just tell me if what im thinking is right.
backstory - i got a part time job last october. my immediate supervisor (racist bigot) doesnt like me. she threw her weight about a bit and i got my probationary period extended from 6 months to 12 months. my standard of work is without fault. they admitted as much at my appraisal. the reason they gave for extending probation was petty in the extreme - that i had my mobile phone in my pocket (so does everyone else!!) and that i refused to cover a shift at short notice because i had a prior dental appointment!) i didnt put up much of a fight really. i knew this had come from the supervisor who didnt like me bacause i wont bitch about all the foreigners coming over and 'stealing our nhs services' blah blah blah....you get the picture.
in the meantime ive been successful in an application to the police. start date imminent. while i was on probation my notice period was clearly a week. i had to tell my senior manager because the police needed a reference. she seemed delighted for me.
today i got to work where i was pounced on my 2 senior managers who took me off probation. no warning - weird!! my face must have been a picture because i think i looked horrified rather than pleased. i thought this would mean i had to give more notice!
now ive dug out my contract. it says
"you are entitled to receive in writing one weeks notice of termination increasing to two after two years service. Thereafter your notice entitlement will increase by one week for each additional complete year of service up to a maximum of 12 weeks. (you are required to give the same minimum period of notice in writing)"
i am taking this to mean that i still only have to give one weeks notice given that i have only been there for 10 months??
is this what you would also glean from this? if so i have no idea why they suddenly and without warning chose to take me off probabtion - the cynic in me thought it was so i had to give more notice!, but it appears not??
what do you think? cheers in advance.