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Old Jul 31, 2017, 07:55 PM
popularmechanics popularmechanics is offline
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Originally Posted by scaredandconfused View Post
Hello popularmechanics, I see this is your first post so welcome to PC! I hope you find your time here to be of benefit. Once you have 5 approved posts, you will be able to enter the chat room and talk to fellow members. There is almost always someone online to chat with.

I would personally not file with the EEOC in this situation and just try to find other employment when you feel able to work. It sounds like you were unreliable at your job from June-July, and over a month of poor performance is a perfectly valid reason to let you go. Also the fact that you used Facebook at work makes you look bad, as well as telling your co-workers that you'd wish they'd fire you. I know you were likely saying that out of frustration but it still doesn't look good on you.

I used to have issues with being reliable at work when feeling depressed, and I could definitely understand the perspectives of my employer. It's important for employees to be reliable, show up on time and stay the whole shift while carrying their weight in work. If you feel unable to do this, it might be time to take a small break to focus on your mental health or even file for disability if you think this will last for a while. When your mood is better and you are able to be reliable at work, that is when you should be working.
Hi, thanks for responding.

I'm not in any way saying I'm innocent in this situation. I know I messed up and told management from the get-go that I took responsibility for my actions.

I guess what doesn't sit well with me is that it was never brought to my attention that my performance wasn't improving. I legitimately thought that over the last couple of weeks, I had been improving, even my mood. I have no idea what my coworkers said about me. For all I know, they could've gone in and told them I stand around and do nothing.

I was mostly depressed because of the job and the environment, so I realize that being fired is a blessing. I guess I just thought that after nine years these problems would have been communicated to me in some way.