I am a regular, namechanged in case people know me in RL (no-one else knows this info yet)
He was employed in Aug for a voluntary sector organisation doing 20 hours a week, on a split role, of sorts, although there was never clear or set hours for each part of the job, they sort of merged, with a 6 month probation period.
He has had 2 days of training since being there, one was job related, the other was a general induction day (morning). This last training was organised badly and DH went in early to set help set it up, go get sandwiches and nothing was sorted etc.
Other than that, no training. He has been thrown into the job , not shown how to do it, his manager is not ever in, his supervision has been sporadic and vague since he has been there, can never pin his manager down to meet. Others in the office are frustrated with the managers working style as he has no plan or idea of where he is going with things.
Since DH has been there he has worked additional hours, helped out on a weekend project that he gave up his own time for. He has had on day off sick since being there.
His manager has been off work most of December with sickness, reason unknown. When he came into the office at the begining od December, he remembered he needed to do supervision with DH, and he took him out for breakfast, no work was discussed.
DH has never been given any indication that he was not working well, he has had good feedback from colleagues as far as he knows. He has completed as much of his work as possible in the hours, but has recognised that it has been hard to do his job with no guidance, no clear understanding of his role (his boss seemed to think his job description was out of date and needed updating, part of what DH needed to be doing, checking the work he needs to do in this role etc).
DH was told by his boss there was scope to expand the role in the future, and was even given details of another job coming up (additonal hours of 6, not instead of, to run alongside).
He went into work today after the office has been officially shut over christmas and they told him (his manager and another person) they are not happy with his work and he is given a weeks notice. They told him he did not have to work out this notice (paid). They gave him no explanation, no reason of what might have gone wrong, and they even had the letter waiting for him, with details of what holiday pay he was going to get as a cheque sent to his house.
Now, the purpose of this post is for advice, but I am not sure what kind. We are very aware, that the lack of reason is irrelevant as he was 5 months into a 6 month probation period. I guess it is just so shit. They obviously has this planned (the letter, the failure to do supervision, breakfast instead). I am just so furious that they have behaved like this. DH is more angry than upset right now. He feels he has been a fall guy for the managers failure to do his job well, as DH has been landed which much of the work the manager should have been doing (as part of the 'its your role really' speel).
AAAARGH. My poor DH. He needs a fucking break.