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Well, I've been fired
posted at 11:18 PM  
I'm not even really sure why, but the job was too good to be true anyway.
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Sorry to hear that.
Ditto
Firing someone by email is pretty classy, isn't it? ;P
By EMAIL!!!!
I can't believe it. I've never heard of such a thing. Who (as in what position) was the email from? Were they a direct supervisor, or were the a generic from human resources.
So, this company hired you to do a website. Did they already have an online foothold, or was this something entirely new for them? My academic department hire me to build a new website for them, and none of the faculty has any idea how much work is involved. They see the final result, and don't have any reference to appreciate how much work went into it. Did anyone ever give you any guidelines on what they wanted? It's a nearly impossible task to just start from nill on a design. It all just seems more along the lines that the company couldn't tell you what they wanted (or never knew what it really wanted) than anything to do with you. But the situation all around sucks.
The email was from my boss, the one who hired me. It's kind of a sticky situation, though; he and his two brothers kind of run everything together, and their father is the owner. While the father claims that he doesn't actually run anything, it appears that his opinion still carries a lot of weight.
It's a small company. There is no HR person.
The company has several websites already. They wanted a new, upscale site. Their other sites were all built as Yahoo! stores. I was putting together a ShopSite store for them, hosted on pair.
I don't know if they did or didn't understand what was involved in designing a ShopSite template, but I do think that better communication was needed from everyone involved, including myself.
However, given the way I was let go and other office politics factors, I don't think I will really mind not being in their employ. The two things that bother me are 1) not having completed the project; 2) not having the income. But that's life.
That sucks, I'm sorry. But you are looking at it in the right way in my opinion. Any company that doesn't have the protocol/ethics/etc.. to at least talk to you in person when they let you go, doesn't deserve an employee of your caliber.
Hi Heather,
sorry to hear that you've been fired. I don't quite know what else to say but, I hope that you'll find a job that'll suit you and that you can enjoy.
Roderick
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