You have nothing to lose by bring up the playful nature of your relationship with your supervisor. The State UC Division will decide whether you engaged in "willful misconduct" as defined in your State's UC statutes.
You have nothing to lose by bring up the playful nature of your relationship with your supervisor. The State UC Division will decide whether you engaged in "willful misconduct" as defined in your State's UC statutes.
How do you find out what MC number you get on your ruling? Mine didn't have it.
Im guessing that working at a bank, any sort of 'armed robbery' - as joking as it was, is not something taken lightly. I think its harsh to let you go like that, but you were a temp working through an agency, and as such, are expected to walk a fine line or risk being let go. Someone might have complained about what you did, and even though you had a joking relationship with your supervisor, she didnt think this was funny, obviously.
Again, I would think that working at a bank makes any notion of an armed robbery completely 'uncool'. I think a bright green/yellow squirt gun shaped like an imaginairy spacegun is a pretty obvious joke, but it doesnt make it completely ok. Technically, even if its not against the rules of the company, it is somewhat in bad taste considering the nature of the business, and cause for termination if deemed appropriate punishment.
Live and learn. Ive worked a few temp assignments, and youre very expendable. I would advise you to keep your head down and just do what they ask, save the jokes for a fulltime gig where they give you more leeway.
I have to ask - did you shoot her with the gun? Or is she just making that up? I know it doesnt seem like it should matter, but it does. That could be considered disrespectful by a superior, a temporary employee mocking a bank robbery while shooting them with water, and cause for her to act in order to demonstrate to the rest of the people working there that this sort of behavior wont be tolerated. Not saying you 'had it coming', but honestly, Ive worked at firms where they let temp employees go for nothing, try not to give them a reason. Im not saying youre dead wrong here, but you knew that you were at the very least acting unproffesional, regardless of any relationships you had. I think you learned the limits of said relationship the hard way.
No I did not shoot her with the gun. I have another co-worker coming to the hearing with me that will not only testify to that fact, and the playful nature of my relationship with my supervisor but also the fact the I went above and beyond my required work duties. and that at the time of the incident there was almost no work available so it wasn't a gross neglect of duty.
It sounds to me like the entire situation has been blown way out of proportion. Given the appearance of the water gun, there's no way anyone could ever mistake it for a real one. However, I can think of one reason that they might have terminated you for something as menial as this, and that's if any customers saw you, because it would come across as extremely unprofessional. Were there any customers in the bank at the time?
show or bring the water gun to the hearing .... your company is saying you made a threat ... but I don't think so...do not use the word "threat" when you speak about the issue or you will have just admitted to threatening.
I work at the corporate building which is no customer are allowed in that buidling.
How did you find out what classification your misconduct was? Mine just came back misconduct...no explanation. Can you keep us posted on your appeal? When is it?