it was just a couple of hours.
I would have advised my sons to have finished the shift in those circumstances as well.

People really put these short term probation jobs on their cv’s?
I have never included these. Some have been a few days.
And yes I would walk. I have done. There’s no reason to stay.
Your not good enough for the job but we will keep you on for a few weeks at a lower rate, whilst we fill in the position.

So she still had two more weeks of work and she's walked out? I'd be really angry at that. It shows an immaturity on her part and short-sightedness, too. They might well have asked her to come back once she was 18 - they will never take her on now.

I was once fired from a temp job on Christmas Eve at 10am. Boss had rung up for his daily update at 9.30 and I wished him Merry Christmas. He didn't say a word. 30 mins later, the agency rang to say that things weren't working out and the contract was terminated. No prior warning or discussion, no indication of what I'd done wrong, if anything. I went and got my worksheet signed off and went Christmas shopping. Damned if I was going to sit there all day finishing up and doing a handover.

Very short sighted.

For whatever staffing reason thry needed someone over 18. She may well have made a good impression and be considered well for future jobs.
Walking out like that is unprofessional and has blown any chance in the future. She will also need a reference from ger last employer & people will wonder and infer if it's not given. To avoid that she then say misses it off future applications but then she can't use any of her experience to sell herself.

It was a silly decision. I'm surprised so many people think storming off is appropriate.

So why did they take her on if she didn't meet their basic requirements for over 18s?

Realistically, if you want people to finish their shift, you let them know at the end of it. No one expects someone to stay, or worst to behave in the most professional manner when they do stay until the end.

As above, in all my jobs, when you are told to leave, security walks you out of the building.

I'm all for young people working, and have no patience for snowflakes who aren't prepared to work hard in their teens and I'm the first person to say teenagers shouldn't flounce out at the least provocation. However, this is totally different. They have treated the girl like crap, so she has every right to stand up for herself and refuse to take it. If a boss made me fail my probation in a job, I'd tell him to shove off. There are plenty of casual jobs around where she can be treated with respect.

Lunde
Staffing changes?
Issues with shifts?
It being more of a logistical problem than first considered?

I've seen entire departments in schools havr to swap timetables and classes mis year to accoung for changes and we can only resign at 3 times in the year.

I'd walk, it's unkind to tell her halfway through a shift and then expect her to go out there and carry on when she probably feels silly and upset.

I sacked off a job part the way through my notice period after being turned down. I didn't feel bad about it - they had blatantly advertised for the job and hired me because their usual worker couldn't come over until the season had already started. I don't put it down on my CV or need a reference - I was only there a couple weeks, after all.

Firstly- You should be applauding her for having a backbone.
Secondly - those who are twittering on about not getting paid by law you have to pay people for any hours worked.
Thirdly - no place of work will give a reference to someone who failed their probationary period so there is no issue with not having that.
Forthly - it should highlight to her ex employer how poorly they managed the situation. She should have been let go at the start or end of her shift and not expected to work any longer.

Stay, don’t stay, it’s hardly a big deal one way or the other. The only thing is by walking she may have done herself out of notice pay but I guess that’s hardly likely to be an earth shattering amount. Can’t really blame her for walking tbh, hope she left them in a pickle for the rest of the shift.

If you haven’t passed your probationary period surely they would not be providing a good reference???

I really wouldn’t be worrying too much about a reference at the age of 17. Many youngsters aren’t working at all at that age.

I don't think it is the right thing to do but am not surprised, given that education and training is not enough nowadays to equip young people with disappointments and bad news.

I'd have stayed but then again I was a right mug until my 30s so to be honest I admire the girl's sense of self worth. Good on her. As long as she looks for something else straight away I don't see the problem. At that age she needn't even mention it to a new employer.

I admire her backbone.Good on her.She has balls, that'll come in use for her

Why would you want a reference from somewhere that failed you on the probationary period?

She's 17, she can pretend it never happened. At that age I walked out of a temp job because it was shit and I wanted to go home for christmas, never caused a problem.

As soon as I got a salaried job and wasn't treated like crap I was the perfect employee.