How an HVAC tech can be without work very long is surprising to me. It appears he was let go for being insubordinate and not following instructions regarding his decision to offer free additional servicing.
How an HVAC tech can be without work very long is surprising to me. It appears he was let go for being insubordinate and not following instructions regarding his decision to offer free additional servicing.
He was ordered to do sloppy work and refused. Some could see this as insubordination.
Ummm, I never said that the UI people would see this as insubordinate, nor did I say that I see it as insubordinate. Where did you get that I said either/both of these things?
I was simply commenting on Disagreeable's and llworking's back and forth about whether or not OP's husband had been insubordinate.
Should the "insubordination" issue be alleged, I think the approach to take with UI is to leave the disagreements about quality out of it and to explain, "I was doing the work as assigned, and it took me (X) minutes to properly complete the job. My boss thought it should take (Y) minutes. Although I was able to complete the work in a professional manner, despite my best effort I was not able to complete the job within (Y) minutes."
Very good. Your husband should stay away from the whole Insubordination thing, should say he was terminated exactly for what he was being told by the employer at the time of the termination was the reason. Incidentally, he really went up and beyond his job requirements, and he should stay away from mentioning this, since it wasn't his company. But he should keep it simple in that he tried to do the job to the best of his abilities, and the employer thought he was taking too much time. He won't get any more credit for explaining how he was fired for trying to good job, how he was trying to change or turn around or "save' the other guy's company. Maybe he should go into business for himself. But in any case, he just needs to keep this simple and he has a pretty good chance of being approved to draw benefits. They'll be based on work he has done during the whole last two years or so, not just for this particular company. But there's never a downside to filing the claim and letting the agency make the call.
OP seems to have clearly stated he was paid to fix the furnace so it worked, not fix, clean and make them purr like kittens by the time he left. This would involve not only fixing the problem but additional work disassembling the intake and output vents to make sure they were not in anyway obstructed throughout, cleaning and/or replacing or suggesting the filter be changed, entering the fan chamber to lubricate the fan motor and if an ac combo unit, checking the ac charge level and verify the coolant unit inside the duct had no corrosion check that the furnace burn chamber had no severe rust that would indicate failure or fire sometime down the road and check the igniter and firing of the gas for proper operation. Do you even have a clue how much longer doing all this would take and cost employer to pay him to do for free?