Furious at ds work dismissal

[OneGreyBiscuit]

This is more has my 19 year old ds employers been unreasonable. He's just been sacked for being unreliable. For context - he accepted a new job about a month ago. He informed them of where he lives which is about a forty minute train journey away. He is a few minutes late everyday because of the trains and they said they were ok with it. He's just come off holiday (which he informed them of) and went back today. He was sent an email before today telling him to get an earlier train so he's on time. Fair enough, so he did and would've continued doing. At 9 he was called into a meeting to tell him his contracts been terminated for unreliability. He was only informed of getting an earlier train from today, so how can they dismiss him like this? If he continued to get the later train and continued being late then I'd understand but they've not even given him a chance. I'm absolutely furious. And to add insult to injury he still had to pay for his waste of time and money train fare this morning.

Fuck me saying people would be happy if he killed himself is a bit of a leap op do you not think?!

Acas will tell her he worked there for the sum total, of five minutes and he has no rights accordingly.

Given that he was late to work every single day and that could have been solved by getting an earlier train.I am not surprised they dismissed him.

Jesus fancy being furious because you were sacked for being late to work every day.

Your mind is running wild with you ... 🙄

No I don't, Ive read hours of comments saying he deserved it, he's a Muppet, I'm a useless parent an on and on

He did deserve it.

What is so hard to understand?

He'll need to find another job, and it's as simple as that.

No one here is wishing death upon him. What an odd statement to make.

I won't be so harsh but the only thing I will say is, I can't honestly believe you're surprised and I don't understand why you're angry

You can't be late to work every day without consequences

I wouldn't say he deserved it either.It's just a learning experience.He won't do that in his next job now will he.

And this is where you should have told him that whether he thinks they are ok with it or not, it will make a terrible impression and he shouldn’t even have asked the question, as an adult in the workplace he had to sort his life out to get there on time. They may well have meant they can be understanding if he is five minutes late one day a month due to a train running late. The chances they said “you are contracted to start at 9am but it’s fine to only arrive at 9:10am EVERY DAY because you are deliberately choosing to take a train that (a) leaves you no margin for error if there is a small delay and (b) which very often has a small delay” is basically 0. I get that a naive 19 year old in his first job might have thought that’s what they meant, but you as the adult should have set him straight.

Get a grip.

It's a bit shit they got him in for that but maybe he had equipment they needed back?

Very likely they weren't overly happy with the quality of his work and this was an easy issue to use to fire him. Again shit because he would be able to use any feedback to improve in future roles.

So they told him to get an earlier train to prove their point. That he could get there earlier if he bothered to get an earlier train.

Honesty @OneGreyBiscuit, if my DC lost a job because they didn’t understand that being five minutes late everyday was not acceptable, I would be saying exactly what has been said in this thread to them.

I have a niece who is really clever, works in tech, lost one of her first jobs at the Apple Store in central London because she was always just a little bit late. She still struggles with punctuality and aunty W, still tells her off.

No one is wishing you or your DS ill, but a bit of a reality check will not do him any harm.

Well done you, give yourself a gold star👏

I know Mumsnet can be harsh at times but no-one would ever wish any harm on anyone, especially not what you said.

What i don't understand is why he didn't get the earlier train to begin with to get him there on time.

I understand that you are upset and gutted for your son. I would be as well at first. And then I would start to ask myself why they let him go. Who told him it was fine to be late everyday? His boss or another employee? If he already hated the job after such a short time maybe it wasn't the end of the world that he got fired?

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Harsh is an understatement. I think I'm just going to pick a random thread an put a nasty comment on it and see what satisfaction I get from it. Judging from this thread quite a lot.
I can take constructive criticism, I cannot take downright spitefulness. As I've stated before I know it is frustrating to see people walk in late and not pulled up on it but I wouldn't want them sacked for it.

I doubt there is much your DS can do about it after a month.. two weeks if he's also been on pre booked holiday.

Just tell him its a life lesson and to adhere more strictly to the timings in his next job and help him get applying.

I wouldn't make a big deal out of how hard done by he is ... as that could affect his attitude to the next job.

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When he showed up a few minutes late, would he stay late at work or take a shorter lunch break to make up for it? It would be less of an issue if he did.

As a business owner, I will fire an employee who consistently comes in late.

That's what I've been doing today, useless parent that I am

In fairness you absolutely cannot take constructive criticism, you’ve been angry since the start of the thread, have already flounced once and have ignored loads of questions in order to focus on ranting about how mean everyone is. This thread really isn’t doing you any good, it’s just attracting people that enjoy arguing as much as you do.

Bad advice

OP why are you still reading this thread? You've gotten your answers, and have taken extreme offence to being told you are being unreasonable. Your level of anger about this is extreme and way OTT.

I echo your thoughts.

OP has been deflecting because she knows her son shot himself in the foot.