Fired grad

After a few month having a very difficult relationship with my line manager I've reached a point where I'm no longer putting up with shit and leaving everyday by 9pm regardless of whether there is still work to be done. As a result, I'm pretty sure they will point me to the door sooner than later. Given my current situation, I really don't mind... and I have a couple of business ideas to chase when this happens.

But I was wondering, when they actually fire me:

Will I need to give back my sign-on bonus?
Will they need to pay me any compensation?

 

You in ER? WTF is a line manager? Sounds like something at a restaurant.

I think you will need to repay your sign on and they will probably need to pay you for a few week, you definitely can get unemployment insurance.

 
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Ray Finkle:
You in ER? WTF is a line manager? Sounds like something at a restaurant.

I think you will need to repay your sign on and they will probably need to pay you for a few week, you definitely can get unemployment insurance.

They need to find a documented reason to fire you. Also, I think you do need a few months with your employer before you can collect.

Here we go:

http://www.labor.ny.gov/ui/claimantinfo/beforeyouapplyfaq.shtm#0

1.) Need two separate quarters that you've worked in- IE,. you need 4 months of work. 2.) You cannot leave voluntarily. This would include you opting to quit when they offer you the opportunity to resign rather than be fired. 3.) They cannot find cause to fire you. Cause would include insubordination, failure to follow certain rules that they give you, any illegal activity, chronic lateness, etc. Anything obvious. But if they are keeping you after 9 but you do not wish to work after then, I am not sure they can fire you for that. In particular, there might be some sort of 40-hour-work-week rule specifically excluding that as a cause for firing.

In reality, I'd try and be nice to your manager and not go out of your way to encourage him to fire you. Some managers take a really hard line even with employees who are doing what they see as a good job. This is especially true when you're a recent grad doing your first job- it's very hard to tell. You may, to your surprise, make it all the way to your first review, find out you're doing satisfactory, and life will move on. In fact, if all that you are seeing is yelling and not specific instances where he thinks you're screwing up badly in that you can't see in any other analyst- I would say you are probably doing just fine and he is just a tough manager that you will need to "train" over the next two years if you're willing to put up with him.

 

I didn't interview with or choose the group. The common practice is that you get "allocated", so as you can imagine it's a huger grad lottery with winners and losers.

Given that the future looks gloom I guess I will just suck it up until I have another job lined up and then quit instead of getting fired.

 

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